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Life In Hong Kong’s ‘Coffin Cubicles’

With a population of nearly 7.5 million and very little developable land remaining, Hong Kong has become the least affordable housing market, making so-called ‘coffin cubicles’ common. United Nations have condemned these nightmarish cage-apartments as “an insult to human dignity” but according to the Society for Community Organisation, for some …

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There Are 12 Dots But You Can’t See Them All At Once

There are 12 Dots But You Can’t See Them All at Once An optical illusion from 2000 by Jacques Ninio has recently gone viral after being posted to Facebook yesterday by psychology professor Akiyoshi Kitaoka. Entitled Ninio’s Extinction Illusion, there are 12 black dots at the intersections of this image …

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13 Erupting Volcanoes Way More Dangerous

It is said that erupting volcanoes are nature’s way of getting really angry. Scary, because volcanoes can have the most devastating effects on civilisation. Around 6,000 people were evacuated from southern Chile due to the recent Calbuco volcano. Yet, molten lava dripping from the tops of mountains make for some …

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