An eye test is challenging people across the internet to find a C among a sea of Os, but apparently 99 per cent of people can’t do it in less than 7 seconds. Now, I don’t want to brag too much about being part of the elite 1 per cent, but I managed to spot the C almost instantly. Though, I was unknowingly looking at a zoomed-in version at the time, so my results are admittedly a bit tainted. The test has been around for a couple of years, but it recently emerged again, ready to leave people infuriated as they stare desperately at the black and white puzzle. Just…

The Haunting of Hill House star Oliver Jackson-Cohen has revealed that the second season will be ‘exciting’ but, as yet, won’t even confirm that he’s going to be in it. The first season of show was a huge success for Netflix last year, managing to be one of the few TV shows to do horror well, so it was no big surprise when a second season was announced. And Carla Guginoa (who played Olivia Crain) dropped the hint that showrunner Mike Flanagan was keen on the idea of it becoming an anthology series, similar to American Horror Story, focusing on a different story each season. She said he would be…

Puppies are sound sleepers, and that’s a fact. They sleep wherever they please, whenever they please, but there is a Shih Tzu puppy named Paningning going viral on Instagram right now because she does that in quite a different way. Paningning uses to sleep on her back, and for some reason seeing her getting her well deserved naps in that position is a joy to the eye, and it looks like we are not the only ones loving her sleeping positions, since in less than 3 months she already got almost 50,000 followers on Instagram. We had a brief talk with her human mom Janess Cua to know more of…

Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made infamous by the still images taken by Alfredo Jaar and later by Sebastião Salgado and the first section of Godfrey Reggio’s 1988 documentary Powaqqatsi, showing an anthill of workers moving vast amounts of ore by hand. Because of the chaotic nature of the operation estimating the number of miners was difficult, but at least 100,000 people were thought to be present, making it one of the largest mines in the world. More: Sebastião Salgado h/t: vintag.es In January 1979, farmer Genésio Ferreira da Silva hired a geologist to…

Houseplants are awesome indoor air cleaners, but some of them are more effective than others at filtering out pollutants and toxic chemicals in the air. This infographic highlights the best air-filtering plants, according to a NASA study. NASA researchers set out to find the best ways to clean the air in space stations. Their Clean Air Study found the plants below are effective at removing benzene, formaldehyde, and trichloroethylene, xylene and ammonia from the air — chemicals that have been linked to health effects like headaches and eye irritation. There are other benefits to having these plants around. The graphic below from Love the Garden shows you at a glance…