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Sky Burials in Tibet

Sky Burials in Tibet

All funerals are sad and creepy, but they’re way better than feeding the corpse to a bunch of hungry eagles. Sky burials are often practiced in the mountains of Tibet, both for religious and practical reasons. Basically, the corpse is placed on a mountain top and sliced open in various places, to attract the birds of prey circling above. [...]

Egyptian Pet Mummies

Egyptian Pet Mummies

Egyptian Animals Were Mummified Same Way as Humans The ancient Egyptians mummified more than just human corpses. Animals were viewed not only as pets, but as incarnations of gods. As such, the Egyptians buried millions of mummified cats, birds, and other creatures at temples honoring their deities. (more...)

Chinese doctors remove babys third leg

Chinese doctors remove babys third leg

Doctors on Tuesday with success removed an extremely rare, well-developed third leg from a  Chinese boy. (more...)

Riding with my bull in my car

Riding with my bull in my car

A man riding with a Bull in his car is the strangest thing i've seen in a while . (more...)

Underwater Vintage Photos

Underwater Vintage Photos

Waterproof cameras are no big deal these days, but in the 1930s, Bruce Mozert was the only person in the world who had one. (more...)

Optical Illusion Science Project

An optical illusion is first of all an illusion. An illusion is a false understanding of information perceived from reality. Optical means that it pertains to the sense of vision. The oldest optical illusion ever to exist is the rainbow. It is a refraction of sunlight through the prism of raindrops. Much more complicated is one of mankind’s [...]

Gold plated Buddhist cell phone

Gold plated Buddhist cell phone

Since Buddhism is the most followed religion in China, this Chinese cell phone maker has cashed on to people’s beliefs and launched a Buddhist Mobile plated with 24 karat gold. I wonder what the connection is between the Enlightened One and a cell phone and Gold. The highlight of the cell phone is the distinguished incarnation of Lord Buddha [...]

Kingdom of gnomes in China

Kingdom of gnomes in China

Kingdom of Gnomes in China Small people participate in the "Kingdom of the Dwarves" show in Yunnan province, China, Nov. 11, 2009. The "Kingdom of The Dwarves" was opened last summer with more than 100 little people from all over China, forming a unique community The whole country of gnomes in China! As if in a fairy tale (more...)

Brown ‘plans to quit before next election to avoid humiliating defeat’

The possibility of Mr Brown quitting to give a new leader the chance of reviving the party’s fortunes was disclosed after he talked openly for the first time of ‘walking away’. View original here:  Brown 'plans to quit before next election to avoid humiliating defeat'

Fury as bailed-out RBS plans to blow £300,000 on lavish Wimbledon bash for top executives

Britain's bailed-out banks provoked new fury last night after it was revealed they are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds on entertaining at Wimbledon. Here is the original: Fury as bailed-out RBS plans to blow £300,000 on lavish Wimbledon bash for top executives

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