The world's deadliest female sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She is credited with killing 309 enemy combatants from 1941-1942
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The world's deadliest female sniper, Lyudmila Pavlichenko. She is credited with killing 309 enemy combatants from 1941-1942
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Australia’s oldest man (110) spent his last days knitting sweaters for injured penguins
The sweaters are for penguins in an oil spill area: "the sweaters actually prevent the injured penguins from preening and swallowing the toxic oil." The knitter, Alfie Date, died in 2016.
Indian Maharaja Jam Sahib adopted 640 Polish orphans during WWI.. He brought the children to the royal palace in Bombay, had a dormitory built for them, and brought in Polish teachers and chefs so the children would feel at home and "recover their health and forget the ordeal they went through.
A preserved human brain from the Iron Age, still intact after 2,600 years
It’s called Britain’s oldest brain, and 2,600 years ago it belonged to an Iron Age man who was likely bashed over the head and decapitated.
In 2008, York Archaeological Trust researchers were excavating the Heslington Iron Age site at the University of York when they uncovered the man’s skull face down in a clay-rich pit. The jaw and two vertebrae were still attached.
But while cleaning the skull, they realized there was more than just dirt inside.
“I peered though the hole at the base of the skull to investigate and to my surprise saw a quantity of bright yellow spongy material. It was unlike anything I had seen before,” said Rachel Cubitt, from the trust’s Finds Department.
The Medieval Cave City of Vardzia, in Georgia (Caucasus), c.1150-1283 CE: this cave city was originally built as a fortress that lay hidden within the mountain; it included more than 6,000 caves, 25 wine cellars, 15 chapels, an apothecary, a forge, a bakery, farming terraces and an irrigation system
During World War II, American soldier John R. Fox heroically sacrificed himself by calling an artillery strike on his own position. As German troops advanced and began overrunning his location, his actions delayed the enemy, giving U.S. forces crucial time to regroup and launch a counterattack.
A Black Soldier Received the Medal of Honor More Than 50 Years After Calling Artillery on His Own Position
John Fox's widow received his Medal of Honor in 1997, more than a half-century after he died while fighting the Germans in a small Italian village.
In 2021, A mummy, fully bound in ropes and with its hands covering its face, has been discovered in an underground tomb in Peru.
An origami woman in dress, folded from a single square of paper
It's folded from a single square with no cuts, white on white side, yellow on the other. The "different shades of yellow" are just a product of lighting and accumulated thickness.
Nalanda Mahavihara in Bihar, India, regarded as one of the world's oldest universities. It was said to have held around 9 million manuscripts discussing topics like Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, medicine, astrology, logic, poetry, yoga and more, before being burnt and pillaged.
On 12th November 1833, an exceptionally intense meteor shower took place, with up to 100,000 meteors streaking across the sky each hour. The spectacle was so dramatic that many believed it signaled the end of the world, inspiring Adolf Vollmy to create this woodcut in 1889.
AI can do such wonderful things. Look at this depiction of God's work as if humans descended from monkeys!
Baby gorilla and baby human reacting to a cold stethoscope.
German police elements routinely wear chainmail garments when confronting knife-wielding attackers, minimizing exposure whilst securing suspects unharmed.
They should just shoot the people with the knives.
German police elements routinely wear chainmail garments when confronting knife-wielding attackers, minimizing exposure whilst securing suspects unharmed.
And this idiot tests it
World's most dangerous plant - in Australia. It's more commonly named the gympie gympie bush, it also has the nickname "suicide plant" because the pain can be that bad.
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the cure for hiccups. i have had about 50 people try this. worked on 48. 1 drop. 1 not work. it doesnt have to be beer. any drink will do.
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