Winson Green in Birmingham was taken over by 600 inmates for 12 hours after the used a dirty syringe to threaten a guard and get his keys. The prisoners took over due to a lack of TV and gym time, and it took 300 officers dressed in riot gear using paint and fire hoses to get the prison back under control.
Varanasi, India is a holy city and everyday hundreds of bodies are cremated in Varanasi. The city has become a popular place because Hindus believe that when their body is burnt in Varanasi they immediately reach nirvana.
New Zealand seems to be a popular place for strange objects to wash ashore and the latest object remains a mystery. A 100 meter long item showed up on one of New Zealand's beaches, and people are struggling to figure out what it is, and where it came from.
There’s more to Gianni Sarcone’s “Mask of Love” than meets the eye. If all you see is a mask then you might want to take another look, because there's a kissing couple hidden within the mask itself.
A 99 million year old dinosaur tail was recently discovered by paleontologists and the well preserved fossil belonged to a juvenile coelurosaur. The tail has feathers and it was discovered in Myanmar near the Chinese border.
In 2016 Anna Kendrick continued her domination of Twitter. She never seems to run out of hilarious things to say, and this year was a nice reminder of why she's so lovable.
For the last five years, Sydney Smith wore bronze rings on her neck because she was trying to extend it. She said she was inspired by tribes in Thailand and also giraffes. She hoped to extend her neck so she could break the record for longest neck, but now that she's moved to Los Angeles she decided to put the rings away.