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THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. THE RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT IN LIA, GEORGIA The Radiological Incident in Lia, Georgia. On a cold December day in 2001, three men took their truck and drove 50 kilometers east from their village Lia in order to collect firewood. The village of Lia is located in the district of Tsalenjhikha, approximately 320 THE DISEASE THAT TURNS MUSCLES INTO BONES The deceased owners of these skeletons suffered from an extremely rare and debilitating condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), or Münchmeyer disease. Victims suffering from FOP have their muscles, tendons, and ligaments gradually turned to bone, until the sufferer becomes rigid and unable to move. THE BALMORAL PYRAMID The Balmoral Pyramid. Hidden among the trees in the woods surrounding the Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside, Scotland, are eleven stone cairns erected by Queen Victoria in honour of her family, the largest being an impressive pyramid built to commemorate the death of her beloved husband. The Balmoral Estate was bought by Prince Albert in1852 as
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town GOODYEAR’S ILLUMINATED TIRES Goodyear saw an opportunity and fitted 18 tiny lightbulbs inside the tire, on the rims, producing a vivid glow at night. Goodyear hoped that illuminated tires would make driving safer in fog, or the tires themselves could work as turn signals and brake LAKE GEORGE: THE LAKE THAT VANISHES About 40 kilometers north-east of Canberra, in Australia, right next to the Federal Highway is a large lake, but you might not always see it. Depending on which time of the year or day you visit, there might be a large expanse of water or a swampy pastureland. Lake George is extremely unpredictable. Its waters come and go like a mirage. BRITAIN'S GIANT HILLSIDE CHALK FIGURES Whipsnade White Lion. England’s largest hill figure is located Bedfordshire. It’s a giant lion, 483 feet long, craved in 1933 to indicate the location of Whipsnade wildlife park. The figure was nearly forgotten until it was uncovered and restored in 2005. It is now visible for several miles across the Dunstable Downs. POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE “SUBMARINE PITS” ON BOCA CHICA KEY The Navy still maintains presence on Key West and on Boca Chica, but large sections of the island are today lying vacant. Two years ago, a collection of seven submarine pits, covering 122 acres, were put up on sale at a price of $21 million. According to real estate website Ocseansir.com, the pits were used by Navy Air Station to house its HMS DIAMOND ROCK: THE STONE FRIGATE 18 hours ago · South of Martinique, an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, lies a small basalt island called Diamond Rock. With an imposing peak of 175 meters, the island is said to appear like a cut piece of the eponymous jewel during certain hours of the day. THE MAHARAJA’S WELL We think that charity always flows from the richer nations to the poorer ones, but sometimes it also flows the other way. When Ireland was starving during the potato famine in the 1840s, the Choctaw Nation of American Indians, despite being impoverished themselves and living in extreme hardship, donated an equivalent of $170 to the troublednation.
THE CITADEL OF BAM: THE WORLD’S LARGEST MUD BUILDING Sometime between 579 and 323 BC during the Achaemenid Persian period, the Citadel of Bam (in Persian Arg-é Bam) was built in southeastern present-day Iran, a huge fortress made of clay that is considered to be the largest adobe building. GUARAPARI’S RADIOACTIVE BEACHES The background radiation level on Guarapari beach is about 20μSv per hour. In some spots it can be as high as 131 μSv per hour. To place that in context, a single chest X-ray can deliver 100 μSv. Monazite in the sand from Brazil was first noticed in sand carried in ship's ballast by the Austrian scientist Carl Auer von Welsbach in the 1880s. THE GREAT SHEEP PANIC OF 1888 Sheep are notoriously timid and nervous animal, and can get startled easily. But what mysterious provocation could have caused thousands of sheep to lose their mind at once has baffled scientists for years. SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of lumber THE EXILED BELL OF UGLICH When Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, he left behind two sons, neither of whom was suitable to carry forward their father’s heirloom. One was Fyodor Ivanovich, who, growing up under the shadow of a terrible father and denied of motherly love, turned out to be shy and timid andsickly of health.
THE SAD TALE OF THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS In 1943, after a nine-year-long legal battle, Oliva and Elzire Dionne got back the custody of their children. But the reunion was not a happy one. Wealth had transformed the family. Elzire treated them harshly, screamed insults and hit them. Their father started abusingthem sexually.
KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
HOTEL BELVÉDÈRE: THE ICONIC SWISS HOTEL ON THE EDGE OF THE As the road switches back and forth hugging the side of the mountain, at one point near the top of the pass, it comes within 200 meters of the Rhone Glacier. It was here, in 1882, the young hotelier, Josef Seiler, built a hotel in one of the hairpin bends. Over the decades Hotel Belvédère became one of the most iconic hotels of the SwissAlps.
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A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of lumber THE TURIN EROTIC PAPYRUS The Turin Erotic Papyrus. The Turin Erotic Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll-painting that has long been a subject of intense interest among Egyptologists, because it deals with the subject of sex rather graphically. The Turin Erotic Papyrus is believed to be created during the time of Ramesses III (roughly 1184-1153 BCE), which PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. THE INFAMOUS MAUTHAUSEN STAIRS OF DEATH The Infamous Mauthausen Stairs of Death. The Mauthausen concentration camp, situated about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz in Upper Austria, was the hub of one of the largest labor camp complexes in the German-controlled part of Europe, with a central camp near the village of Mauthausen, and nearly one hundred other subcamps located KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
4 INCREDIBLE HANGING HOTEL POOLS 4 Incredible Hanging Hotel Pools. Some hotel pools are more than a place to take a dip. They are designed to make a dramatic impression and heighten the sensations you experience when you swim. The infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands hotel is a great example. The Skypark pool atop the Marina Bay Sands hotel, in Singapore, is one of the most THE DIVING HORSES OF ATLANTIC CITY The Diving Horses of Atlantic City. For nearly half a century, Atlantic City, in New Jersey, United States, was home to an attraction almost too fantastical to believe—an apparently fearless horse with a young woman on its back would leap off a tower some 40 feet high into a pool of water below. The stunt took place at Atlantic City'spopular
HOTEL BELVÉDÈRE: THE ICONIC SWISS HOTEL ON THE EDGE OF THE As the road switches back and forth hugging the side of the mountain, at one point near the top of the pass, it comes within 200 meters of the Rhone Glacier. It was here, in 1882, the young hotelier, Josef Seiler, built a hotel in one of the hairpin bends. Over the decades Hotel Belvédère became one of the most iconic hotels of the SwissAlps.
THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL DIESEL ENGINE IN THE WORLD This is RT-flex96C - a two-stroke turbocharged diesel engine designed by the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä and is currently the largest and most powerful diesel engine in the world. Standing at 13.5 meters high and 26.59 meters long, it is almost as big as a small apartment. It weighs over 2,300 tonnes and its largest 14-cylinder versionAMUSING PLANET
A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of lumber THE TURIN EROTIC PAPYRUS The Turin Erotic Papyrus. The Turin Erotic Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll-painting that has long been a subject of intense interest among Egyptologists, because it deals with the subject of sex rather graphically. The Turin Erotic Papyrus is believed to be created during the time of Ramesses III (roughly 1184-1153 BCE), which PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. THE INFAMOUS MAUTHAUSEN STAIRS OF DEATH The Infamous Mauthausen Stairs of Death. The Mauthausen concentration camp, situated about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz in Upper Austria, was the hub of one of the largest labor camp complexes in the German-controlled part of Europe, with a central camp near the village of Mauthausen, and nearly one hundred other subcamps located KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
4 INCREDIBLE HANGING HOTEL POOLS 4 Incredible Hanging Hotel Pools. Some hotel pools are more than a place to take a dip. They are designed to make a dramatic impression and heighten the sensations you experience when you swim. The infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands hotel is a great example. The Skypark pool atop the Marina Bay Sands hotel, in Singapore, is one of the most THE DIVING HORSES OF ATLANTIC CITY The Diving Horses of Atlantic City. For nearly half a century, Atlantic City, in New Jersey, United States, was home to an attraction almost too fantastical to believe—an apparently fearless horse with a young woman on its back would leap off a tower some 40 feet high into a pool of water below. The stunt took place at Atlantic City'spopular
HOTEL BELVÉDÈRE: THE ICONIC SWISS HOTEL ON THE EDGE OF THE As the road switches back and forth hugging the side of the mountain, at one point near the top of the pass, it comes within 200 meters of the Rhone Glacier. It was here, in 1882, the young hotelier, Josef Seiler, built a hotel in one of the hairpin bends. Over the decades Hotel Belvédère became one of the most iconic hotels of the SwissAlps.
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A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history THE MAHARAJA’S WELL We think that charity always flows from the richer nations to the poorer ones, but sometimes it also flows the other way. When Ireland was starving during the potato famine in the 1840s, the Choctaw Nation of American Indians, despite being impoverished themselves and living in extreme hardship, donated an equivalent of $170 to the troublednation.
JOHANN JOSEF LOSCHMIDT AND AVOGADRO’S NUMBER The Loschmidt constant is barely used, but Avogadro's number (6.022×10 23) finds wide application in physics and chemistry. The only subtle recognition Loschmidt received for his work is the symbol L, which is sometimes used to denote the Avogadro constant. Loschmidt also contributed to Maxwell's and Boltzman's work on thermodynamics. THE CITADEL OF BAM: THE WORLD’S LARGEST MUD BUILDING 1 day ago · Sometime between 579 and 323 BC during the Achaemenid Persian period, the Citadel of Bam (in Persian Arg-é Bam) was built in southeastern present-day Iran, a huge fortress made of clay that is considered to be the largest adobe building. SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of lumber ANATOLI BUGORSKI: THE MAN WHO STUCK HIS HEAD INSIDE A Out of all places to stick your head into, a particle accelerator would rank among the worst. Yet, on that fateful day of 13 July 1978, thirty-six-years-old Russian scientist Anatoli Bugorski just had to. The particle accelerator he was working with at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, near Serpukhov, Russia, developed aproblem.
THE EXILED BELL OF UGLICH When Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, he left behind two sons, neither of whom was suitable to carry forward their father’s heirloom. One was Fyodor Ivanovich, who, growing up under the shadow of a terrible father and denied of motherly love, turned out to be shy and timid andsickly of health.
THE SHOE FITTING MACHINES THAT BLASTED YOU WITH RADIATION The shoe-fitting fluoroscope was originally built by Dr. Jacob Lowe that enabled him to x-ray the feet of wounded soldiers during World War I without removing their boots. The device helped speed up the process and Dr. Lowe was able to go through a large number of patientsin a short time.
CLARENCE E. WILLARD: THE MAN OF COULD GROW AT WILL In 1913, while in England, Clarence E. Willard had to renew his passport in order to travel, and most importantly, in order for him to return back to the United States where he was a resident. THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL DIESEL ENGINE IN THE WORLD This is RT-flex96C - a two-stroke turbocharged diesel engine designed by the Finnish manufacturer Wärtsilä and is currently the largest and most powerful diesel engine in the world. Standing at 13.5 meters high and 26.59 meters long, it is almost as big as a small apartment. It weighs over 2,300 tonnes and its largest 14-cylinder version PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. CANAL OF THE PHARAOHS: THE FORERUNNER TO THE SUEZ CANAL With this design Napoleon instructed his chief civil engineer, Jacques-Marie Le Pére, to make a topographical survey of the Isthmus of Suez while looking for vestiges of the ancient canal. Le Pére and his fellow engineers were able to follow and eventually trace the “Canal of the Pharaohs” from the Red Sea all the way to the Nile. THE BALMORAL PYRAMID The Balmoral Pyramid. Hidden among the trees in the woods surrounding the Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside, Scotland, are eleven stone cairns erected by Queen Victoria in honour of her family, the largest being an impressive pyramid built to commemorate the death of her beloved husband. The Balmoral Estate was bought by Prince Albert in1852 as
THE RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT IN LIA, GEORGIA The Radiological Incident in Lia, Georgia. On a cold December day in 2001, three men took their truck and drove 50 kilometers east from their village Lia in order to collect firewood. The village of Lia is located in the district of Tsalenjhikha, approximately 320 GOODYEAR’S ILLUMINATED TIRES Goodyear saw an opportunity and fitted 18 tiny lightbulbs inside the tire, on the rims, producing a vivid glow at night. Goodyear hoped that illuminated tires would make driving safer in fog, or the tires themselves could work as turn signals and brake THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to various PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. CANAL OF THE PHARAOHS: THE FORERUNNER TO THE SUEZ CANAL With this design Napoleon instructed his chief civil engineer, Jacques-Marie Le Pére, to make a topographical survey of the Isthmus of Suez while looking for vestiges of the ancient canal. Le Pére and his fellow engineers were able to follow and eventually trace the “Canal of the Pharaohs” from the Red Sea all the way to the Nile. THE BALMORAL PYRAMID The Balmoral Pyramid. Hidden among the trees in the woods surrounding the Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside, Scotland, are eleven stone cairns erected by Queen Victoria in honour of her family, the largest being an impressive pyramid built to commemorate the death of her beloved husband. The Balmoral Estate was bought by Prince Albert in1852 as
THE RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT IN LIA, GEORGIA The Radiological Incident in Lia, Georgia. On a cold December day in 2001, three men took their truck and drove 50 kilometers east from their village Lia in order to collect firewood. The village of Lia is located in the district of Tsalenjhikha, approximately 320 GOODYEAR’S ILLUMINATED TIRES Goodyear saw an opportunity and fitted 18 tiny lightbulbs inside the tire, on the rims, producing a vivid glow at night. Goodyear hoped that illuminated tires would make driving safer in fog, or the tires themselves could work as turn signals and brake THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to various THE MAHARAJA’S WELL 6 hours ago · We think that charity always flows from the richer nations to the poorer ones, but sometimes it also flows the other way. When Ireland was starving during the potato famine in the 1840s, the Choctaw Nation of American Indians, despite being impoverished themselves and living in extreme hardship, donated an equivalent of $170 to the troubled nation. THE DISEASE THAT TURNS MUSCLES INTO BONES The deceased owners of these skeletons suffered from an extremely rare and debilitating condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), or Münchmeyer disease. Victims suffering from FOP have their muscles, tendons, and ligaments gradually turned to bone, until the sufferer becomes rigid and unable to move. DULMIAL: THE VILLAGE OF WORLD WAR HEROES A small Pakistani village located about 150 kilometers south of Islamabad is home to a proud monument—a 19th century cannon gifted by the British government in recognition of the village's contribution to the First World War. SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES 1 day ago · What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of lumber PISONIA: THE TREE THAT KILLS BIRDS A study conducted on seabird population on Cousin Island in Seychelles revealed that the Pisonia tree killed a quarter of White Terns and nearly a tenth of Tropical Shearwaters via fatal seed entanglement. Scientists have wondered if there is any evolutionary benefit derived by the Pisonia tree by BRITAIN’S SECRET FUEL PIPELINES In the UK at least, the fuel comes through pipelines delivered directly at the airport. This extensive network of pipelines and associated facilities such as storage depots and pumping station, together called the “Government Pipelines and Storage System” or THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town THE EXILED BELL OF UGLICH When Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, he left behind two sons, neither of whom was suitable to carry forward their father’s heirloom. One was Fyodor Ivanovich, who, growing up under the shadow of a terrible father and denied of motherly love, turned out to be shy and timid andsickly of health.
CLARENCE E. WILLARD: THE MAN OF COULD GROW AT WILL In 1913, while in England, Clarence E. Willard had to renew his passport in order to travel, and most importantly, in order for him to return back to the United States where he was a resident. GUAÍRA FALLS: A NATURAL WONDER FLOODED BY AN ARTIFICIAL The so called Guaíra Falls or Seven Falls ( Sete Quedas in Portuguese) was a series of 18 immense waterfalls on the Paraná River located at a point where the river was forced through a narrow gorge. At the head of the falls, the river narrowed abruptly from a width of about 380 meters to 60 meters, creating one of the most powerfulwaterfalls
PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. CANAL OF THE PHARAOHS: THE FORERUNNER TO THE SUEZ CANAL With this design Napoleon instructed his chief civil engineer, Jacques-Marie Le Pére, to make a topographical survey of the Isthmus of Suez while looking for vestiges of the ancient canal. Le Pére and his fellow engineers were able to follow and eventually trace the “Canal of the Pharaohs” from the Red Sea all the way to the Nile. THE BALMORAL PYRAMID The Balmoral Pyramid. Hidden among the trees in the woods surrounding the Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside, Scotland, are eleven stone cairns erected by Queen Victoria in honour of her family, the largest being an impressive pyramid built to commemorate the death of her beloved husband. The Balmoral Estate was bought by Prince Albert in1852 as
THE RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT IN LIA, GEORGIA The Radiological Incident in Lia, Georgia. On a cold December day in 2001, three men took their truck and drove 50 kilometers east from their village Lia in order to collect firewood. The village of Lia is located in the district of Tsalenjhikha, approximately 320 GOODYEAR’S ILLUMINATED TIRES Goodyear saw an opportunity and fitted 18 tiny lightbulbs inside the tire, on the rims, producing a vivid glow at night. Goodyear hoped that illuminated tires would make driving safer in fog, or the tires themselves could work as turn signals and brake THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to various PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. CANAL OF THE PHARAOHS: THE FORERUNNER TO THE SUEZ CANAL With this design Napoleon instructed his chief civil engineer, Jacques-Marie Le Pére, to make a topographical survey of the Isthmus of Suez while looking for vestiges of the ancient canal. Le Pére and his fellow engineers were able to follow and eventually trace the “Canal of the Pharaohs” from the Red Sea all the way to the Nile. THE BALMORAL PYRAMID The Balmoral Pyramid. Hidden among the trees in the woods surrounding the Balmoral Castle in Royal Deeside, Scotland, are eleven stone cairns erected by Queen Victoria in honour of her family, the largest being an impressive pyramid built to commemorate the death of her beloved husband. The Balmoral Estate was bought by Prince Albert in1852 as
THE RADIOLOGICAL INCIDENT IN LIA, GEORGIA The Radiological Incident in Lia, Georgia. On a cold December day in 2001, three men took their truck and drove 50 kilometers east from their village Lia in order to collect firewood. The village of Lia is located in the district of Tsalenjhikha, approximately 320 GOODYEAR’S ILLUMINATED TIRES Goodyear saw an opportunity and fitted 18 tiny lightbulbs inside the tire, on the rims, producing a vivid glow at night. Goodyear hoped that illuminated tires would make driving safer in fog, or the tires themselves could work as turn signals and brake THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to various THE MAHARAJA’S WELL 4 hours ago · We think that charity always flows from the richer nations to the poorer ones, but sometimes it also flows the other way. When Ireland was starving during the potato famine in the 1840s, the Choctaw Nation of American Indians, despite being impoverished themselves and living in extreme hardship, donated an equivalent of $170 to the troubled nation. THE DISEASE THAT TURNS MUSCLES INTO BONES The deceased owners of these skeletons suffered from an extremely rare and debilitating condition called fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP), or Münchmeyer disease. Victims suffering from FOP have their muscles, tendons, and ligaments gradually turned to bone, until the sufferer becomes rigid and unable to move. DULMIAL: THE VILLAGE OF WORLD WAR HEROES A small Pakistani village located about 150 kilometers south of Islamabad is home to a proud monument—a 19th century cannon gifted by the British government in recognition of the village's contribution to the First World War. SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES 1 day ago · What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of lumber PISONIA: THE TREE THAT KILLS BIRDS A study conducted on seabird population on Cousin Island in Seychelles revealed that the Pisonia tree killed a quarter of White Terns and nearly a tenth of Tropical Shearwaters via fatal seed entanglement. Scientists have wondered if there is any evolutionary benefit derived by the Pisonia tree by BRITAIN’S SECRET FUEL PIPELINES In the UK at least, the fuel comes through pipelines delivered directly at the airport. This extensive network of pipelines and associated facilities such as storage depots and pumping station, together called the “Government Pipelines and Storage System” or THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town THE EXILED BELL OF UGLICH When Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, he left behind two sons, neither of whom was suitable to carry forward their father’s heirloom. One was Fyodor Ivanovich, who, growing up under the shadow of a terrible father and denied of motherly love, turned out to be shy and timid andsickly of health.
CLARENCE E. WILLARD: THE MAN OF COULD GROW AT WILL In 1913, while in England, Clarence E. Willard had to renew his passport in order to travel, and most importantly, in order for him to return back to the United States where he was a resident. GUAÍRA FALLS: A NATURAL WONDER FLOODED BY AN ARTIFICIAL The so called Guaíra Falls or Seven Falls ( Sete Quedas in Portuguese) was a series of 18 immense waterfalls on the Paraná River located at a point where the river was forced through a narrow gorge. At the head of the falls, the river narrowed abruptly from a width of about 380 meters to 60 meters, creating one of the most powerfulwaterfalls
PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
THE SUNKEN CITY OF BAIAE The Sunken City of Baiae. The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town wereits
THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE STORY BEHIND SYDNEY’S ‘ETERNITY’ GRAFFITI The Story Behind Sydney’s ‘Eternity’ Graffiti. For over twenty five years, from 1930 to 1956, the people of Sydney woke up each day to a one-word sermon—”Eternity”—handwritten in yellow crayon on footpaths, train station platforms, and perimeter walls lining the city’s many walkways and streets. Each day a fresh batch of THE SAD TALE OF THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS Nobody could have known, not even Elzire Dionne, that she was going to give birth to quintuplets. Already a mother of five, the shock of giving birth to five more baby girls—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile and Marie—knocked her out for two hours. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to various PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
THE SUNKEN CITY OF BAIAE The Sunken City of Baiae. The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town wereits
THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE STORY BEHIND SYDNEY’S ‘ETERNITY’ GRAFFITI The Story Behind Sydney’s ‘Eternity’ Graffiti. For over twenty five years, from 1930 to 1956, the people of Sydney woke up each day to a one-word sermon—”Eternity”—handwritten in yellow crayon on footpaths, train station platforms, and perimeter walls lining the city’s many walkways and streets. Each day a fresh batch of THE SAD TALE OF THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS Nobody could have known, not even Elzire Dionne, that she was going to give birth to quintuplets. Already a mother of five, the shock of giving birth to five more baby girls—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile and Marie—knocked her out for two hours. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to variousAMUSING PLANET
A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES 19 hours ago · What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of DULMIAL: THE VILLAGE OF WORLD WAR HEROES A small Pakistani village located about 150 kilometers south of Islamabad is home to a proud monument—a 19th century cannon gifted by the British government in recognition of the village's contribution to the First World War. THE EXILED BELL OF UGLICH 1 day ago · When Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, he left behind two sons, neither of whom was suitable to carry forward their father’s heirloom. One was Fyodor Ivanovich, who, growing up under the shadow of a terrible father and denied of motherly love, turned out to be shy and timid and sickly of health. THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town BRITAIN’S SECRET FUEL PIPELINES How do airline companies procure fuel for their fleet? In the UK at least, the fuel comes through pipelines delivered directly at theairport.
WHERE DO THE WORLD’S OCEANS MEET? To see the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean meet at Cape Horn in southern Chile, you have to take a cruise ship that leaves from Ushuaia, in Argentina, and from Punta Arenas, in Chile. The ship rounds the Cape and if weather permits, disembarks visitors on the headland. The waters around this rugged headland is notoriously difficult to navigate CLARENCE E. WILLARD: THE MAN OF COULD GROW AT WILL In 1913, while in England, Clarence E. Willard had to renew his passport in order to travel, and most importantly, in order for him to return back to the United States where he was a resident. HOTEL BELVÉDÈRE: THE ICONIC SWISS HOTEL ON THE EDGE OF THE As the road switches back and forth hugging the side of the mountain, at one point near the top of the pass, it comes within 200 meters of the Rhone Glacier. It was here, in 1882, the young hotelier, Josef Seiler, built a hotel in one of the hairpin bends. Over the decades Hotel Belvédère became one of the most iconic hotels of the SwissAlps.
THE DRIVE-THROUGH TREES OF CALIFORNIA The most famous drive-through tree today is the Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree located in a privately-owned grove in Leggett, approximately 180 miles north of the San Francisco Bay Area. This 276-foot-tall coast redwood tree sports a 6-foot wide by 6-foot-9 PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
THE SUNKEN CITY OF BAIAE The Sunken City of Baiae. The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town wereits
THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE STORY BEHIND SYDNEY’S ‘ETERNITY’ GRAFFITI The Story Behind Sydney’s ‘Eternity’ Graffiti. For over twenty five years, from 1930 to 1956, the people of Sydney woke up each day to a one-word sermon—”Eternity”—handwritten in yellow crayon on footpaths, train station platforms, and perimeter walls lining the city’s many walkways and streets. Each day a fresh batch of THE SAD TALE OF THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS Nobody could have known, not even Elzire Dionne, that she was going to give birth to quintuplets. Already a mother of five, the shock of giving birth to five more baby girls—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile and Marie—knocked her out for two hours. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to various PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
THE SUNKEN CITY OF BAIAE The Sunken City of Baiae. The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town wereits
THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE STORY BEHIND SYDNEY’S ‘ETERNITY’ GRAFFITI The Story Behind Sydney’s ‘Eternity’ Graffiti. For over twenty five years, from 1930 to 1956, the people of Sydney woke up each day to a one-word sermon—”Eternity”—handwritten in yellow crayon on footpaths, train station platforms, and perimeter walls lining the city’s many walkways and streets. Each day a fresh batch of THE SAD TALE OF THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS Nobody could have known, not even Elzire Dionne, that she was going to give birth to quintuplets. Already a mother of five, the shock of giving birth to five more baby girls—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile and Marie—knocked her out for two hours. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to variousAMUSING PLANET
A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES 14 hours ago · What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of DULMIAL: THE VILLAGE OF WORLD WAR HEROES A small Pakistani village located about 150 kilometers south of Islamabad is home to a proud monument—a 19th century cannon gifted by the British government in recognition of the village's contribution to the First World War. THE EXILED BELL OF UGLICH 1 day ago · When Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, he left behind two sons, neither of whom was suitable to carry forward their father’s heirloom. One was Fyodor Ivanovich, who, growing up under the shadow of a terrible father and denied of motherly love, turned out to be shy and timid and sickly of health. BRITAIN’S SECRET FUEL PIPELINES How do airline companies procure fuel for their fleet? In the UK at least, the fuel comes through pipelines delivered directly at theairport.
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town WHERE DO THE WORLD’S OCEANS MEET? To see the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean meet at Cape Horn in southern Chile, you have to take a cruise ship that leaves from Ushuaia, in Argentina, and from Punta Arenas, in Chile. The ship rounds the Cape and if weather permits, disembarks visitors on the headland. The waters around this rugged headland is notoriously difficult to navigate CLARENCE E. WILLARD: THE MAN OF COULD GROW AT WILL In 1913, while in England, Clarence E. Willard had to renew his passport in order to travel, and most importantly, in order for him to return back to the United States where he was a resident. HOTEL BELVÉDÈRE: THE ICONIC SWISS HOTEL ON THE EDGE OF THE As the road switches back and forth hugging the side of the mountain, at one point near the top of the pass, it comes within 200 meters of the Rhone Glacier. It was here, in 1882, the young hotelier, Josef Seiler, built a hotel in one of the hairpin bends. Over the decades Hotel Belvédère became one of the most iconic hotels of the SwissAlps.
THE DRIVE-THROUGH TREES OF CALIFORNIA The most famous drive-through tree today is the Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree located in a privately-owned grove in Leggett, approximately 180 miles north of the San Francisco Bay Area. This 276-foot-tall coast redwood tree sports a 6-foot wide by 6-foot-9 PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
THE SUNKEN CITY OF BAIAE The Sunken City of Baiae. The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town wereits
THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE STORY BEHIND SYDNEY’S ‘ETERNITY’ GRAFFITI The Story Behind Sydney’s ‘Eternity’ Graffiti. For over twenty five years, from 1930 to 1956, the people of Sydney woke up each day to a one-word sermon—”Eternity”—handwritten in yellow crayon on footpaths, train station platforms, and perimeter walls lining the city’s many walkways and streets. Each day a fresh batch of THE SAD TALE OF THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS Nobody could have known, not even Elzire Dionne, that she was going to give birth to quintuplets. Already a mother of five, the shock of giving birth to five more baby girls—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile and Marie—knocked her out for two hours. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to various PERVITIN: THE WONDER DRUG THAT FUELED NAZI GERMANY Pervitin was Nazi Germany’s wonder drug, one that was designed to enable pilots, sailors and infantry troops deliver superhuman performance. Soldiers who took Pervitin stayed awake for days at a time, walked for miles without resting, and felt no pain or hunger. Today we know this drug as methamphetamine, or crystal meth. KITSAULT: THE GHOST TOWN WHERE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BUT NO The town’s lights are always on, the streets are lined with neatly trimmed trees and there are freshly mowed lawns, yet no one has called Kitsault home since 1982. The town of Kitsault, near the Alaskan border, situated about 115 kilometers down the gravel road from Terrace, had a very brief existence. It began in 1979 as a communityof
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town POMERODE: THE MOST GERMAN TOWN IN BRAZIL Pomerode: The Most German Town In Brazil. About thirty kilometers to the north of Blumenau, a city in Brazil, lies the town of Pomerode, so named because its founders came from Pomerania, a region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea, split between Germany and Poland. The town was founded more than 150 years ago, yet even today, ninety THE LEGEND OF BINGEN’S MOUSE TOWER The Legend of Bingen’s Mouse Tower. On a small island in the Rhine river, outside Bingen am Rhein, in Germany, stands a 10th century stone tower with a macabre legend associated with it. The story goes that in the year 970, there was a terrible famine in Germany, so severe that people devoured cats and dogs just to stay alive, yetthousands
THE SUNKEN CITY OF BAIAE The Sunken City of Baiae. The ancient Roman city of Baiae, on the northwest shore of the Gulf of Naples, was once a popular coastal resort famous for its idyllic location and therapeutic mineral springs that drew the likes of Julius Caesar, Nero and Caligula. But what really enticed the wealthy and the powerful to this resort town wereits
THE STOPPING OF NIAGARA FALLS IN 1969 The Stopping of Niagara Falls in 1969. Endeavor to change the course of history, has always been a primary motive of human civilization, through several centuries. It has been observed throughout history, that several times people have tried to undertake a feat which brings them in direct face-off with nature. May it be the intent to masterthe
THE STORY BEHIND SYDNEY’S ‘ETERNITY’ GRAFFITI The Story Behind Sydney’s ‘Eternity’ Graffiti. For over twenty five years, from 1930 to 1956, the people of Sydney woke up each day to a one-word sermon—”Eternity”—handwritten in yellow crayon on footpaths, train station platforms, and perimeter walls lining the city’s many walkways and streets. Each day a fresh batch of THE SAD TALE OF THE DIONNE QUINTUPLETS Nobody could have known, not even Elzire Dionne, that she was going to give birth to quintuplets. Already a mother of five, the shock of giving birth to five more baby girls—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile and Marie—knocked her out for two hours. THE PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO BRAVED MOUNT ST. HELENS Kaushik Patowary Jan 3, 2019 0 comments. When Mount St. Helens erupted in the morning of May 18, 1980, a freelance photographer named Robert Landsberg was within four miles of the summit documenting the event. Robert had been visiting the grumbling mountain since April, and had made dozens of successful trips hiking and climbing to variousAMUSING PLANET
A compendium of interesting places, hidden wonders, and strange stories from history SEARS MAIL-ORDER HOMES 14 hours ago · What’s the heaviest thing you can buy from Amazon? The internet says it’s a 1,500-pound, 6-feet tall gun safe, but back when Sears was the go-to marketplace for everything mail-order, the American retail behemoth even sold houses.The buyer could choose from among hundreds of designs, pay in installments, and have the complete house shipped via railroad boxcars in separate piece of DULMIAL: THE VILLAGE OF WORLD WAR HEROES A small Pakistani village located about 150 kilometers south of Islamabad is home to a proud monument—a 19th century cannon gifted by the British government in recognition of the village's contribution to the First World War. THE EXILED BELL OF UGLICH 1 day ago · When Ivan the Terrible died in 1584, he left behind two sons, neither of whom was suitable to carry forward their father’s heirloom. One was Fyodor Ivanovich, who, growing up under the shadow of a terrible father and denied of motherly love, turned out to be shy and timid and sickly of health. BRITAIN’S SECRET FUEL PIPELINES How do airline companies procure fuel for their fleet? In the UK at least, the fuel comes through pipelines delivered directly at theairport.
THE GHOST TOWN OF GAGNON, QUEBEC The Ghost Town of Gagnon, Quebec. Gagnon, in Quebec, is a ghost town unlike any other. There are no abandoned buildings, or homes, or any visible infrastructure that would suggest past human habitation, save for a lonely stretch of road that cuts through this former settlement. Yet, less than four decades ago, Gagnon was thriving mining town WHERE DO THE WORLD’S OCEANS MEET? To see the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean meet at Cape Horn in southern Chile, you have to take a cruise ship that leaves from Ushuaia, in Argentina, and from Punta Arenas, in Chile. The ship rounds the Cape and if weather permits, disembarks visitors on the headland. The waters around this rugged headland is notoriously difficult to navigate CLARENCE E. WILLARD: THE MAN OF COULD GROW AT WILL In 1913, while in England, Clarence E. Willard had to renew his passport in order to travel, and most importantly, in order for him to return back to the United States where he was a resident. HOTEL BELVÉDÈRE: THE ICONIC SWISS HOTEL ON THE EDGE OF THE As the road switches back and forth hugging the side of the mountain, at one point near the top of the pass, it comes within 200 meters of the Rhone Glacier. It was here, in 1882, the young hotelier, Josef Seiler, built a hotel in one of the hairpin bends. Over the decades Hotel Belvédère became one of the most iconic hotels of the SwissAlps.
THE DRIVE-THROUGH TREES OF CALIFORNIA The most famous drive-through tree today is the Chandelier Drive-Thru Tree located in a privately-owned grove in Leggett, approximately 180 miles north of the San Francisco Bay Area. This 276-foot-tall coast redwood tree sports a 6-foot wide by 6-foot-9TOP NAV
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