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Landslide! Huge cliff collapse caught on camera just half a mile from seaside town

Chunk of cliff falls 200ft and crashes into sea near Sidmouth, Devon Local residents say cloud of red dust covered town afterwards Area is prone to rockfalls but they are usually less dramatic A huge section of cliff crashed into the sea at a popular resort, covering holidaymakers and residents in a cloud of red dust. The rose-coloured rocks fell 200ft after the massive landslide, half-a-mile from the town of […]

 
 
 

Will YOU brave the world's biggest drop ride? New Jersey to get terrifying ride that will plunge thrill-seekers 415ft - higher than the Statue of Liberty

    Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom will be attached to world’s largest roller coaster     Will beat 400ft Lex Luthor: Drop of Doom at Six Flags Magic Mountain near Los Angeles With a sheer drop of 415ft – higher than the Statue of Liberty – and travelling at speeds of 90mph, a new record-breaking ride will not be for the faint-hearted. A New Jersey company is planning to build the 41-story […]

 
 
 

Does THAT answer your question? Marriage proposal ends in disaster when man's would-be bride clumps him round the head with a busker's ukulele

    Hapless Romeo comes a cropper in Dubai shopping mall If you’re seriously considering proposing to your loved one in public, you might just want to watch this video first. A hapless romeo gets down on one knee to ask his girlfriend to marry him, but she clumps him around the head with a busker’s ukulele. The cringeworthy video, shot in a shopping mall in Dubai, shows the man, described […]

The World's Most Shocking X-rays

An X-ray showing a spear that has pierced through the head of 16-year-old Yasser Lopez is seen in this handout photo from Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida provided to Reuters June 19, 2012. Lopez was spear fishing with a friend when he was accidentally shot in the head. The spear entered just above his right eye, and penetrated through his brain to the back of his skull. Miraculously, no […]

 
 
 

Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth to stillborn 2nd cub

A day after a jubilant first delivery, giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to a second cub Saturday night, but it was stillborn. Washington’s celebrity panda gave birth to the first cub Friday, to the excitement of hordes of fans watching it on public panda cams. The cub, about the size of a stick of butter, appeared to be doing well. So was its mom, who was cradling it in […]

 
 
 

Florida boy, 12, dies from brain-eating parasite

Zachary Reyna, a 12-year-old Florida boy stricken with a brain-eating parasite, has died, according to a post Saturday on a Facebook page that’s been providing detailed updates from the boy’s family. The post indicated that the LaBelle child died Saturday afternoon. “The battle is over for Zac but he won the war,” the post concluded. About an hour later, a new message said that a ventilator was being used so […]

 
 
 

Vintage Arnold Schwarzenegger | Pumping Iron On The Screen

Say what you will about Arnold– he’s always spoken his mind, whether people can handle it or not. Remember the 1977 interview with Oui magazine?  I can’t print it here, man. Crazy, crazy stuff.  The guy’s an animal. Schwarzenegger learned early on that if you’re beautiful, charismatic and powerful– you can say or do just about anything, with a big cheesy smile on your face.  All that aside, he’s an icon who put […]

Photographers: Scott Linstead

“Scott Linstead is an internationally published, freelance wildlife photographer/writer. His clients include Natural History Magazine, Hewlett Packard, Ranger Rick Magazine and a number of wildlife publications in North America and Europe. Scott’s column on the techniques of bird photography appears in every issue of Outdoor Photography Canada”. A veiled chameleon extends its tongue to catch a cricket. Canadian wildlife photographer Scott Linstead, formerly an aerospace engineer and high school teacher, […]

Tattoos

Humans have been marking their skin permanently for thousands of years. A tattoo can be a remembrance, a constant prayer, a warning, or simply an amazing work of art. The reasons behind them can be intensely personal, decorative, whimsical, or utilitarian. They can signify tribal allegiance, personal history, or nothing at all. Collected below are recent images of skin art and a few glimpses into the owners of these tattoos […]