Vietnam

Would you dare? World’s longest glass-bottom bridge opens to tourists [Video]

May 9, 2022 by Nena Serrano Leave a Comment

WHAT'S BEING CLAIMED: The Bach Long pedestrian bridge in Vietnam is now open to tourists.The bridge is 2,073ft long and 492ft above the ground.Vietnam is now open to international travelers. A massive glass bridge claiming to be the world's longest has opened, but it's not for the faint-hearted. The Bach Long pedestrian bridge in Vietnam, whose name translates to … [Read more...] about Would you dare? World’s longest glass-bottom bridge opens to tourists [Video]

Researchers capture images of mouse deer thought to be extinct for 30 years

November 14, 2019 by Nena Serrano Leave a Comment

WHAT'S BEING CLAIMED: For the first time in three decades, a tiny fanged deer had been seen and photographed by a research team in a forested area in southern Vietnam. Called the silver-backed chevrotain, the Vietnamese mouse deer is the smallest ungulate in the world that has been included in an environmental group’s top 25 lost species. Before the recent … [Read more...] about Researchers capture images of mouse deer thought to be extinct for 30 years

Japanese are going crazy over a backpack that looks like a real cat

WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Miho Katsumi created a backpack that looked like a real cat, and it is making waves on Twitter in Japan. These are handcrafted bags made using faux fur and 1 bag takes about 1 to 3 months to make. One bag is priced at 140,000 Japanese yen ($1,074). Miho Katsumi created hand-sewn […]

Fountain of Youth: Fecal transplants could be the next big anti-aging hack

WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: Fecal transplantation is demonstrated to reverse age-associated inflammation that causes a decline in tissue function, a new study finds. The researchers said that this improves understanding of the importance of microbiota composition and how it could be involved in disease development The paper was published in Microbiome. As a person grows older, […]

NASA to send nude pictures of people to space to ‘attract aliens’ [Video]

WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: In the hope of luring aliens to Earth, NASA is planning to send naked pictures of humans into space. The naked man and woman in the photos are waving to make them look more inviting. The image was revealed as part of a project called the “Beacon in the Galaxy” (BITG) which aims […]

Wild fox kills 25 flamingos at Smithsonian’s National Zoo

WHAT’S BEING CLAIMED: A wild fox broke into an outdoor flamingo habitat at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington D.C. on Monday. The fox killed 25 American flamingos and one Northern pintail duck. According to the zoo, it is the first time a wild predator has broken into the mesh exhibit since it was built […]