That time priests in India got two frogs married to gain favor from the God of Rains after a severe drought.

Two months later they were forced to divorce the frogs to provide relief from the relentless rain that destroyed more than 9000 houses.

In 1984, astronaut Dale Gardner performed an untethered spacewalk to capture the Westar VI satellite

Maus Castle, which is actually called Thurnberg, was occasionally the favourite residence of the electors of Trier, located in Wellmich - Germany

Archbishop Balduin built the castle between 1353-1388 AD, for the protection of his newly acquired territory. It was one of the most modern and technically most interesting constructions of its time. About 1370 the counts of Katzenelnbogen built the mighty stronghold Neu-Katzenelnbogen on the adjoining mountain.

Among the people the impression arose that the castles spied on themselves like cat and mouse. So both bastions got their nicknames, under which they are known until today. Mouse Castle opens its gates for visitors. Inside you can admire precious furniture and interesting collections.

Octopuses have three hearts and blue blood.

Located in Arizona in the United States, Supai is considered the most remote town in the Southern United States. The town of 208 is actually inside the Grand Canyon and is the Havasupai Indian Reservation capital. Eight miles from any road, you can only access it by foot, helicopter, or pack animal, giving these isolated homes the distinction of being the only town in the US to get mail delivered by mule.

The inventor of Vaseline was such a firm believer in its medicinal properties that he claimed to have eaten a spoonful of it a day; During a bout of pleurisy in his 50s, he ordered his nurse to cover him from head to toe in the substance, and soon recovered. He lived to be 96.

On this day in 1903: Wright brothers airplane flies for the first time.

Around 14,000 years ago, children in Las Monedas Cave in Spain likely created what is now called the “Panel of the Enigmatic Signs.” While adults were busy drawing detailed charcoal images of animals like bison and reindeer, children aged 3 to 6 worked in their own section of the cave, drawing at their height. Their panel, about a meter wide and 60 centimeters high, is filled with scribbles similar to what young kids today might make, like rough circles and shaky lines.

Researchers used 3D scans to study the markings and compared them to how children today learn to draw. They found that these drawings were likely made by children working on their own, not under the guidance of adults. The kids seemed to be exploring and experimenting with materials like charcoal in a safe space near the adults, who probably used fires or torches to light the dark cave.

This discovery challenges the long-standing belief that children’s involvement in ancient cave art was limited to following adult guidance or being used to create stencils. Instead, it shows that children were independently exploring and experimenting with materials like charcoal, actively contributing to their community’s cultural practices. Researchers hope this approach will lead to the identification of more examples of children’s art in ancient caves, offering new perspectives on their roles in early societies.

Meet Nicole Smith-Ludvik, the woman who stood atop the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa (828m) for an Emirates Airlines ad

Perfectly kept dinosaur embryo from 66 million years ago found, in China :

In 2021, scientists have announced the discovery of an exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo from at least 66 million years ago that was preparing to hatch from its egg just like a chicken...

The fossil was discovered in Ganzhou, southern China and belonged to a toothless theropod dinosaur, or oviraptorosaur, which the researchers dubbed “Baby Yingliang.”

"It is one of the best dinosaur embryos ever found in history," University of Birmingham researcher Fion Waisum Ma, who co-authored a paper in the journal iScience.

Ma and colleagues found Baby Yingliang’s head lay below its body, with the feet on either side and back curled – a posture that was previously unseen in dinosaurs, but similar to modern birds.

In birds, the behaviour is controlled by the central nervous system and called “tucking”. Chicks preparing to hatch tuck their head under their right wing in order to stabilise the head while they crack the shell with their beak. Embryos that fail to tuck have a higher chance of dying after a hatching that is unsucessful. “This indicates that such behaviour in modern birds first evolved and originated among their dinosaur ancestors,” said Ma.

An alternative to tucking might have been something closer to what is seen in modern crocodiles, which instead assume a sitting posture with the head bending upon the chest up to hatching.

Oviraptorosaurs, which means “egg thief lizards”, were feathered dinosaurs that lived in what is now Asia and North America during the Late Cretaceous period. They had variable beak shapes and diets and ranged in size from modern turkeys at the lower end to massive Gigantoraptors, that were 8m long. Baby Yingliang measures about 27cm long from head to tail and lies inside a 17cm long egg at the Yingliang Stone Nature History Museum.

Researchers believe the creature is between 72 and 66 million years old, and was probably preserved by a sudden mudslide that buried the egg, protecting it from scavengers for aeons. It would have grown 2-3m long if it had lived to be an adult, and would have likely fed on plants. The specimen was one of several egg fossils that were forgotten in storage for decades.

The research team suspected they might contain unborn dinosaurs, and scraped off part of Baby Yingliang’s eggshell to uncover the embryo hidden within.

“This dinosaur embryo inside its egg is one of the most beautiful fossils I have ever seen,” said Professor Steve Brusatte of the University of Edinburgh, part of the research team, in a statement.

On this day in 1975: the Byte Shop opened.

It was one of the first computer stores.

And the first to sell an Apple computer.

A Buddha statue in Afghanistan before its destruction in 1992.

Chris Espinosa is currently the longest-serving employee at Apple.

He joined in 1976 at the age of 14, writing BASIC code while the company was still based in Steve Jobs’ garage.

On November 29, 1899, Joan Gamper and eleven others met at the Solé Gymnasium in Barcelona to form a club that would bear the name and crest of the city.

That day, Futbol Club Barcelona was born.

Pablo Escobar and his son infront of the white house 1981

This guy scanned monks' brains.

He expected normal results.

But what he found had never been seen in scientific history.

The discovery landed him on Time's 100 Most Influential People.

Young DJ Khaled went by the name ‘Arab Attack’, which he wisely decided to change after 9/11

Māori protest in New Zealand against a bill to give equal rights to citizens of all races:

In case you missed this, there is a Window Cleaning World Cup.

The Colosseum wasn't the biggest stadium in Ancient Rome — it was the Circus Maximus, where chariot races took place.

It once held 250,000 spectators.

Why so big? Because chariot racing — not gladiatorial combat — was the most popular Roman sport...

Guy smiles for a photo after the tree he planted 35 years ago that he named Epimaco Amancio saved a bus from plunging off a cliff in Dalaguete, Cebu, Philippines. It saved the lives of 37 people, most of them were students.

A Coca-Cola employee offered to sell company secrets to Pepsi for 1.5 million dollars. Pepsi responded by notifying Coca-Cola.

As high-ranking Coca-Cola employees, Joya Williams and her accomplice Ibrahim Dimson had access to many documents about Coca-Cola drinks and future projects. Williams and Dimson so called Pepsi and offered to sell all the executive secrets for $1.5 million.

Unfortunately for Williams and Dimson, Pepsi executives reported them to Coca-Cola and the FBI. The FBI then sent undercover agents posing as Pepsi executives. Those FBI undercover agents lured Williams and Dimson with a portion of the $1.5 million demanded and forced them to hand over the documents and the vial containing the chemical. Williams and Dimson were caught red-handed.

The FBI presented the proof of payment and the secrets to the court as irrefutable evidence. In 2007, Williams was sentenced to eight years in prison and Dimson to five years in prison.

A Pepsi spokesperson said, "We did what any responsible company would do. Competition can be fierce, but it also has to be fair and legal," according to CNN.

Eight years in prison is the sentence given to Joya Williams, the former Coca-Cola employee and five years to his accomplice, Ibrahim Dimson, who had attempted to sell the secret formula of the famous drink to competitor Pepsi without taking into account that, in addition to patents, the law also protects business secrets.

This performance takes street art to the next level

abandoned cargo ship off the coast of Oman

Paul "Bear" Vasquez, the creator who filmed the Double Rainbow video, made thousands of videos in advance and reportedly scheduled 15 years worth of uploads in advance before he died, leaving his channel still active now years after his death.

He died in 2020 after posting a video talking about feeling feverish and having trouble breathing.

His channel is called Yosemitebear62.

A father looks for his two missing sons during the Kosovo war in 1999. He would later find them.

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On August 1, 2009, Dalia Dippolito of Boynton Beach, Florida, got into the passenger seat of a red sedan for a clandestine meeting and told the driver she wanted him to kill her husband.

She offered him $7,000, and he responded that he'd already bought the gun.

They agreed on a date and time when she would be at the gym to establish an alibi.⁠ ⁠When Dalia arrived home from her workout on the day of the planned murder, her house was a crime scene.

Police told her that her husband was dead and she broke down in tears right there on the street. Officers consoled her and escorted her to the station for a debriefing and explanation.

There, she continued to sob in horror and disbelief — until the man she believed to be dead came out from behind a doorway.⁠ ⁠

The whole operation had been a setup. The hitman was an undercover cop and her husband himself was in on the sting — with the entire saga had even been recorded for an episode of "COPS."

This day on September 30, 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.

This is how water is loaded into a firefighting plane!

It took 28 years to build this massive statue of the Hindu god Vishnu riding a mythical bird.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana in Kuta Selatan, Bali, is Indonesia's tallest statue.

Illia Golem, the “world’s most monstrous bodybuilder,” has died at 36.

Early in his career, Sylvester Stallone was so low on cash, he was forced to sell his dog, Butkus, for $40. When he sold the script for 'Rocky', he bought the dog back for $15K and gave him a role in the movie.

About 5 years ago, Stallone shared the story of his beloved dog Butkus during a tough stretch in 1971. "When I was 26, totally broke, going nowhere VERY fast, owned two pairs of pants that barely fit, shoes that had holes in them, and dreams of being successful were as far away as the sun... But I had my dog, BUTKUS, my best friend, my confidant, who always laughed at my jokes and put up with my moods, and was the one living thing that loved me for who I was!"

"We were both thin, hungry, and living in a flophouse above a subway stop. I used to say this apartment had… Hot and cold running roaches. When things got even worse, I had to sell him for $40 in front of a 7-Eleven store because I couldn't afford food. Then, like a modern-day miracle, the screenplay for Rocky sold, and I could buy him back. But the new owner knew I was desperate and charged me $15,000... He was worth every penny!"

Rocky won an Oscar, the two never separated, and Butkus even got to star in the first two movies before his death in 1981.

On April 28, 1988, the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet ripped off at 24,000 feet, but the plane still managed to land safely.