Japan’s Yakuza mobsters launch new, public relations website

Homepage of largest Yakuza gang, Yamaguchi-gumi

Japan’s biggest organized crime syndicate, the Yakuza, has launched its own website, the content of which, is not what you would expect. Spurred by a poor public image, membership in the Yakuza fell to an all-time low in 2013, slipping below 60,000 members for the first time. The Yakuza’s new website is an attempt to…

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High-res video of hexagon-shaped UFO flying above military base in Nevada.

Hexagon-shaped UFO flying above military base in Nevada

With the deluge of sketchy quadcopter and LED-light UFO videos that began suturing the Internet last year, I’ve been quite hesitant to post news of these events (which I consider to be “nonevents”) unless there is sufficient evidence to suggest they are authentic. Fact is, hoaxes are much more difficult to spot today. But the…

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Mark your calendars. NASA funded research project predicts collapse of our civilization within the next few decades

Collapsing building from ancient Roman civilization

According to a surprising new study funded by NASA, civilizations on Earth are set to collapse – within only a few decades. Researchers used advanced mathematical models seeded with compelling historical data related to previous civilizational collapses (e.g. Roman Empire, Gupta Empires) to reach their conclusion and found that even with conservative estimations, civilization as…

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Eww, yuck. 800-year-old monk remains found sticking out of cliff face.

800-year-old monk remains found sticking out of cliff face

Mandy Ewington was strolling along a British coastline when she looked up and noticed two odd-looking “tubes” sticking out of the face of a cliff. She quickly recognized the protruding white tubes for what they were, femur bones, and snapped pictures which she sent to leading coastal archaeologist Karl-James Langford. Langford also recognized the grisly…

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Rapidly defrosting Siberia yields 30,000-year-old virus – and it’s alive.

oil and gas drilling equipment in siberia

Researchers in Siberia have uncovered and revived (say what!) a 30,000 year old giant virus sparking concern that increased mining and oil drilling in the rapidly-defrosting area could inadvertently release a similar virus that could one day prove harmful to man. The mammoth virus belongs to a new family of mega-viruses that thankfully, only infect…

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