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Statue rubbing is the act of rubbing certain parts of statues, which wears them down and reveals where people are touching the statues the most.

This act is popular amongst tourists and is believed to bring good luck, improve love life or make a wish come true.


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Barbie debuts its new LeBron James doll.


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A 40-year-old woman in Guadalajara, Mexico, gave birth to a healthy baby boy conceived through a fully automated intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) procedure. This procedure was performed by a robot developed by Conceivable Life Sciences, which automates all 23 steps of the standard ICSI process. The AI system selects the healthiest sperm, immobilizes them with a laser, and injects them into collected eggs with precision beyond human capability.

U can now have e-sex.


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Two London police officers disguised themselves as Batman and Robin to sneak into and bust an illegal gambling operation.


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Concepts for conveying long-term nuclear warning messages on nuclear waste sites for future civilizations, from a 1992 report by Sandia National Laboratories for the US Department of Energy for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP).

The Sandia report explored designs for physical markers which conveyed the concepts of dangerous emanations, shapes that evoke bodily harm, and the concept of “shunned land” that appears destroyed or poisoned. The named designs suggested included:

Landscape of Thorns, Spike Field, Spikes Bursting Through Grid, Leaning Stone Spikes, Menacing Earthworks, Black Hole, Rubble Landscape, and Forbidding Blocks.


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