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6 Games You're Probably Playing Wrong

Rare European Dung Beetle Found Living in Cow Poop

Aphodius affinis beetles inhabit cow pies on the island of Jersey.

Safari Park Baffled as Tiger and Goat Become Best Friends

In a heart-warming turn of events, Amur the tiger has become best friends with his own lunch.

Black Friday Not Your Thing? Try 'Civilised Saturday'

British bookstores will offer butler service, mulled wine, and hand massages to customers seeking a more serene shopping experience.

Scott Barbour/Getty Images (London To Brighton Veteran Car Rally)

Ridiculous U.K. Traffic Laws of Yore

The highway speed limit was 4mph, and somebody had to walk in front of the car waving a red flag.

A Member of Parliament Wants Hedgehogs as the UK's National Species

MP Oliver Colvile recently nominated the hedgehog as a national symbol to raise awareness of the species' declining numbers.

Why Do British Pubs Have Illustrated Signs Outside?

"Let's meet at the sign of the Hung, Drawn and Quartered..."

The Game Show That Could Have Killed Its Contestants

How far would you go to win $100,000?

Why Does It Take So Long For Blu-ray Discs To Play?

Pop a Blu-ray movie into a player, and it can take two or three minutes before the film starts. Why?

What Do Those Numbers On Your Toaster Mean?

No, they don't correspond to minutes. At least not always.

43 Charmingly Odd British Town Names

Fearing Upton Snodsbury, Didling, Crudwell, Blubberhouses, and Wetwang!

Bronze-Age Brits May Have Mummified Their Dead

Scientists use modern technology to get a glimpse of prehistory.

6 Myths of the London Stone

No one is exactly sure why this unassuming block of limestone is important, but here are our favorite theories.

How Neil deGrasse Tyson Got James Cameron to Edit Titanic—15 Years Later

When the famed astrophysicist pointed out an error in the Oscar-winning blockbuster, Cameron—ever the perfectionist—took action.

Early Time Travel? Why Britain Lost 11 Days in 1752

For one year, more than two centuries ago, September 3-13 didn't exist in the British Empire.

Man Types Faster With His Nose Than Many Can With Their Fingers

Pecking out 103 characters of text in less than a minute is nothing to sniff at.

The Book That Promises to Put Your Kids to Sleep in Minutes

'The Rabbit Who Wants To Fall Asleep' uses a variety of techniques to get children to fall asleep quickly.

The Palace Built By a Postman, Using Stones From His Route

Ferdinand Cheval spent 33 years single-handedly building his dream palace—and he did it by collecting rocks as he delivered the mail.

The Creator of Peanut M&M's Was Allergic to Peanuts

Forrest Mars couldn't eat the candy that made him rich.

The Time Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Delayed a Guns N’ Roses Concert

Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo repopularized karate, raised awareness about environmental issues, and had a strange hold over Axl Rose.

The Strange Practice of "Gnoming"

In recent years, garden gnomes have developed a reputation for going AWOL.

What English Sounds Like to Non-English Speakers

A new short film illustrates the difficulty of understanding English if you don't understand English!

11 Fireball Facts about Contra

The hit run-and-gun game borrowed heavily from American action films and a major Central American revolution.

This Skydiving Spider Can Target You From Above

Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird ... it's a plane ... it's a Selenops.

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