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The Most Terrifying Bird on Earth
Queensland, Australia. Philip Mclean, a 16 year-old boy, and his brother, aged 13, encounter a cassowary. Despite the size of the brightly coloured bird before them, the Mclean brothers attempt to bludgeon it to death with clubs. It is a fatal mistake. The elder brother lands a blow on the beast but is knocked to the ground. Lying prone, Philip is kicked in the neck by the cassowary, opening a deadly wound.
Continue reading...Ouch! Don’t Try This Asian Ritual At Home
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
No, that guy isn't watering those thorns in the hope that they'll suddenly come back to life, though the sprinkling probably has some sort of ceremonial or religious significance. Can you see what's coming, kids, as the rest of this ritual unravels? Needless to say, to most eyes outside that circle of people, this will look like one weird custom. Painful too.
Continue reading...Man Falls Into 30cm Hole
Monday, June 30, 2008
Not the actual hole. Image by J Kriton When a man dropped his lighter down a hole in a busy street the last thing he expected was spending the next two hours wedged up to his armpits in the pavement.
Continue reading...Prehistoric Man Killed Rivals Over Women
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Image via Wikipedia In 1980, a burial pit containing 34 skeletons was found in Talheim, Germany which date back to around 5000 BC. Now with new high-tech research methods, scientists were able to find more information about social competitiveness between prehistoric communities and, most interestingly of all: [...]
Continue reading...Japanese 75 year old reached Everest’s peak
Monday, June 2, 2008
Image via Snow Dolphins At the tender age of 75, Yuichiro Miura reached the top of Mount Everest without any problems. His age and health didn’t limit his appetite for adventure.
Continue reading...California Man Has 7,000 Skulls In His House
Monday, May 5, 2008
Image from Wikimedia Commons Remember that weird teacher you had in high school? No matter what, I promise you they weren’t as strange as Ray Bandar, a retired high school science teacher in California who has taken up collecting skulls as a hobby and currently has over [...]
Continue reading...Bodyshock: The Amazing Story behind the 256 Year-Old Man
Saturday, May 3, 2008
By Chris Ingham Brooke – Chief Graffiti Artist Li Ching-Yun. Image from The People’s Republic of China According to the 1933 obituaries in both Time Magazine and the New York Times, Li Ching-Yun was reported to have buried 23 wives and fostered 180 descendants by the time [...]
Continue reading...Man Uses Bear Spray in Bar, Jailed
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
A man from Kodiak, Alaska has been sentenced to five months in jail for discharging a canister of bear spray in a bar twice in two days. He just wanted a pint, man! Image from geunterlietenbauer on Flickr
Continue reading...Pregnant Man an April Fool’s Day Gag?
Monday, March 31, 2008
The news broke last week– a man in the United States was pregnant, and had passed his story on to the press, before leaving on holiday to go to Hawaii. He seemed sincere–using the moment to discuss gay rights– but the Daily Mirror is asking if [...]
Continue reading...Mother Earth: The Next Step
Friday, December 21, 2007
Welcome to the 14th post in the series we’re calling Mother Earth. The Lion of Babylon So far we’ve covered
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Friday, April 17, 2009
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