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· Laura Dang
Here’s How This Airline Company Determines if Flight Attendants are Too Fat to Fly
Flight attendants too fat to fly? Ridiculous as that may sound, Chinese Qingdao Airlines has a strict weight requirement policy that flight attendants must meet to ensure “flight safety.” The company even has a color-coded chart purportedly used as a weight guideline, according…
· Riley Schatzle
Woman Pays Thousands to Adopt Stray Dog That Protected Her From Violent Men
A stray dog that recently saved a British woman from two violent men in Greece has found a new home. Georgia Bradley, student at Plymouth University, was on vacation in Georgioupoli, Greece, on the island of Crete when she found herself being harassed by two aggressive men on a…
· Editorial Staff
This Guy Just Fixed One of the Things People Hate Most About Flying
One entrepreneur took it upon himself to fix a problem many people encounter while flying. The Airhook is a mount that can hold an air traveller’s smartphone or tablet while also holding a drink — all without the seat tray having to be put down.
· Jacob Wagner
Airport Driver Accidently Drops Bag Containing $660,000 in Cash
Someone, somewhere out there left Hong Kong International Airport $660,000 richer last week. A bag containing NZD 1 million ($660,000) in cash being flown from Auckland, New Zealand to the Bank of China in Hong Kong went missing on Friday night, Shanghaiist reports. It was one…
· Jacob Wagner
Floyd Mayweather Once Tried to Race a Rival Boxer With His Private Jet
We all know that professional athletes can be extremely competitive even beyond their respective sports. Floyd Mayweather is not an exception.
· Alan Van
Science Reveals How Far Your Germs Travel Every Time You Sneeze
As if you needed any more reasons to not fly on an airplane these days, a video showing exactly how potentially SARS/measles/cooties-infected sneeze particles travel everywhere inside a plane is making the internet rounds. Using what Popular Science calls “computational fluid…
· David Zimmerman
9 Ways To Travel Better (and the Apps That Can Help)
I’ve been fortunate enough to have traveled since I was about 15-years-old. Anywhere from Homer, Alaska, Siyam World Maldives to Mykonos, Greece. I’ve jet-setted with friends, family, and by myself. I’ve stayed in Four Star resorts, $20 hostels in Spain, and tents in the Israeli…
· Editorial Staff
The Story of the Legendary Mad Scientist that Inspired Elon Musk
By now, we all know his name. Elon Musk paid homage by naming his revolutionary electric car company Tesla Motors, but not many know the real story of the life of Nikola Tesla. This is the story of the world’s first mad scientist. Nikola Tesla was born on July 10th, 1857 in…
· Benny Luo
You Can Now Fly Your Paper Planes With Your Smartphone Thanks to This Startup
Yes, you read that headline right. After years of only being able to fly your paper planes by throwing them, this company has found a way to do it through some add-ons and a smartphone app. PowerUp Toys is the company that created this awesome invention. A couple months ago,…
· Editorial Staff
This Guy Makes $75 an Hour Cuddling With Strangers
Imagine being alone one night and you are in the mood to cuddle. The doorbell rings and you open the door to a shirtless Travis Sigley who will cuddle with you for $75 dollars an hour. Oh yeah, he used to be a stripper before becoming a successful entrepreneur. You might not…
· Editorial Staff
Tunezy CEO On Selling His First Company To EDM Giant SFX [INTERVIEW]
Today, Tunezy announced that they have entered an agreement to be purchased by SFC Entertainment, a public company currently listed on NASDAQ. For those of you who don’t know, SFX is a company that aims to grow electronic dance music culture. They own properties including…
· Benny Luo
Meet the Man Who’s Telling Everyone to Put Butter in Their Coffee
Typically, if you want to lose weight and be healthy, conventional wisdom would tell you to just exercise, eat less carbs, and eat more vegetables. You’d most likely be told that there are absolutely no shortcuts to doing this and you must go through the pain in order to see…