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 Mysterious "prehistoric" shark with 300 horrible teeth is caught by trawler ... Scientists have discovered a dinosaur-era shark with 300 teeth and a snake’s head off the Portuguese coast. [hidden image - please register] The frilled shark was caught by a trawler during a research project on how to minimise unwanted catches during commercial fishing, according to Sic Noticias TV. [hidden image - please register] While its peers, such as the Tyrannosaurus rex and triceratops, died out long ago, this shark, with its frilled teeth and long, slim body still swims at great depths of at least 700 metres (2,300 feet). [hidden image - please register] According to the Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere, the captured shark measured 1.5 m in length and was swimming off the Algarve coast. The rare species dates back 80 million years. |
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 The world's first floating nation designed to 'liberate humanity from politicians' will appear in the Pacific Ocean by 2020 The world's first floating nation is set to appear in the Pacific Ocean off the island of Tahiti in 2020. A handful of hotels, homes, offices, restaurants and more will be built in the next few years by the nonprofit Seasteading Institute, which hopes to 'liberate humanity from politicians'. [hidden image - please register] The radical plans, bankrolled by PayPal founder Peter Thiel, could see the creation of an independent nation that will float in international waters and operate within its own laws. In a new interview, Joe Quirk, president of the Seasteading Institute, said he wants to see 'thousands' of rogue floating cities by 2050, each of them 'offering different ways of governance'. [hidden image - please register] 'Governments just don't get better,' Mr Quirk told the New York Times. 'They're stuck in previous centuries. That's because land incentives a violent monopoly to control it.' [hidden image - please register] The first island is being funded by a coin offering, a new concept gaining popularity in Silicon Valley in which money is 'crowd sourced' by creating and selling a virtual currency. The non-profit hopes to raise around $60 million by 2020 to build a dozen buildings. [hidden image - please register] The structures will feature 'green roofs' covered with vegetation and construction will use local bamboo, coconut fibre, wood and recycled metal and plastic. [hidden image - please register] First revealed in January, the plans have been approved by the French Polynesian government, which is now creating a special economic zone so the floating nation can operate under its own trade laws. [hidden link - please register] |
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Proof of time travel? Painting from 1850 shows woman ‘absorbed in smartphone’... The scene bears a striking resemblance to a teenager texting or looking at social media while carelessly walking down the street but was actually painted in around 1850-60. [hidden image - please register] Painted by Austrian artist Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller, 'The Expected One' shows a young man waiting on a countryside path holding a pinking flower while a girl approaches with her attention gripped by a small rectangular object in her hands. [hidden image - please register] The time travel scenario was sparked on Twitter by retired local government officer Peter Russell in response to a similar image being posted. [hidden image - please register] He told Motherboard : “What strikes me most is how much a change in technology has changed the interpretation of the painting, and in a way has leveraged its entire context. “The big change is that in 1850 or 1860, every single viewer would have identified the item that the girl is absorbed in as a hymnal or prayer book. [hidden link - please register] |
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 On the flea market found the photo of the American bandit millions of dollars worth ... A photo that was bought at a flea market for $10 shows Billy the Kid standing with the lawman who would ultimately kill him, experts have concluded. The black and white image, taken in August 1880, shows the notorious outlaw with a gang of men, one of whom is Sheriff Pat Garrett, Billy the Kid's former friend and the man who gunned him down. [hidden image - please register] It is only the fourth known photograph of Billy the Kid and is thought to be a trophy shot taken by Garrett and his posse after they arrested him for murdering a sheriff. It is believed to be now worth millions of dollars. The image could be the last known picture of Billy the Kid, who was born Henry McCarty. The other known pictures of the outlaw were believed to have been taken in 1877, 1878 and 1879. The photo of the Kid discovered in 2015 has since been estimated to be worth $5 million. [hidden link - please register] |
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 The prints of the hands of giants ... During the excavation of the 3600-year-old palace in the once great city of Avaris, Egypt, a group of archaeologists unearthed four pits. What is found in the pits? It’s hands. No bodies – just a bunch of dismembered hands. Most of the hands are quite large, and some of them are simply huge, which most likely means that they were all cut off from adult men, and perhaps in ancient Egypt it was full of giant. [hidden image - please register] In fact, these large and very large hands are the first physical evidence of practice widely represented in ancient Egyptian art. Soldiers chop off the right hands of their enemies and present them to their leaders, who solemnly throw their hands into the pit, and then unceremoniously throw each soldier gold in return. Having mastered your right hand, you symbolically stole the source of the strength of your enemy and literally took away 50 percent of his ability to defeat you. This image was created about 400 years after the severed hands were piled into pits in Avaris. It shows the severed hands of enemy soldiers, prepared for the transfer to Ramses III, the Egyptian pharaoh, after a successful campaign. So it turns out that the soldiers were large and very large people, giants? [hidden link - please register] |
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As a deer attempts to mate with neighbor's statues ... A Wisconsin resident captured video of a confused buck attempting to mate with her neighbor's wooden deer lawn ornaments. [hidden image - please register] The video, captured Nov. 6 in an Edgerton neighborhood, shows the male deer struggle to mount a wooden statue of a doe in the filmer's neighbor's yard. [hidden image - please register] The woman continues to film as the "idiot" deer's failure leads it to "hump" a second deer statue in the yard. The woman drives away with the buck still attempting to make amorous moves on the artificial females. |
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Idaho couple build UFO-style coop for chicken flock ... A couple of Idaho "nerds" who needed a larger coop for their growing flock of chickens built an elaborate structure in the shape of a flying saucer. [hidden image - please register] The Boise couple said they recently expanded their small flock of chickens and knew they needed a larger coop than the one they had, so they decided to design something special. [hidden image - please register] "When we expanded our flock this Summer. We knew a larger coop would be necessary. As an artistic couple, I knew it couldn't be just any coop. As UFO nerds, we had the perfect plan!" the couple wrote. A video recorded by the residents shows the chickens lining up in single-file to board their starship, which features tiny windows and blinking lights. |
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 A good burglar treated the witnesses of the crime with sweets ... Houston police released surveillance video of a robbery at a doughnut shop in the city as they hunt for a trio who, in addition to stealing money, handed out sweets to some of the victims in the process. [hidden image - please register] The video shows three masked individuals entering the shop on Oct. 16 in the afternoon. One, brandishing a handgun, steals money from the cash register while another takes two customers’ cell phones. The phone bandit gesticulates toward the customers and seems to be talking to them — possibly even taking an order. [hidden image - please register] The person then peruses the sweets behind the counter, chooses two treats, and offers them to the customers sitting by the window. The other two robbers, meanwhile, rob the employees. All three fled by foot and remain at large, according to a statement by the Houston police.
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Tapas bar customers use STOOLS to fight off moped raider ... This is the incredible moment a hammer-wielding moped thief was fought off by a hero manager and customers in a London Tapas restaurant. [hidden image - please register] The attack was captured on CCTV as the thug, wearing a helmet, tried to steal a laptop off the counter at Bar Esteban in Park Road, Crouch End, north London. [hidden image - please register] Dramatic footage shows him storm in on Tuesday night and snatch manager Gessica Lastrucci's computer as she worked on it at the bar. [hidden image - please register] It is the latest example of an alarming new trend that sees moped-riding criminals rush into businesses and steal from staff and customers. On October 17, a raid on the Bread and Bean Cafe in Archway, north London was recorded when a brazen thief rushed in and grabbed a laptop while a victim worked on it. In the latest tapas restaurant robbery, the manager's laptop had a security cable attaching it to the counter and the manager Ms Lastrucci, was filmed grabbing the wire and pulling her device back towards her. The stunned thief dropped his hammer in the scuffle and left but he returned seconds later looking for his weapon on the floor. [hidden link - please register] |
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Man converts fridge into fish tank to prank house guests ... A Thai man converted his old refrigerator into a big fish tank to prank guests who come over and open the fridge door. Amsawang Khanapoi, 39, shared a video showing him opening the fridge at his Bangkok home, revealing the inside of the appliance had been replaced with a fish tank. [hidden image - please register] Fish can be seen swimming by the blue light he installed inside the fridge. "It's the perfect home for the fish. The fridge is big, deep and dark at night just like the wild," he said. "When I have a guest I'll close the door and ask them to get a beer from the fridge. They open the door and they're shocked. It's very funny." Khanapoi stressed the fish are not food, despite the aesthetics of their new home. "The fish are to keep as pets, they're for ornamental display. They're beautiful and wouldn't ever dream of eating them," he said. [hidden link - please register] |
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Ooh la la! Paris opens its first ever NUDE restaurant... where diners are asked to their clothes at the door. France is world renowned for its laid back and relaxed attitude, with the country playing host to dozens of nudist beaches, campsites and pools. Yet now Paris has opened its first-ever naked restaurant where diners can dig into their food while completely naked. [hidden image - please register] The aptly named O'Naturel restaurant is located in the French capital's 12th arrondissement, on Rue de Gravelle, and had its grand opening this past Thursday. There is space at the restaurant for up to 40 diners, with meals starting at around €30. [hidden image - please register] Upon entrance, guests are asked to remove all their clothes and leave them in the restaurant's wardrobes. [hidden image - please register] Yet passersby on the street are not able to catch a glimpse of patrons at the eatery as the view from the street is blocked off. Local residents seem relatively relaxed about the new establishment, with one saying: 'It doesn't bother me at all, or my neighbors. [hidden link - please register] |
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Mysterious underground fire ablaze for 59 years in southwest China city ... Mysterious underground fire ablaze for 59 years in a district in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality recently attracted media attention. This patch of land, covering some four square meters, is located in a place called Miao'erdong, Dongmen Village in Changshou District, where seven or eight tongues of flames are burning all year round, rain or snow. Local residents come here to boil water every morning and evening. They said water could boil up on the flames within five minutes. [hidden image - please register] "Firewood used to be expensive in the past and sometimes we had to go to the western mountainous areas to carry back bundles of firewood. But it was more convenient here. We came here with our cooking pots and queued to boil sweet potatoes and pigweed," said Wang Mantang, a local villager. It is surprising that the flames cannot be extinguished. Even if water is poured on them, they will become ignited again within three minutes. "They cannot be extinguished. If so, how could there be burning flames? They are burning every minute and every day throughout the year," Wang said. The fire started 59 years ago from a natural gas well that an oil exploitation team drilled back in 1958. But the well was left unexplored because of scarce and scattered natural gas reserves. A dearth of gas has since been emitting all these years and hence the fire keeps burning. As the fire has not affected crops nearby, local authorities have left it as it is. Villagers would circumvent the patch when passing by, and no accident concerned has ever been reported. |
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10-year-old boy leads police on high-speed chase ... A 10-year-old Cleveland boy led police on a high-speed car chase Thursday, and police released dashcam video of the incident. [hidden image - please register] Cleveland police said the boy took his mother's car as his sister was getting ready to them to school and drove off. His mother tried to chase him down in another car, but the boy kept going. [hidden image - please register] "Oh my [expletive] god," the mother said during a 911 call, according to Cleveland.com. "My son's going to kill himself before you guys get here." [hidden image - please register] Other drivers on the road noticed a minor was behind the wheel. "There looks to be a child driving a silver Infinity with what looks like his mother almost chasing him down," a witness told police during a 911 call, according to Fox 8. [hidden image - please register] The child reached speeds of 96 mph, police said. The video shows the car driving erratically on a highway. At one point, it almost goes directly into oncoming traffic.But police were able to bump the car onto the shoulder, where they surrounded it to keep from going near other drivers. Eventually, they were able to bump it again and it lightly crashed at slow speed into a police SUV and came to a stop. The child was not injured in the incident. Police said when they apprehended him, he kicked and spat at them. Police have not said if the boy will be charged for a crime. This wasn't the first time the boy stole his parent's car. Earlier this month, he took his father's car out for a joyride, police said. |
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Squirrel dodges groundskeepers on field before soccer game... A mischievous squirrel caused headaches for staff at a British stadium when it bolted onto the field before a professional soccer game. [hidden image - please register] The squirrel elicits laughter from the crowd as it dodges grounds workers attempting to corner the invading rodent. [hidden image - please register] Spectators can be heard questioning whether the pre-game spectacle would cause delays for the main match before the squirrel ran to a corner flag and was scooped up by a steward, a move that earned cheers from the spectators. Footage posted to YouTube by spectator William Kwiatkowski shows the squirrel running wild across the pitch at Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, before Manchester City's Carabao Cup victory over the Wolverhampton Wanderers on Tuesday. |
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Town in Iceland paints 3D zebra crosswalk to slow down speeding cars ... In the small fishing town of Ísafjörður, Iceland, an exciting development in road safety has just popped up – almost literally. A new pedestrian crossing has been painted that appears to be 3D by way of a cleverly-detailed optical illusion. [hidden image - please register] Not only does the innovative design give foot-travelers the feeling of walking on air, it also gets the attention of drivers, who will be sure to slow down their speed once they spot the seemingly floating ‘zebra stripes.’ [hidden image - please register] Icelandic environmental commissioner Ralf Trylla called for its placement in Ísafjörður after seeing a similar project being carried out in New Delhi, India. With the help of street painting company Vegmálun GÍH, his vision became a reality. [hidden link - please register] |
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