General Finger amputation ritual

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The Dani tribe in Indonesia is known for the practice of finger amputation in mourning. Cutting portions of fingers off when a loved one dies.

The finger amputation ritual is typically performed by a female elder of the tribe. The elder will use sharp tools, typically made of stone, a sharp axe or a knife to cut off the top joint of the woman’s finger. The wound is then cauterized with a hot stone or piece of metal to stop the bleeding. The process is painful and can lead to infection but, the women of the Dani tribe typically endure the pain without complaint.

 

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Aron Ralston, the man who cut off his own right arm after a canyoneering accident, he was trapped for 5 days, he took this photo after he fell in a canyon where his right arm was pinned by a boulder, it happened on April 26, 2003 in Bluejohn Canyon, Utah.

 

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Ancient Rome 3D reconstruction of the inner city

 

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The Tunguska Event: When the sky fell to the Earth. It was a massive explosion that occurred on June 30, 1908, near the Tunguska River in Siberia. It flattened an estimated 2000 Square kilometre of forest, and is believed to be the largest impact event on Earth in recorded history.


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Soviet soldiers, so-called "bio-robots" worked for a mere 60 seconds clearing radioactive debris from Chernobyl reactor 3's roof - 1986

 

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Theresa Birgin Lucas took this on June 18, 2022 in Rochester, Minnesota.

Lucas says she has named her photo Ocean in the Sky and has entered it in this year’s photo contest at the Minnesota State Fair.

“This is a very rare photo,” says KVRR meteorologist Mariah Bush. “My initial thought was maybe some basic clouds, cumulus nimbus clouds, or even a shelf cloud, but then after further looking there are some clouds I have never even seen before myself. So, pretty unique, actually.”

“I am happy so many people are enjoying it,” Lucas says. “It truly was just a quick picture taken off my iPhone 8, which cracks me up."

 

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In 2016, a Domino’s Pizza employee in Oregon noticed that a regular customer, who ordered almost every day for years, suddenly stopped. Concerned, the employee asked for a welfare check. Police found the man in distress, having suffered a medical emergency, and saved his life.

Domino’s employees save loyal customer’s life after he misses regular order - National | Globalnews.ca

A Salem, Ore., man will surely be leaving a big tip the next time he orders take-out, after employees from his neighbourhood Domino’s Pizza came to his aid while he suffered a medical emergency.

globalnews.ca

 

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Owen Burns: the 13-year old hero from Michigan, who saved his 8-year sister from a vicious attack with a slingshot. He struck the attacker on the chest and head. Perpetrator was later identified with an egg-sized knob on his forehead.

Boy who saved sister by hitting would-be kidnapper with slingshot speaks: ‘I had to’ | Michigan | The Guardian

Owen Burns, 13, says he grabbed the closest thing after he heard his eight-year-old sister’s screams in Alpena Township, Michigan

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Rick Rescorla, a Vietnam War veteran anticipated a terrorist attack on the Twin Towers. On 9/11, when the attacks happened, he stayed calm, evacuating over 2,700 employees from the South Tower while singing to keep them calm. He refused to leave the building and was last seen heading back upstairs.

The Courageous Life and Death of Rick Rescorla, a 9/11 Hero

The Vietnam veteran helped save hundreds of lives on September 11th, before he was swallowed by the South Tower collapse. “For Rick Rescorla, this was a natural death,” his best friend said—a hero’s end.

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In the 1980s, a man struggling with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder attempted to take his own life with a firearm. The incident resulted in brain damage that, surprisingly, alleviated his OCD symptoms. Remarkably, five years later, he was thriving as a successful college student.

 

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Hugh Thompson Jr, an American pilot during the Vietnam War, he's the hero who stopped the My Lai massacre committed by the U.S. Armed Forces by landing his helicopter between the U.S. soldiers and the unarmed villagers, alongside Glenn Andreotta and Lawrence Calhoun.

 

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This is the Boiling Lake, on the island of Dominica. It is the second largest of its type in the world, and has a surface temperature in excess of 90 degrees Celsius.

 

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This photo was taken by Ed and Lauren Warren in during their investigation in the Amityville House. The child seen in the photo is said to be the ghost of John DeFeo. The child in the picture turned out to be Paul Bartz, an investigator working with the Warrens.

 

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Box Jellyfish are the only known jellyfish to have complex eyes

Through unique eyes, box jellyfish look out to the world above the water

Box jellyfish may seem like rather simple creatures, but in fact their visual system is anything but. They've got no fewer than 24 eyes of four different kinds. Now, researchers have evidence revealing that four of those eyes always peer up out of the water, regardless of the way the rest of the...

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Stones that move on their own! - Sailing stones, Death Valley


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A child molester living in Thailand kept his identity anonymous by using a swirl app. In 2007 Interpol managed to unswirl his face and got arrested. In 2017 he got released and now lives in Canada.

Convicted 'swirl face' sex offender Christopher Neil to live in Vancouver

High-risk sex offender Christopher Paul Neil, once known as 'Swirl face', has recently been released from prison and plans to live in Vancouver.

vancouversun.com

 

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Gertrude Aderle, first woman to cross the english channel, 26 of August of 1926, done in 14hr and 31 min, beating the male record of 16hr and 33 min.

 

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The final images of Muhammad Ali before his passing.

 

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These pictures are from Antarctica. Area suitable for vegetation in Antarctica has increased fourteen-fold from 1986 to 2021, and the rate of growth is increasing exponentially.

 

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Many people believed that The Blair Witch Project movie was real. The movie’s filmmakers staged interviews with the "missing" actors' families and friends. The actors' IMDb profiles were also marked as "deceased".

 

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Last photos of Freddie Mercury taken by his partner Jim Hutton at Garden Lodge on August 28, 1991.

 

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Japan's Minerva rover landed on the surface of asteroid Ryugu. This is the rocky surface of an asteroid.

162173 Ryugu - Wikipedia

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Last photo of lead singer of Linkin Park (Chester Bennington) before him taking his own life

 

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'Brutus' a 800lb grizzly bear sat down with Anderson family for thanksgiving dinner. He was adopted by naturalist Casey Anderson as a cub.

 

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Benito Mussolini’s headquarters “Palazzo Braschi” located in Rome 1934