McDonald's touchscreens, which allow you to place your order without going through the cashier, were at the center of a curious episode in Australi...

McDonald's touchscreens, which allow you to place your order without going through the cashier, were at the center of a curious episode in Australia, where a group of friends decided to put them to th

Tales from the world • 1.4K followers Stories from around the world and unique experiences!   McDonald's touchscreens, which allow you to place your order without going through the cashier, were at the center of a curious episode in Australia, where a group of friends decided to put them to the test by exploiting a flaw in the system World Tales Posted May 22 It wasn't an elaborate plan, but a hunch born in front of the screen while scrolling through the list of cheapest burgers. They selected the one-dollar burgers, the most basic on the menu, and modif... Read more »     The resemblance between the Nazca mummies and the gray beings depicted in Steven Spielberg's "Taken" is so striking that it almost seems like a play of references between two different worlds World Tales Posted Jul 15 The figures found in Peru, with their slender bodies, skin that reveals a uniform dark gray beneath the whitish patina, elongated heads, and three-fingered hands, strikingly recall the aesthetics o... Read more »     The familiar children's rhyme "Ring Around the Rosie" has traveled across the world and been adapted into countless versions, but its exact beginnings remain somewhat uncertain World Tales Posted Jul 30 Many historians believe that the rhyme may have originated in Germany sometime during the 18th century, before eventually spreading to other countries and becoming part of children's games and trad... Read more »   Read more in Tales from the world

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