Unusual gifts

It's fascinating how a distant celestial body can influence us in our everyday lives. You've probably woken up in the morning completely exhausted ...

The endless universe still awaits us? The moon is still the only celestial body we humans have set foot on, and even Mars will remain unexplored fo...

You're happily chipping away in your cave, looking for coal, iron, gold or diamonds, when a monster suddenly attacks you from behind, completely ou...

As we all know, patience is a virtue. Especially, when it comes to solving the Star-Shaped Magic Cube! While it may look like a regular magic cube ...

Forget everything your chemistry teacher told you*: "Don't drink from the test tubes"; "Be careful with fluids"; "Don...

If you’re wondering why a music cassette, of all things, makes such a good key rack, you were most likely born after 1999. Everyone else will know ...

In the extremely popular video game Minecraft, a pickaxe is widely considered to be the most important tool. No pickaxe = no mining = no Minecraft....

A dinosaur skull is quite an impressive thing to own, right? Sadly, these things are extremely rare, extremely expensive and extremely illegal to o...

‘See no evil, hear no evil,speak no evil’, often depicted as three monkeys, comes from an old Japanese proverb that is borrowed from the Analects o...

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Do mods more real than reality just annoy you? And is completing the 300th side quest less than a thrill?Or maybe your internet connection isn'...

Finally there's a chance for pirates and Pastafaris to build their own shrine with the holy Flying Spaghetti Monster. In contrast to other non-prov...

Anyone who is able to identify this Enterprise correctly right away is definitely a true Star Trek fan. It is not easy to distinguish between the m...

Pour tan dust into the brewing stand, take some water, a Nether Wart and the juice of a glittering melon slice and behold, a soothing healing potio...

"Life finds a way." Does this quote sound familiar? Then the Jurassic Park lamp: Amber with Mosquito is sure to find its way into your home soon. T...

In the world of "Game of Thrones", the secrecy of letters has a completely different meaning. Although the ravens are unlikely to open the letters ...

Somehow regular jewellers just don't get the tastes of us geeks, right? C'mon, who believes in the lucky power of horseshoes or trefoils or upside-...

Deep underground, close to the bedrock and often surrounded by dangerous lava lakes, you will find what is probably the most valuable ore in all of...

Like all villains, the dark side of the Force usually lures us in with empty promises. Who hasn't heard the famous quote from Darth Vader to Luke: ...

The fact that we as Muggles never got the chance to be sorted into one of the four Hogwarts houses by the Sorting Hat is something most Harry Potte...

Without a doubt, physics is one of the most interesting sciences in the world. But one major downside is the fact that, in order to get to see the ...

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, can certainly be criticised, but every now and then you discover a few sparks of truth in his texts. ...

Everyone who grew up with the Harry Potter books and films remembers how painful it was not getting the long-awaited Hogwarts letter on their 11th ...

Somehow, Spider-Man still feels a bit sidelined when compared to other Marvel heroes – even though the human spider has starred in dozens of TV sho...

Mimics are mean: Before you even realise what’s happening, these malicious monsters are already using their goo to keep you in place and render you...

Welcome to the 374th meeting of the Friends of R'lyeh, fellow cultists! Before we continue to the main point on today's agenda, the summoning of ou...

Experts are still debating whether the fearsome T-Rex was an active predator or rather a scavenger. We know better. Of course, it simply ate everyt...

What would you say if we told you that you can harness the powers of physics to slow down time and switch off gravity? And that you can make a ball...

Do you already know our DNA Earrings and Molecule Necklaces? If you like colours, we've the Atom Necklace from our Geek Gem line. Both the chain an...

Like every machine, the human body needs to be recharged from time to time. For our machines it's having enough batteries in stock – for us it's co...

To call the T-800 from the Terminator movies the perfect death machine would probably be an understatement! The taciturn Terminator from Austria is...

The D20 – i.e. the 20-sided die – is a symbol for roleplaying games such as Dungeons & Dragons, but also other game genres such as tabletops. Not s...

"You took my planet, but I'll take yours too.You'll fire your laser, but I'll cut you through."Almost every citizen of the Empire of Mankind will k...

To our surprise, even the world of wizards and witches involves dealing with rather mundane problems: plagued by money problems, the Sorting Hat fr...

It is hard to imagine the world of "The Witcher" without inns. They are the place where Geralt lands new contracts, meets old friends or recuperate...