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Millionaire Builds Nearly 100 Homes to Reduce Homelessness in His Town

Homelessness is an issue that nearly every city, big and small, faces around the world. While governments, NGOs, and other organizations are taking steps to combat it, unfortunately, it still remains unsolved. This Canadian millionaire decided to take matters into his own hands and use his millions to help homelessness in his hometown. This is what he did. Millionaire from Fredericton, New Brunsw

March 16th, 1978 : Amaco Cadiz oil spill, the day the sea turned black

  40 years ago, the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3.1 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France, on 16 March 1978, and ultimately split in three and sank, all together resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. photo : Ouest France From JerseyEvening FOUR decades after a devastating oil spill off the Brittany coast threatened to

Why Do So Many People Still Want to Believe in Bigfoot?

The appeal of the mythical, wild man holds strong Bigfoot is still a big deal to many conspiracy theorists. Cade Martin Sixty years ago this fall, Bigfoot first stepped into the public consciousness. “Giant footprints puzzle residents,” a headline in the Humboldt Times announced. The small Northern California newspaper reported that a road construction crew had discovered humanlike fo

Archaeologists Foμnd a Strange 3,400-Year-Old Ancient Empire After Water Receding

A 3400-year-old city from the Mittani Empire that was formerly situated on the Tigris River has been discovered by a group of German and Kurdish archaeologists. Early this year, as a result of the severe drought in Iraq, a town erupted from the waters of the Mosul reservoir. Ancient Zakhiku, which is thought to have been a significant center in the Mittani Empire, may have been the sprawli

Dad takes daughter’s photo in front of giant horse, looks closer and can’t stop laughing

These days, almost everyone has a cell phone in their pocket. It’s great because you can take photos pretty much whenever you see something interesting – and sometimes your pictures turn out even more interesting (or hilarious) that you ever imagined. This dad’s picture of his daughter is like that. He was just going to take a nice picture of his daughter, but he got much more than that.

Could this thing discovered in Antarctica be an ancient pyramid?

It’s a new day on the internet so there’s a new conspiracy theory: a mysterious new pyramid has been discovered in Antarctica thanks to Google Earth. The newly Discovered Pyramid. Google Earth. Except it's just a mountain. And even the “new” part of the conspiracy theory is just a re-hashed version of a story that has been reported for years on pyramids in the South Pole. So let

I Combine Old Images With Rephotographed Ones To Create A Mix Of Both, Showing How Much Things Have Changed (50 Pics)

I’ve been taking pictures all my life. My parents bought me my first camera – a Kodak Instamatic – when I was 10 years old. I took pictures of everything: people, places, animals, nature, and inanimate objects. It didn’t matter what, I just loved taking pictures. One of the most exciting things about photography back then was taking rolls of undeveloped film cartridges to the local dru

‘Old Photos In Real Life’: 51 Pics That Show How Much Time Affects Everything

t is incredible what story two pictures, put side by side, can tell us. And what a difference decades or hundreds of years can make to our landscapes, architecture, and overall history. Therefore, something like rephotography has gained huge interest from people by showing contrasting images, one from the past and one from the recent times of the same place. We will never run out of sights

31 Haunting Images of Abandoned Places That Will Give You Goose Bumps

They say that the only permanent thing in the world is change. History books are one way to understand the passage of time, but there are also some real-life monuments that speak of the past in their own ways. While some of these markers of the past are well taken care of and protected, those that are partially or even completely run-down often are the most interesting and, honestly, makes pretty

50 Photos From “Historyfeels” That Might Teach You More About Our Past

When was the last time you had a history lesson? Perhaps it was watching a documentary or listening to a podcast centered around prominent events in the past? Or maybe you recently visited a museum that taught you more about your own country or city’s history? Regardless of how much you know about the world’s past, the beautiful thing about history is that there is always more to be lear