Absurd Fad Diets: The Sleeping Beauty Diet Source: eZine Mark
When it comes to diets, this one takes the cake for being the easiest weight loss plan out there. Dieters are sedated and/or encouraged to sleep for incredibly long periods of time—even days—hoping that the body will burn stored up calories while the person sleeps. Of course, eating is impossible while sleeping, so no additional calories are ingested. According to records, Elvis Presley was a big fan of the Sleeping Beauty Diet. Read More...
From shipwrecks to sunken tanks to human remains, Truk Lagoon is among the biggest and eeriest underwater graveyards on Earth.Stephen Frink/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty ImagesA scuba diver finds a human skull in Truk Lagoon.
From massive wreckage, a diver’s paradise is born. Truk Lagoon, a small part of Micronesia located about 1,100 miles northwest of New Guinea in the western Pacific, has been home to several tribes since at least 1528, when Spanish explorers made the first recorded sightings there. Read More...
From cannibalistic snakes to sexually frustrated dolphins, here are the animal news stories that caught your attention the most in the past year.Facebook/Reptile HunterA king cobra and python in the aftermath of their lethal battle.
This year has seen its share of depressing news — so much so that it’s become difficult to even pay attention to the news at the risk of exposing yourself to yet another devastating headline. Read More...