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Diamonds were found in the Nambi desert in southern Namibia and that fueled German miners to set up the town of Kolmanskop. The town was built in the German style of the time and included such amenities as a hospital, ballroom, …

There’s a lot of advantages of being The Rock; you’re pretty much a superhuman, you’re a movie star, and you’ve dropped The People’s Elbow on countless victims. Add accident forgiveness to that list. Dwayne Johnson posted this to his Instagram …

The Schmidt Pain Index was developed by Dr. Justin Schmidt, an entomologist, as a method for comparing the pain of various different insect stings he experienced during his work. The scale runs from 1 to 4, with four being the …

The easy part about school is taking the facts the teacher tells you and regurgitating them come test time. But what about the facts you just can’t believe? We’re told to question everything, so it’s no surprise that there are …

17 years ago, Dawnielle Davison almost lost her life. She was just an infant, stuck in house engulfed by flames. When firefighters arrived, they had no idea anyone was in the home, but Mike Hughes rushed in anyways. Had he …

Imgur user threxx shares his method for dry aging a rib roast and cooking it to perfection. He starts with a 15 pound USDA prime rib roast from Costco and removes the original packing to place it in an Umai …

Chris Manno, a pilot flying from Dallas to Seattle, says the cockpit view on that trip is a well kept secret. “So few ever see the breathtaking tapestry scrolling under the nose that it’s best no one in the cabin …

Shengsi, an archipelago of almost 400 islands at the mouth of China’s Yangtze river, holds a secret shrouded in time – an abandoned fishing village being reclaimed by nature. These photos by Tang Yuhong, a creative photographer based in Nanning, …

Easter Island’s monumental stone heads are well-known, but there’s more to the story: all along, the sculptures have secretly had torsos, buried beneath the earth. Archaeologists have documented 887 of the massive statues, known as moai, but there may be …

Don’t you wish you still had some of these toys? Lite-Brite Nintendo Rainbow Brite Doll Garbage Pail Kids: Adam Bomb Transformers: Optimus Prime and Megatron Action Figures Fisher-Price Yellow Roof Little People Family Play House Teddy Ruxpin Casey The Talking …

Bodie, CA By the 1870s this former gold town in the Sierra Nevada mountains was booming with 10,000 residents, saloons, a red-light district, and opium dens. The decline took a while, with its post office finally shutting down in 1942. …

Abita Sitting 30 miles north of New Orleans, this brewery gets its name from the town of Abita Springs which was a Choctaw Indian village. Although the origin of the word “Abita” is unclear, the Choctaw insist that it’s not …

In the early days of the twentieth century, pornography was “a bit” more forbidden than it is today. In fact, you could be jailed in America for the production and distribution of erotic photos. However, man will be man and …

It’s not often you can have a conversation and say hey did you hear an NFL cheerleader joined the US Military? Actually don’t think it has ever happened before this. Rachel Washburn is a former Philadelphia Eagles cheerleader who, after three years …

The creepy, unexplained stories surrounding these holes will convince you they’re gateways to the netherworld. Devil’s Hole, Death Valley National Park You may not be able to tell, but there’s water down there (deep water, maybe more than 1000 feet). …

The Spanish courts ACTUALLY recognized her claim, but oddly enough she has not received any payments from solar panel users. After realizing the solar real estate business needed a little pick-me-up, she started selling plots of the sun on eBay, …

Dylan Sutcliffe who is 9 years old and has always dreamed of playing for the Cleveland Browns. Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with ataxia telangiectasia a genetic disorder that creates a vast amount of issues in the human body. Even though …