Interesting

Brothels of Jakarta

Prostitution is illegal in Indonesia but because it is one of the main tourist attractions, the local police doesn’t care much about it. The girls, 30% of whom are underage, are working in terrible conditions. A photographer Ed Wray visited …

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Jewel Encrusted Skeletons

Art historian Paul Koudounaris hunted down these jewel encrusted skeletons in secret Catholic vaults. Those are the remains of Catholic martyrs dug up from Roman catacombs. They were sent to churches across Europe to replace relics destroyed in Reformation. Some …

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Nokia Evolution

1984 – Nokia Mobira Talkman Microsoft is buying Nokia. So it would be the right time to refresh our memory and to see all those great and not so great phones produced by Nokia over the last 30 years.

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Fulton Market Cold Storage

Let’s take a look inside the Fulton Cold Storage in Chicago. There are glaciers, icebergs and other unique ice formations which grew over 13 years on the decommissioned freezer floor. Photos by Robert Jensen.

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Unusual and Rare Weapons

The Chakram was a hoop-shaped disk with a sharpened outer edge and was used as a throwing weapon by Indian warrior castes. Depending on the size, they could be hung around the wrists or neck and then thrown almost like …

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