Only a handful of women pirates are recorded in history, whether that’s due to the misogyny of contemporary historical writers or simply because the women folk had better things to do than maraud...
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Snails. Not the most fascinating topic on the menu you might think. Well, think again. These virtually blind and deaf hermaphrodites have been on the planet for a million years and are...
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This video is set off the coast of the Dominican Republic. A bunch of fellas are out fishing for big critters when one jumps straight onto deck without a fight. The poor blighter...
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…..meanwhile back on the roads of Russia: some fella takes his fury out on a distracted driver by smashing their mobile phone into smithereens. As an aside, the word “smithereens” is from Irish Gaelic smidirn,...
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I recently attended a medieval festival in the grounds of Herstmonceux castle. At this auspicious event they had a collection of birds of prey, as you might expect, and they were a joy to behold. Us...
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Our determination to act in our own self interest and our comfort in doing so is the biggest problem our species faces. Syria, Egypt, Iraq, to name just a few, bring shame on...
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Bit of an odd title I hear you say? Correct. There’s a Youtube channel called carsandwater and it features some guy heating up a ball of nickel until it’s red hot, then putting...
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Welcome to Assumption Parish, Louisiana where a massive sinkhole opened up, covering 25 acres of land the video below went viral in 2012; it ate anything it fancied. When this huge, brand new pond did eventually stop eating things it began belching...
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Firstly: thank you, Russia for your constant stream of military surprises. You never disappoint. I genuinely appreciate it. Today’s military surprise comes in the form of a 60 metre long, 500+ tonne military...
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One thing I want to do before I die is witness the aurora borealis.. Apparently, the northern lights occur almost every other day up at the northernmost tip of Scandinavia; even as far south...
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