The ice bath august 25, 1839, was filled with ice from the river and ice from the sea, which then fell off with great rapidity in one day. The surface of the surface of the ice was about two feet deep, to a depth of thirty feet, and the bottom […]

Dog meat festival bites the dust In a series of photos from 2012 that were published in the New Yorker in 2015, a group of young meat eaters show off their appetite for beef jerky. All of this meat was donated by a friend and the group took turns eating […]

Ombudsman urged to intervene in waterfront land row over Sydney hotel Updated An attempt to build a hotel on a site once used for a Sydney beachfront resort has been blocked by the council. Construction on the Hyatt Hotel will begin in October and is estimated to cost $80 million. […]