June 2016

The Layers in Iris: We all know Iris, let us pretend she is a girl, this is her story. Iris is always in tears, when sad, when happy or just even if something gets to her. She has special lacrimal glands to make new tears. She cries so much that she goes through ten ounces…

Dhara On June 7th, the FDA approved the use of a weight loss device that has often been described as “Assisted Bulimia”. It pumps food out of the client’s stomach, removing about 30 percent of the stored food before it causes weight gain. Named AspireAssist, critics say that this might be the most peculiar invention…

Fabia Shahzadi 1. Cover your flip flops straps in fabric. 2. Sandpaper the soles of unworn shoes for better traction. 3. Tape your third and fourth toe together to hack high heels. 4. Quiet squeaking shoes with baby powder. 5. Banish your blisters with clear gel deodorant. 6. Fix worn-down heels with instant heel caps….

Myisha Nawar You thought you were home alone? Okay so you have Lassie with you, but will it help? As per this popular urban legend, the parents of a girl left her alone in the house one night as they had to go out. They asked her to lock the doors and left their family…

Nobonita Chowdhury The hipster coffee trend has recently spread to coffee shops around the world. It is no longer just a drink to energize you in the morning. These days when you walk into a coffee place you find several decorative (and expensive!) options to start your morning with. You have rainbow coffee, deconstructed coffee,…

Fabia Shahzadi 1. Like human fingerprints, the stripes on each tiger are unique. 2. In 1979, it snowed in the Sahara Desert. 3. Some chickens are half male, half female. 4. Did you know, bananas are slightly radioactive? 5. Given it’s massive body, a blue whale’s heart can be as large as a car! 6….

Antarctic tourism isn’t meant for anyone, except the most daring of adventurers. These people wouldn’t mind the heavy cold wind, spending weeks to cross the icy waters or sleeping in military-style icebreaker vessels. Expedition to the frozen continent was no easy tasks back then. But that was around late 20’s, when the tourism just began…

Samiul Bashar Samin Suicide Squad actress Viola Davis has said that she “almost had my pepper spray out” the first time she met Jared Leto as The Joker. Leto recently revealed that he spent time scaring passers-by in New York and Toronto in order to perfect the Joker’s laugh. He also had a dead pig…

Samiul Bashar Samin Daniel Radcliffe has described kissing Paul Dano in new movie Swiss Army man as “weird” and “incestuous” because the actors have previously starred opposite one another’s girlfriends. In the surreal comedy-drama, out in US cinemas on July 1, Dano plays a character who is on the verge of killing himself when he…