Life in the Fast Lane

Unusual and out of the ordinary news

Welcome back! It’s commonly known that Identity Theft is highly lucrative for the perpetrators who employ these tactics, but you may not be aware just how widespread it actually is. Nearly 5% of the gross population in the US alone were victims in 2009 to the tune of $54 billion, and $221 billion by businesses [...]

Time and again, monuments are often the most durable and famous symbols of civilizations that have been created and designed to impress or awe. Some of the most famous dating back thousands of years — the Egyptian Pyramids, the Greek Parthenon, and the Moai of Easter Island — have become symbols of their civilizations, while [...]

While many of us have been guilty of trying to slip the occasional item past airport security and customs for that special gadget, bottle of booze, or delectable treat you can’t buy at home, some of the most bizarre attempts to smuggle in things you would never have thought of in your wildest dreams have [...]

We all hate it, but if you live in the US or Canada, auto insurance is mandatory and a fact of life if you want to get anywhere on your own mode of wheels. Liability insurance can seem akin to dealing with the mafia for protection, and comprehensive and collision can feel confusing and confounding [...]

Evil takes on many forms, the likes of which the most insidious are the appalling acts of violent murderers and serial killers. Some of these most baleful and malevolent crimes of our times have not only affected the lives of the victims they took and their loved ones, but have gone on to impact the [...]

As a pagan tradition dating as far back as 2,000 years, the commonly accepted North American custom of Halloween encompasses some rather uncommonly known facts and beliefs, such as in England where white cats are believed to be bad luck — the polar opposite in color of black cats who have garnered a bum rap [...]