Pizza Hut at the Pyramids

It seems counterintuitive that one of the most fascinating man made structures on earth would share the spotlight with a fast food chain. In a video, we can see an average Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken, busy with customers merely feet away from the Great Pyramids of Giza. You’d expect this iconic historical site to be untouched by modern fast-food chains, the juxtaposition of a world wonder being set on the same stage as a fast food chain known for its unhealthy practices just might show that consumerism shows no boundaries.

Unemployment Rate

It seems counterintuitive that unemployment rates drop although the economy shrinks. In 2011 the rate of unemployment in America dropped to a low nine percent. This may seem like a good thing, but when put into perspective that the economy staggered and only provided 36,000 jobs nationally, something seems off. When the employment rate drops the most it has in 53 years, its uneasy to see that the reason for it is just simply that unemployed people have stopped looking for jobs. Part of the drop has occurred as many of those out of work gave up on their job searches.

Mormons Baptize Anne Frank

It seems counterintuitive that Anne Frank, known Jewish diarist who was tragically killed almost 80 years ago, is being baptized under the Mormon church. It stands out that someone who has passed away can be even considered to be baptized, let alone the fact that they were prominently known to belong to a different religion. It is stated that over a dozen times a proxy was approved to baptize Anne Frank from 1989 to 1999. “Mormon posthumous proxy baptisms for Holocaust victims or Jews who are not direct descendants of Mormons has continued, despite church vows to stop such practices.” This baffling scenario challenges the ideas of the fluidity of religion, and if one persons religion can live on long after death.