The Gulag system of the Soviet Union was so harsh that one prisoner cut his hand off with an axe in order to get into the hospital to relax for at least a couple of days. News
The Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex: The United States’ first operational ABM defense system, shut down after less than a year of operation News Abandoned Spaces
The Lewis chessmen -The enigma behind the 12th-century chess pieces discovered in 1831 in Scotland Strangeness News
The Hail Cannon: A device which was fired at thunderstorms to disrupt the formation of hailstones News Featured
The Santa Justa Lift in Lisbon: A historic Neo-Gothic iron tower adored by Lisbon’s residents ever since its construction News Featured