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The abandoned Riverside Hospital on North Brother Island

These Locations Are Off-Limits From Visitors But You Can Get Pretty Close To Them

Todd Neikirk

Many countries and places rely on tourism as part of their economy. And they are happy to promote their most desirable locations. There are some…

A Polar Explorer Died While Trying to Light His Own Poo

A Greenland-born Inuit polar explorer named Jørgen Brønlund had no choice but to burn his own faeces in order to survive the dire conditions of…

7 Miles Down! Submersible Reaches the Deepest Place on Earth

Footage has been released of a manned submersible, Fendouzhe (also known as Striver), reaching 10,909 metres deep in the Mariana Trench. The Mariana Trench is…

Ivan the Stowaway? Mystery of Russian cat Found in England

Meet “Ivan”… at least that’s what charity workers are calling this enigmatic feline visitor. The Russian cat, a 3 year old brown longhair with orange…

Camels Store Water in their Humps, True or False?

Doug Williams

According to The Times the answer is false! For years people have believed the myth that camels store water in their humps to survive desert…

Scientists Discover That Platypuses Glow Under UV Light

What happens when you shine a blacklight on platypuses? It glows a weird bluey green color. How come? It’s all to do with biofluorescence, a…

Epic Conservation Park Planned…Will Reportedly House Every Species on Earth!

Paul Pinkerton

Imagine a vast conservation park containing every species on the planet. Maybe it isn’t such a far fetched idea! Noah’s Ark is about to be…

Cher Welcomes “World’s Loneliest Elephant” to New Home in Cambodia

Kaavan is the “world’s loneliest elephant” no longer. The start of the week saw him landing in Cambodia, following a 7 hour flight from his…

Two Giant Sea Lions Sink Small Boat

Doug Williams

Boats go sailing in and out of the harbours in Washington State in the U.S. so frequently it’s rare that people pay much attention to…

Lonely Camel Treks 62 Miles Home To Original Owners

Doug Williams

Eight months after being sold, a lonely camel was so homesick, it decided to embark upon an arduous 62-mile solo trek to get back home.…