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Earthworms pull leaves into the soil
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Having spent over 40 yrs on this earth and having a fairly decent understanding and interest in and of the fairly mundane nature of the UK (compared to other parts of the world) I found out something a few years back that completley surprised me… earthworms pull leaves into the…
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Roman crocodile armor
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Roman crocodile armor, dating back to the 3 century AD, was a form of protective gear crafted from the tough hide of Nile crocodiles. The Romans likely adopted this type of armor during their conquests in Egypt and other regions where crocodiles were prevalent. Crocodile armor was not as widely…
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Persecution of Buddhists
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Persecution of Buddhists Many adherents of Buddhism have experienced religious persecution TV. Many adherents of Buddhism have experienced religious persecution because of their adherence to the Buddhist practice, including unwarranted arrests, imprisonment, beating, torture, and/or execution. The term also may be used in reference to the confiscation or destruction of property, temples, monasteries, centers…
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This one always gave me the chills, and it’s because of the story behind it
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This one always gave me the chills, and it’s because of the story behind it. This is a newly freed slave with a blacksmith cutting his shackle off: This photo was taken in 1907 after Slavery was outlawed in most of the known world—but still being practiced as part of…
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Ötzi – The Man from the Past
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Ötzi is the name given to one of the best-preserved mummified bodies in Europe. The body was found in the Ötztal Alps in 1991, and investigations show that it lived over 5000 years ago (approx. 3400–3100 BC). After his death, the body became dehydrated, and his remains were naturally mummified…
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19-year-old Kenyan Man Nailed To A Tree For Stealing Radio
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Police has rescued a 19-year-old man who was nailed to a tree on suspicion of stealing a radio in Kenya. Collins Sambaya, from Chamasili village in Sabatia sub-county was injured by one Elvis Irime, who nailed both his palms to a tree on Friday, February 18. North Izava location Chief…
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A Woman Let Strangers Do Whatever They Wanted To Her Body For 6 Hours — And The Results Were Awful
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Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramović is the woman many credit as “the grandmother of performance art.” She was featured on Sex and the City and collaborated with James Franco. Somehow, her celebrated 1988 art piece, “The Lovers: the Great Wall Walk” — in which she and her longtime lover and collaborator Ulay…
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A 74-year-old Indian man, Shyam Lal Yadav, has grown a four-inch horn after he suffered a head injury in 2014.
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Doctors at Bhagyoday Tirth Hospital in Sagar city, India removed the horn from Yadav’s head recently. Yadav, who is a farmer from Rahli village in Madhya Pradesh, had suffered a head injury in 2014 which led to the formation of a rare cutaneous horn, reports Daily Mail. The benign growth…
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Fury at UN workers ‘caught having doing it in back seat of official vehicle in Tel Aviv’ during peacekeeping mission
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The United Nations has said it is ‘shocked and deeply disturbed’ by a video clip which appears to show two of its workers ‘having sex’ in an official UN vehicle in Tel Aviv. In the 18-second video which was posted on Twitter, a man in the back seat of a white car…
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See how lovers was spotted hiding precariously on window-ledge of apartment block ‘after woman’s partner arrives back home unexpectedly’
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An eagle-eyed neighbour spotted the man cowering beneath the ledge several floors above street level It seems like this rather suspicious-looking naked chap could have been caught out after his lover’s partner came home unexpectedly. That’s at least what one Facebook user thought when they spotted him in his precarious hiding place – with…