This Encyclopedia Britannica Society list features 9 sets of national flags that look alike.

I was sitting on the stoop outside my office in tears. My company was six months from running out of money. Our future hinged on us raising more capital through Series A financing. To say that I had a lot of feelings would be a vast understatement.When I confided in my cofounder, his response was…

CHAPEL HILL, NC—Responding to concern about the Trump administration accusing hundreds of Hispanic people living near the U.S.–Mexico border of having fraudulent birth certificates and revoking their passports, political scientists reassured Americans Thursday that stripping minority groups of their citizenship is usually where the descent into fascism peters out. “I know people might be worried that a targeted effort by a country’s leaders to erode the civil liberties and question the citizenship of a specific minority group is some ominous sign of even worse things to come, but in nearly all cases, this actually represents the low-...

Can the global elite's favorite magazine survive in an age of populism?

Indian officials say a meteorite struck the campus of a private engineering college on Saturday, killing one person. If scientists confirm the explosion was due to a meteorite, it would be the first recorded human fatality due to a falling space rock. According to local reports, a bus driver was killed on Saturday when a meteorite landed in the area where he was walking, damaging the window panes of nearby buses and buildings. Three other people were injured.

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If it had been up to me—and it really should have been—Playboy wouldn’t have abandoned its voyeuristic legacy of naked-lady photo spreads and centerfolds. Instead, I would’ve doubled down... By J.C. Hallman.

LYONS — The Colorado Cherry Company has been a fixture along U.S. 36 near Estes Park for decades. The family business has seen its fair share of visitors through the years. But one visitor ate the goods and made a gigantic mess at the same time.  It turns out bears like pies. A lot.

9NEWS journalist Alex Bernhardt is no stranger to unexpected moments on the job, but she met her match yesterday after being stung by a bull ant in front of the camera.

FORGET sharks, stingers and crocodiles, north Queensland councils are taking action to protect tourists from another tropical danger – coconuts.

If you've ever taken a road trip across America, you might be familiar with the hokey tourist attraction known as the mystery spot. Painted roadside signs often with prominently-displayed question marks advertise a local oddity you can pay a small admission price to explore.

Car manufacturer Lexus is making the teenage dream from the Back to the Future II come true with the public debut of their new hoverboard.

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North Korea has issued a statement to the State News Agency that their recent space exploration mission to Saturn was a huge success. It’s been confirmed that North Korea has become the first country to land a man on Saturn. Hung Il Gong made landfall on Saturn at approximately 3 a.m. this morning.

Poor Micah. He fell asleep on a car trip, and instead of just laughing at him while he dozed with his mouth wide open, his so-called mates laughed at him while stuffing his open mouth with Twizzlers (aka flavoured licorice). This prank is just horrible — because licorice is revolting, and feeding it to anyone is basically a war crime. Oh, also because Micah could have choked to death, or whatever. In conclusion: never eat licorice. Get ninemsn Pickle videos and stories on Facebook, Twitter...

Normally cyclists just ride around cars and other obstructions in their path, but not this guy. Click through to see more exhibitions of seemingly super-human strength. 

A geopolitical hot mess, meet the areas whose time zones are completely f**ked.

One bull chosen to take part in Saturday's San Fermin festival took one look at thousands of thrill-seekers waiting to be chased down Pamplona's narrow streets and scampered back to the safety of his corral. In a scene that confounded revellers and experts - and could have been scripted by Munro Leaf, who wrote The Story of Ferdinand - a reticent bull named Curioso I barely ran 20 metres before heading back.

The owner didn't blink an eyelid at his unusual 'puppies', until they grew up.

Shark expert Dr Daniel Bucher said surfer Mick Fanning’s survival instinct kicked in when he realised the shark was trying to bite him, and the steps he took ended up saving his life.