This is impressive. 4,000 years of world history have been condensed to fit onto a single map, created by John B. Sparks and printed in 1931 by Rand McNally. The 1,5 metre map was advertised as “clear, vivid and shorn of elabouration”. The Histomap displays four thousand year’s of World history, and with the use of colour empahised “how the power of various ‘peoples’ evolved throughout history”.

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Although Sam Horowitz had his Bar Mitzvah in November 2012, his burlesque-themed celebration video only recently surfaced on Jewish website, Kveller. Horowitz’s celebration took place at the Omni Hotel in Dallas, and has been described by the Dallas Observer as “unarguably the craziest entrance to a religious celebration and ceremony”.

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Grootbos has put together a Super Spring Special just for you. The ultimate luxury and fine dining experience is perfectly complemented by flowering fynbos and the arrival of the Southern Right Whales. Speaking of which, Grootbos is throwing in a guided land-based whale watching excursion, an exclusive whale watching boat tour and a 4×4 flower safari all for FREE.

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German director Werner Herzog directed this chilling documentary which details stories of people who are living with the effects of texting and driving.

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What do you do if an opponent kicks the ball away from where you positioned it during a soccer match? You pull down his shorts of course. This is what happened and the referee just looked on.

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North Korean leader Kim Jung-un reportedly toured the factory of the countries ‘homemade’ smartphone, the Arirang. According to the state run news agency KCNA Kim is very impressed with the factory employees. While others think this may be a farce.

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Two British girls are being held in a Peruvian jail on suspicion of drug smuggling. Police reportedly found 11kg’s of cocaine in their luggage, valued at R23 million.

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The world is made up of many diverse cultures, all of whom have their own way of communicating. It is no wonder then that different parts of the world have different ideas when it comes to cellphone etiquette. RepairLabs obtained all the information and consolidated it to show cell phone etiquette around the world.

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Cape Town based firm, Tourism Radio wants to bring their interactive travel guides together with Google Glass, and give tourists the ultimate experience. The company is crowdfunding on Kickstarter to raise R530,000 for their venture. They hope to roll the product out in April 2014

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YouTube has brought us many things to be thankful for over the years, Justin Bieber, Charlie Bit My Finger, Antoine Dodson, and a myriad of cat videos. Don’t pretend you haven’t seen “Funny Cats in Water, EPIC,” it has 65,344,947 views. Whether you love these YouTube sensations or hate them, we all have one thing […]

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Diva impressionist Christina Bianco performs Bonnie Tyler’s hit ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart’ but does so by the ballad as if it were Cher, Britney Spears or Celine Dion performing the song.

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Kanye obviously cares about the safety and security of his baby, North West. He cares so much that he has bought two Dartz Prombron armoured SUVs for about R20 million each to protect him, and his child from the crazies.

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Writer Victor Parachin has provided some of the secrets to enjoying a healthy and happy relationship. Secrets that will equip you as a couple to take on anything.

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What makes a viral video a viral video? Twitter UK’s research team used three already viral videos to demonstrate what make these videos explode on Twitter.

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The state of New York will set the tone for the US government’s official relationship with virtual currency, Bitcoin when the New York State Department of Financial Services meets every major Bitcoin player in court. Shortly after a federal judge recently ruled that Bitcoin is real money, 22 digital-currency companies and investors have been subpoenaed by […]

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Over the weekend reports surfaced of an arrest for a drunk driver in Cape Town. Die Burger reported that person was ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni, but these claims were not confirmed by the police until today.

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Usain Bolt is the fastest man on the planet. This shot of him winning the 100m dash at the track and field world championships in Moscow has become an instant classic and is arguably the best sports pic of 2013… So far, anyway. What you have here is the fastest man on earth – named bolt – pictured with a bolt of lightning. Yes, poetry does actually happen in real life.

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This video walk through of Dyson testing lab in Malmesbury, England where they are testing the Dyson DC41 shows you have ever wanted to know what goes on behind the scenes of Dyson testing lab, without you even knowing that you wanted to know it.. This is the place where the dust sucker is tested against all the elements that the real world could possible throw at it.

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James Bond’s car from the 1977 classic, ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ has gone up for auction. But this is not just any car, it’s a fully-functional submarine car! Having racked up more screen-time than any other 007 car, this Lotus Espirt is a real collector’s item.

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We’ve found a real-life wizard! Well…wizardry is the only way we can explain this magical video that showed up on Vine a couple of days ago. This wizard goes by the name “JehReh” and is able to make his son appear and disappear into thin air – Check out the video and see for yourself! […]

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It wasn’t a good night for the guests of this Florida resort in the town of Clermont. As they were settling down to go to bed, the earth opened up and swallowed most of the resort and their belongings into a 30m sinkhole. The guests evacuated in terror.

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This story broke in July, but given the excellence of this portrait, it would be wrong of us not to bring to those of you who have missed it. A shanghai-based artist named Paul Akashi has painted a portrait of Nelson Mandela with 27,000 punches. Akashi printed the Chinese character for freedom on to a boxing glove, and punched it on to the canvass to paint the portrait.

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It has been a painstaking wait since entrepreneur Elon Musk first dropped hints at the development of a super fast transportation system. Musk unveiled the Alpha plans for his Hyperloop yesterday afternoon, including sketches.

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If you just spent R5,000 getting from Cape Town to Oppikoppi, you may begin your buyer’s remorse right NOW. It’s been a tough year so far. Goodness knows, we all know you’ve worked very hard. But if we’re honest with ourselves, that long weekend we just had was a small slice of heaven, and Christmas is so very far away. So what are you gonna do, punk?

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Mail & Guardian has detailed their investigation into what could be this country’s largest fraud scheme. Jeff Wiggill and Andy Bertulis are reportedly the men behind the fraud at First Strut which has been going on for more than two decades.

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Derek Medina shot and killed his wife Jennifer Alfonso, apparently because Alfonso had told her husband she was leaving him. The crazy part? Medina posted a Facebook statement confessing to the murder, as well as posting a picture of his dead wife.

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The CEO of AOL, Tim Armstrong held a conference call with 1,000 employees this last week to discuss the restructuring of AOL’s hyper-local news service, Patch. During the conference call an employee named Abel Lenz decided to commemorate the moment by taking a picture. He was fired for that.

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Oprah Winfrey’s recent visit to Switzerland for Tina Turner’s wedding resulted in an Zurich shop assistant refusing to show the queen of talk a bag because it was “too expensive”, according to the shop assistant.

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Bicycles are plentiful in Cape Town, and the city hosts the world renowned Cape Argus Cycle Tour. In recent years the bicycle community has grown exponentially, resulting in a battle for road space between motorists and cyclists. The online Cape Town Bicycle Map launched by Ride Your City offers bike commuters a safer and more detailed layout of preferred routes

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Elysium Space is offering the best deal around town to get you or your loved one to space by next year. For a cool R19,594 you could be on your way to space. So what’s the catch? To board the CubeStat heading to the outer limits, you have to be dead.

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