230-seat Boeing 929 Jetfoil arriving at Nishinoomote Port in Japan. The passenger ship is used for high-speed service between Kagoshima and Yakushima and includes 16 premium seats with extra-cushioned
12 of July 1876, Tightrope walker Maria Spelterini crossed over the Niagara falls wearing peach baskets on her feet and using only a pole. 7 days later she did it blindfolded.
A photograph taken inside the North Tower four minutes after the plane struck, from the 77th floor. This was 18 floors below the impact zone, showing smoke and debris spreading through the building.
The last receipt from the World Trade Center— a violin and a cell phone fridge magnet purchased from Lechters Housewares inside the North Tower, nine minutes after it was struck
Alberto Garcia, June 15, 1991, escaping the pyroclastic flows of Mt. Pinatubo. This eruption was 10x stronger than Mt. St. Helens and resulted in 770 deaths.
During the 79 AD Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, Pliny the Elder sailed toward the eruption to rescue survivors from Stabiae. He refused to turn back when the ships were threatened by falling cinders. Pliny
Kids The moment school kids realized Mount Sinabung was erupting behind them (Indonesia, 2018). Look how gigantic and terrifying an eruption can be, even if it's relatively far away.
In the 1930s, the U.S. Navy operated two flying aircraft carriers, USS Akron and USS Macon. The 785-foot airships carried 5 Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawks inside their hulls, launching and recovering the bi
Adult T. rex likely had feathers (https://news.berkeley.edu/2025/06/26/a-t-rex-with-feathers-scientists-say-dinosaurs-were-likely-different-from-what-most-of-us-picture/)
“Together until the end”: Family and their dog Lola die in an accident on Brazil’s BR-163; funeral home makes a touching gesture and holds the wake with everyone laid side by side
A ceremonial wine vessel crafted in the shape of an owl(Fu Hao Owl Zun ), dating back 3000 years, Shang Dynasty. The image shows a replica, the original artifact is kept at Henan Museum.
According to Safavid chronicles, Shah Abbas the Great kept men at court whose job was to eat people. The ‘chigiyvin’ were notably tall, ugly trained cannibal men. On the king's word they bit off the n
