The chosen bun: Decade-old McDonald's burger's decay livestreamed in Iceland
A decade after McDonald's shut down in Iceland, thousands of online users follow the live slow decay of the last order — a seemingly indestructible burger with a side of fries protected in a glass case like a precious gem. The American chain closed its ...
It was the biggest piece of supposed fake news before the term "fake news" was even invented. Millions of people across the world still believe that no one has ever walked on the moon, and that the images that NASA broadcast in July 1969 were ...
Basketball robot Cue3 and B. League's Alvark Tokyo join Olympic effort to teach students math
In an unusual combination of disciplines, a basketball-shooting robot created by Japan's leading automaker helped students at a Tokyo elementary school on Friday to learn math. [video_embed number="1"] The physically active math lesson was joined by professional players from the B. League's Alvark Tokyo basketball team ...
Fried slug blamed by JR Kyushu for railway chaos in southern Japan
A slug has been blamed for a power outage that halted dozens of trains and delayed 12,000 passengers in the Kyushu region, operator Kyushu Railway Co. (JR Kyushu) has said. Power failed on a couple of lines serving the area operated by JR Kyushu on ...
Japan foreign minister puzzles followers with bizarre 'bacon' tweet
Bemused followers of Foreign Minister Taro Kono were left scratching their heads Tuesday after a bizarre tweet about bacon, sparking tongue-in-cheek speculation he could be tweeting classified information in code. "Ah, bacon is in fact ^%£$+*.!%...." Kono tweeted in Japanese from his verified account to ...
New Japanese era name a boon for Australian property website
What links the Japanese Imperial family and the property market in Western Australia? Until Monday's announcement of the forthcoming Reiwa Era, not much. The Real Estate Institute of Western Australia said it had an unexpected surge in traffic to its website — Reiwa.com — after ...
Fake Kim goes as real Kim comes: Vietnam expels North Korean leader lookalike
An Australian comedian who impersonates North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Monday authorities were deporting him from Vietnam, some 24 hours before the real Kim was due to arrive for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Kim lookalike, who goes by ...
Taiwan grandpa catches 'em all playing 'Pokemon Go' on 15 phones
Chen San-yuan turns heads as he cycles through a suburb of Taipei, Taiwan's capital. The reason why? Attached to the front of his bicycle are 15 mobile phones which Chen, 70, uses to simultaneously play the augmented-reality game "Pokemon Go." The smartphone-based game requires players to "catch" ...
Hitler runs for mayor despite threat from Lennin in Peruvian Andes
Hitler hopes to return to power in a small Peruvian town in the Andes, despite a threat from a detractor named Lennin. Campaign slogans reading, "Hitler returns" and "Hitler with the people" have appeared around the highland town of Yungar, where Hitler Alba is seeking ...
Ancient elixir, skeletal soup — or something less insidious — thousands of people have signed an online petition to "let people drink" a reddish liquid discovered in a 2,000-year-old sarcophagus unearthed in Egypt. The tongue-in-cheek petition, started late last week and entitled "let people drink ...
Leaving on a jet-suit? London store offers chance to hover like 'Iron Man'
Ever fancied a dab at being "Iron Man"? Now you can. A jet-suit created by a British former commodities trader has gone on sale in a London department store with a cool price tag of £340,000 ($446,522). Made up of five miniature jet engines mounted ...
Tokyo elementary school welcomes students in controversial Armani uniforms
A public elementary school in Tokyo's upscale Ginza district has welcomed new students amid a lingering controversy over its pricey Armani uniforms. On Friday, all 56 first-graders — except one absentee — wore the Armani outfits proposed by Taimei Elementary School. While not formally required, the ...
