Nearly 60 years ago a small boy lost his father. His secret now grows out of a tree in Washington State. Yes, it exists. And no, it’s not photo shopped. The bike dates back to the 1950s and the kid who left the bike went on to be a King County Sheriff’s deputy. In 1954, … Read more
Inside the Catacombs of Paris: The Final Resting Place of Millions of Bones
The Catacombs of Paris or Catacombes de Paris is an underground ossuary in Paris, France. Located south of the former city gate (the “Barrière d’Enfer” at today’s Place Denfert-Rochereau), the ossuary holds the remains of about six million people and fills a renovated section of caverns and tunnels that are the remains of Paris’s stone … Read more
Caught on Camera: Deadly Hit-and-Run Near Mumbai
(Video has disturbing images, not suitable for children) On security cameras on a road in Navi Mumbai in Thane, 25 kms from Mumbai, a speeding Honda City collides with a van at 11 pm. The car is going so fast that the van, when hit, spins several times and at least four people are thrown … Read more
A 5-year-old boy blasted about eight feet
A five-year-old boy was blasted about eight feet into the air by a jet of water as he played in a public fountain in China. The child’s clothes were torn to shreds by the high pressure water and he suffered a bloody nose and cuts after he landed face first on the concrete. The exact … Read more
Kjeragbolten, Norway: A cool Place for Hiking
Kjeragbolten is a Norwegian boulder, located in the Kjerag mountain in Rogaland, Norway. The rock itself is a 5 m³ glacial deposit wedged in the mountain’s crevasse. It is a popular tourist destination and is accessible without any climbing equipment. However, it is suspended above a 984-meter deep abyss. It is also a popular site … Read more
A Photographer captures suicide as couple jump off 40 meter high bridge
Pictures show a couple mounting the guardrail of a bridge and throwing themselves off. This is the moment a photographer captured a lovers’ suicide leap. The cameraman had been standing on a viewing platform ready to take a snap of the fog shrouded Wuhan Yangtze River in Wuhan, at Hubei province in central China, … Read more