Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Cruise Tragedy: Family Seeks Answers After Elderly Passenger Found Dead on Remote Island A luxury cruise turned tragic when 80-year-old passenger Suzanne Rees was found dead on Lizard Island near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef after failing to return to her ship. Rees had joined a guided shore excursion but reportedly felt unwell during a hike.…

The narrator recounts a seemingly ordinary grocery trip that took a disturbing turn. They bought a pack of regular sausages, ate a few pieces, and stored the rest in the refrigerator overnight. Nothing seemed unusual at first. However, the next morning, while preparing breakfast, the knife struck something unexpectedly hard inside one of the sausages.…

At the zoo, a gorilla suddenly attacked a man in a wheelchair, grabbed the handles of his chair, and refused to let go. The zookeepers tried desperately to save him, shouting and reaching through the barriers, but then something completely unexpected happened. The man in the wheelchair had spent countless hours at the zoo over…

The Mystery Under the Mattress One afternoon, while flipping my mattress and washing the sheets, I noticed a small pile of tiny black grains in the corner of the bed. They were dull but shiny, like miniature bits of coal. My stomach dropped — I thought they might be insect eggs. Carefully, I scooped a…

Why Men’s and Women’s Shirts Button Differently If you’ve ever shared a closet, you might have noticed: women’s shirts button on the left, men’s on the right. This small detail has roots in centuries-old customs. In earlier times, wealthy women were dressed by right-handed maids, so left-side buttons made dressing easier. Men, who dressed themselves,…

Art has an uncanny way of sparking curiosity, doesn’t it? Something as simple as a tightly wrapped bundle can ignite debates, evoke emotions, and leave us pondering its deeper meaning. That’s precisely the story of The Bundle, a sculpture that’s been sitting in an antique store for over five years, priced at a hefty $10,000, and…

A mother recently made headlines after giving birth to ten babies, an incredible feat that has captured the attention of people around the world. What seemed like a miraculous story took an unexpected turn, leaving her family and doctors astonished. According to hospital officials, nine of the babies were healthy and thriving, while the tenth…

If you’ve ever had a loved one pass away, you know what a stressful time it can be. When people get old to the extent of not being able to take care of themselves, their family often makes a decision to send them to a nursing home. Unfortunately, if they get sick or terminally ill,…

Then tears slipped down my face as my best friend and a nurse held my legs apart, while another nurse inserted gauze into my va gina to try and stop the bleeding. Everyone always says you’ll remember the first time you have sex, but I’d thought it would be because of how awkward it would…

When 22-year-old Yuki told her friends she was marrying  50-year-old Kenji, their reactions were full of shock and disbelief. “Girl, is he rich-rich?” one friend asked. But Yuki stood firm. She had met Kenji on a beach in Okinawa during a rough patch in her life. Instead of isolation, she found comfort in a kind…