Wartime (while a bad time for everything else) is usually a good time for urban legends to grow. Its a period rife with rumors, speculation, and deliberate disinformationhow could such stories not turn up? While some urban legends have some truth to them,...
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The Internet is stuffed to the gills with urban legends of every kind. In general, they exist to shock you or make you believe something ridiculous in order to get a few more clicks. While sites like Listverse do their best to debunk these legends, some o...
Before Creepypasta, mysterious audio recordings on YouTube, and disconcerting clown sightings, the best way to terrorize your friends was by repeating a popular urban legend. As a kind of oral history handed down through the years, these stories typically...
For many, the U.S. is the authority on creepy, especially when it comes to urban legends and haunted locations. However, several countries around the world hold their own when it comes to eerie stories that will send a chill down your spine. Here are 10 n...
Following reports that John Wick star and Hollywood good guy Keanu Reeves has been approached to lead Sony's upcoming Kraven the Hunter movie, fans have taken to the internet to declare who they'd really like to see in the role: Karl Urban. Than...
Urban Dictionary is an online dictionary for all the latest slang Urban Dictionary is an alternative dictionary for trendy slang terms and phrases which can be real terms used in life. They may be silly abbreviations, or even offensive at times. Thou...
It’s time to stop looking at trees as a form of “beautification.” They are, instead, a living form of infrastructure, providing services that include stormwater management, air filtering, carbon sequestration, and, most importantly for a city like...
The Artist Studio Affordability Project capped a day of protest in front of the Brooklyn Museum in 2015 with a tongue-in-cheek installation of indoor furniture and signs decrying the displacement incurred by gentrification.“Was anyone really asking...
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAs Napoleon Bonaparte expanded his new French Empire and conquered much of Western Europe, he doled out the spoils of war to his friends and family, whether they wanted it or not. Napoleon’s older brother Joseph,...
Smartphone battery running low? If youre one of the many people that carries backup batteries, charger packs or cables in hopes of finding a plug, a new initiative is set to give you another outlet: park benches. Changing Environments, which is a spi...
Italy's Vincenzo Nibali won the 101st Tour de France and is the sixth man to win all three major toursThe Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. The 29-year-old, who rides for the Kazakhstani UCI Pro Team Astana and is nickna...
Task Labs TaskOne G3 is an urban tool that answers the question of what would happen if an iPhone case and a Swiss Army knife were mashed up. The compact case packs 22 440C-grade hardened stainless steel tools, two kickstands, and a universal saw bla...
Why Is This Important?Urban Outfitters has a history of being tone deaf and/or purposefully doing outrageous things for publicity.Long Story ShortWannabe edgy retailer Urban Outfitters got themselves into hot water recently over a controversial item....
Why Is This Important?Because everything you thought you knew about manliness might be wrong.Long Story ShortResearchers at Londons Brunel University have found that women from Westernized, urban communities may be the only ones who truly find men wi...
Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesAs Napoleon Bonaparte expanded his new French Empire and conquered much of Western Europe, he doled out the spoils of war to his friends and family, whether they wanted it or not. Napoleon’s older brother Joseph,...
In the 1960s, construction of four federal highways brought the rebuilt neighborhood of Greenwood’s prosperity to an abrupt endA few short years after the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Greenwood’s homes and businesses came back. This photograph sh...
A MARVELOUS ORDER from New Amsterdam on Vimeo.At the height of his career, urban planner Robert Moses was one of the most powerful men in New York City, responsible for many of the Big Apple’s infrastructure projects between the 1920s and 1960s. Tho...
A MARVELOUS ORDER from New Amsterdam on Vimeo.At the height of his career, urban planner Robert Moses was one of the most powerful men in New York City, responsible for many of the Big Apple’s infrastructure projects between the 1920s and 1960s. Tho...
We’re living in an age of rapid urbanization. Increasingly, our planet is being covered in massive metropolises, so densely packed and brightly lit, they can be seen from space. Since 1960, the number of people living in cities has increased from 34...