Articles by dombirt@proton.me

A baby penguin gave its keepers a real scare recently by escaping from the beady eye of its parents and going for a wander round the zoo before deciding to settle down with some friendly […]

Two pythons have been married in a village in Cambodia, in a ceremony believed by the villagers to bring them health, wealth and prosperity. Hundreds of people attended the wedding in Svay Rolum village, just […]

Legend has a lot to say about cowboys and indians, including the claim by Billy the Kid that he was promised a pardon, which is still being fought over ……

'Popular Mechanics' that well known magazine, has more amazing stuff on its website than its rather dry name suggests. High on my list is this article and slide show of the worlds eighteen strangest airports.  […]

This time from Wales's Cardiff airport which has put together a list of the strangest things people have tried to take on board planes as hand luggage, quite legitimately ! Topping the list is a […]

Horrifying story of how a crocodile,that had been smuggled onto an internal flight in the Congo,escaped and sparked a riot that caused the plane to crash killing virtually on board. One passenger survived who was […]

The Governor of Mississippi is releasing two sisters from prison , on condition one of them donates a kidney to the other one. The two sisters, Jamie and Gladys Scott, who are black, have been […]

Stereotyping people and nations can be a dangerous but funny pastime, and the Germans have certainly had their fair or unfair share of it over the years, mostly being characterized as quite dry and humourless […]

video of the day A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.

When a country decides to stop executing its own citizens, its normally as a result of some moral pressure or crusade – but not in the land of the free. A report just published in […]