If you've been wondering why half of the Internet had gone quiet, then (like us) you might not have realised that today is the 4th of July, and that means it’s America’s Independence Day. The holiday marks the signing of…

The first Street View images outside America are now available - Street View has come to France! Added in celebration of the upcoming Tour de France, the street view images are mostly restricted to the race route (rather than allowing…

It's commonly quoted as fact that in nature, no food or vegetable is naturally blue. This information was again disputed recently by the re-introduction of blue Smarties1, this time using 100% natural seaweed extract to create the blue colour. Additional…

Syria's Damascus Gate restaurant has recently been certified by Guinness as the "World's largest restaurant", stealing the crown from Thailand's (previously featured) Mang Gorn Luang. Seating up to 6014 diners at one time, it easily tops the previous holder's 5000…

We’re continuing the first annual GSS Desert Week! We’re mostly posting about deserts and it's lasting about a week! The 40 acre Desert of Maine is located in a pine forest near the town of Freeport. Although not a real…

We're continuing the first annual GSS Desert Week! In time-honoured tradition, we’ll mostly be posting about deserts. For about a week! The Sahara is probably the world's most famous desert, and covers much of northern Africa. However today we're only…