From the badass power of mirror shades to a bottom-warming success story... Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.

Whether you’re working on a simple fix or a big project, the smaller version of a tool is almost always the better one.

Every culture has something that makes it special. It could be ingredients distinctive to a specific region that create a trademark dish, a unique practice, or a household item you won’t find anywhere ...

Let us fill you in on "house burping," or the German practice of "lüften." Here's why and how to open your windows daily to let the fresh air in and the stale air out.