This is a miniature carved art piece on an olive pit from the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), measuring 3.4 cm in length, 1.4 cm in width, and 1.6 cm in height. It is currently housed in the National Palace
Weird Experimental British rotational sirens beingtestedin the start of ww2. 2 were made. Port ratio unknown. Replace in favor with the standard UK 10/12 Port sirens. (Like carter, castle casting, kla
The face of Raymond Robinson, a man who lost his facial features being electrocuted with 22,000 thousand volts when he was 8 y/o. He lost both his eyes,nose and right arm in the incident.
Olona Slug-Moth Caterpillars: these insects are covered in soft, semi-transparent nodules that can easily detach, allowing the caterpillars to escape from predators
🐘🐘 🐘 🐘 🐘 5 Elephants were swept away by Nepal’s Floods, then somehow turned up alive in India, The herd was carried downstream by the raging current until it reached Girija Barrage in Uttar Prade
Borgund Stavechurch, a remarkable wooden church built 850 years ago. The timber used in its construction was felled during the winter of 1180–1181. The church has a lot of pagan symbols in it, probabl
Ross fire in north Texas causes red moon. (Pics are bad because I took them with my phone and this is just to illustrate how red it was. I wish I had my camera last night.)
Photos of Young men getting ready for "Mensur", German fencing duelling where getting a scar was considered highly honorable. Photos of 1900s-10s; last one from 2004.
In 1948, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game airdropped 76 nuisance beavers into the remote Chamberlain Basin using surplus World War II parachutes. 75 survived.
