What the world wants to wear: Fascinating map shows how Louis Vuitton is the globe’s favourite fashion brand, followed by Gucci and Chanel The map sees country names supplemented by the name of the brand that its residents search for the most French brand Louis Vuitton is the most-searched-for brand in 47 countries – including … Read more
Meet the world’s smallest giraffes! Two animals living in Africa were born with rare cases of dwarfism that stunted their growth to no more than nine feet tall – half of the average size Dwarfism is found among humans and animals in captivity due to inbreeding However, a team found the first cases in giraffes … Read more
Japan has the world’s most powerful passport for the fourth year in a row, a new global ranking for 2021 has revealed. Citizens of the country can visit 191 countries around the world visa-free. The Singaporean passport remains in second place on 190 countries. Despite Brexit, the UK passport has moved up the ranking from … Read more
A bizarre new children’s cartoon has launched in Denmark which tells the story of a chap with the ‘world’s largest penis’. John Dillermand – which literally translates to ‘penis man’ in Danish slang – follows the adventures of its eponymous character who performs impressive feats with his member. From rescue missions and taming lines to … Read more
Arizona, California and Rhode Island are seeing higher rates of COVID-19 infections per capita than any country in the world as the US grapples with skyrocketing cases, hospitalizations and deaths. Arizona leads the nation for new infections per capita with 827 per 100,000 people in the week ended Tuesday, followed by California with 671 per … Read more
Failure. That’s how Andy Banner-Price, the co-owner of The 25 Boutique B&B in Torquay, sees a four-star review on Tripadvisor, which earlier this year declared it the world’s best B&B for the second year running. To date it has over 800 reviews on the site – and every single one of them is an ‘excellent’ … Read more
FIFTH of the world’s population will be affected by sinking land by 2040 due to human and natural removal of groundwater, model predicts Researchers led from Spain created a new model of global subsidence risks The phenomenon could come to threaten 635 million people within two decades Most of the populations at greater risk are in … Read more
FIFTH of the world’s population will be affected by sinking land by 2040 due to human and natural removal of groundwater, model predicts Researchers led from Spain created a new model of global subsidence risks The phenomenon could come to threaten 635 million people within two decades Most of the populations at greater risk are in … Read more
Sitting in my kitchen, I cannot help but stare at the mouth-watering selection of glossy chocolate before me. Under normal circumstances most of it would have disappeared in seconds. But today I’m having to exercise Olympian restraint as a serious Swiss gentleman peers out at me from my laptop. He’s insistent that not only do … Read more
A Russian sumo wrestler who was dubbed the ‘world’s strongest kid’ weighing 23 stone when he was nine has died at the age of 21. Dzhambulat Khatokhov, nicknamed Gladiator by his classmates, rose to fame at the age of three when he was hailed the strongest and heaviest child on the planet. He became known around … Read more