Russian photographer Vadim Mahorov goes to death-defying heights for the perfect shot. While the thrill of scaling buildings, towers and monuments is part of the allure, the dramatic aerial landscapes Vadim captures are absolutely breathtaking. Although many are quick to lump Vadim with other youths simply looking for the rush of infiltrating places they shouldn’t be, Vadim [...]
Churches of all things, rising out of lakes and rivers, submerged in gallons of water – the lovingly carved pews and altars ruined, the places where so many knelt and prayed for help or forgiveness a home to weeds and fishes now. These churches were flooded and drowned by men’s own doing, in their cavalier [...]
When you don’t place a structure – particularly a very tall structure – on a solid foundation, this is what happens. The building starts to lean, further and further each year, and though it may take centuries, it will eventually come crashing down without serious efforts to stabilize it. That’s what is happening to most [...]
Execution of criminals and political opponents has been used by nearly all societies—both to punish crime and to suppress political dissent. Execution of a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense is called capital punishment or death penalty. In most places that practice capital punishment it is reserved for murder, espionage, treason, [...]
Nuclear weapons are no doubt the worst types of weapons in the world. Nuclear disasters effect people very badly & cause physical, mental, emotional, economical & genetic disorder. Nuclear accidents, disasters & attacks (in any form) damage all the lively hoods and also damage the genes to cause serious effects in the next generation. Below [...]
Today, we can find lighthouses not at the edges of the ocean only. These 10 lighthouses on the following list for example. Some are standing far away from the ocean and they rise taller than most building around the site where they stand. Here are top 10 tallest lighthouse in the world 1.) Jeddah Light (113 meters [...]
There could be two types of deadliest weapons in the world, mechanical & non-mechanical. Below we are presenting a list of top 10 most deadly weapons in the world today. This list has top ten deadliest mechanical weapons in the world. These weapons are very dangerous & can take life of any human in just [...]
Lake Baikal is located in the south of Eastern Siberia, in the Buryat Autonomous Republic and the Region of Irkutsk, Russia. It is One of the biggest and most ancient lakes of world. It covers 31,500 sq. km and is 636 km long, an average of 48 km wide. Its water basin occupies about 557,000 [...]
10 Henry VIII How many wives did Henry VIII have? The answer? Two, not six. Henry’s fourth marriage to Anne was annulled, as the marriage was never consummated, in other words it was seen to that the marriage technically never took place, also Anne happened to be betrothed to Francis, Duke of Lorraine. At the [...]
Fish cluster at an ice hole, covered with thin pieces of ice, struggling for air in a pond in a park in St. Petersburg, Russia. As the long Russian winter drags on, fish in the ponds of St. Petersburg become increasingly desperate for oxygen, clustering in vast, thrashing masses at shrinking holes in the ice. [...]
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