Catastrophes

The formula of salvation, or What is "Halo"

22-03-2025

The formula of salvation, or What is "Halo"

Despite the fact that Formula 1 cars are getting faster and more powerful every year, their pilots no longer put themselves in such ...

How to Survive a Falling Elevator

20-03-2025

How to Survive a Falling Elevator

Many people have a fear of falling elevators. This is absolutely normal - this phobia appeared along with lifting mechanisms and ...

Ciudad Juarez Incident: North America's Worst Radiological Disaster

13-03-2025

Ciudad Juarez Incident: North America's Worst ...

Radiation is especially dangerous: radiation cannot be seen without special equipment. In addition, the situation is aggravated by ...

Lake Pener Incident: How a Hole in the Bottom Sucked in a Drilling Rig, 11 Barges and an Island

10-03-2025

Lake Pener Incident: How a Hole in the Bottom Sucked in a ...

Man-made disasters rarely occur without human casualties, because they occur precisely because of human error. But the story that ...

On the waves of the future: the floating city will retain the coastal villages from floods

03-03-2025

On the waves of the future: the floating city will retain the ...

The problem of global warming are a storm cloud hanging over our planet. The water of the oceans can get out of its banks and flood ...

15 mistakes of designers and builders, which turned into very tragic consequences

28-02-2025

15 mistakes of designers and builders, which turned into very ...

Architecture is an industry, perhaps, no less precise than surgery. In any case, not only comfort, but also human life directly ...

Lost in the Ocean: The Tragic Story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan

27-02-2025

Lost in the Ocean: The Tragic Story of Tom and Eileen Lonergan

Tragic accidents can lie in wait for us in a variety of situations, including on vacation. Tom and Eileen Lonergan, from the ...

The story of paraglider Ewa Wisnierska, who was carried away by a thunderstorm

26-02-2025

The story of paraglider Ewa Wisnierska, who was carried away ...

In extreme sports, it is not customary to rely on luck. Only accurate calculations, physical training and reliable equipment can ...

Frames that have become past to their authors

25-02-2025

Frames that have become past to their authors

This collection of photographs that will touch you for a living. Among these images a lot of fakes. And yet it happens that people ...

These 10 Images Seem Normal Until You Learn The Horror Behind Them

13-02-2025

These 10 Images Seem Normal Until You Learn The Horror Behind ...

The scariest things aren’t always the ones that jump out at you. They don’t announce themselves with warning signs or eerie ...

Involuntary terrorist: how a crocodile became the culprit of a passenger plane crash

13-02-2025

Involuntary terrorist: how a crocodile became the culprit of ...

An amazing tragicomic incident occurred in August 2010 in the sky over the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A miniature aircraft ...

Minamata disease - how the plant secretly killed the Japanese for decades

13-02-2025

Minamata disease - how the plant secretly killed the Japanese ...

Mercury is a liquid silvery metal used in many modern industries. The importance of mercury for metallurgy, energy, the chemical ...

The unsinkable Violet Jessop, who survived three of the largest shipwrecks of the XX century

10-02-2025

The unsinkable Violet Jessop, who survived three of the ...

For a long time it was believed that a woman on a ship brings bad luck. But, it turns out, there are examples of individuals who ...

The Incredible Story of Joan Murray Who Survived a 13-Foot Fall

09-02-2025

The Incredible Story of Joan Murray Who Survived a 13-Foot Fall

There are very few cases of people surviving a fall from a great height. We are not talking about jumping from a balcony or a ...

The tragedy on the Byford Dolphin platform, the worst death in the workplace

08-02-2025

The tragedy on the Byford Dolphin platform, the worst death ...

If you think that your working conditions leave much to be desired, then you definitely need to get acquainted with such work as ...

The fury of snow: The deadliest blizzard in history, which killed 4 thousand lives

02-02-2025

The fury of snow: The deadliest blizzard in history, which ...

On February 3, 1972, one of the most terrible natural disasters in the history of the country began in Iran. The blizzard that came ...

"Kitostrofa" in Taiwan - a sea giant exploded on the street

30-01-2025

"Kitostrofa" in Taiwan - a sea giant exploded on ...

Each dead whale is a big loss for the biosphere. Therefore, scientists are trying to carefully investigate all known cases in order ...

Explosive love: the 1950 terrorist attack at a school near Tiraspol, which was kept silent for half a century

25-01-2025

Explosive love: the 1950 terrorist attack at a school near ...

Today, school shootings and bombings occur alarmingly often. There were terrible emergencies in educational institutions, but such ...

The tragedy of Morro Castle is a disaster on a liner, arranged by a national hero of the USA

09-01-2025

The tragedy of Morro Castle is a disaster on a liner, ...

The best means for profit in the years of prohibition is alcohol. This simple maxim was adopted in 1930 by the American company ...

What happens to a person who fell asleep in the cold

01-01-2025

What happens to a person who fell asleep in the cold

Man is so constituted that it can freeze to death in -30 and -2 degrees Celsius. Everything depends on the surrounding conditions, ...

The Strange Story of Tanya Head, the Most Famous 9/11 Survivor

31-12-2024

The Strange Story of Tanya Head, the Most Famous 9/11 Survivor

The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, shook the world. The center of the tragedy was the twin towers of the World Trade ...

The story of a flight attendant who survived a fall from a height of 10 thousand meters

26-12-2024

The story of a flight attendant who survived a fall from a ...

On December 23, 2016, at the age of 66, the legendary flight attendant Vesna Vulovich died, who in 1972 was present at the ...

An explosion of vape and a flaming gyro scooter: what dangers are hidden by familiar electrical appliances and gadgets

23-12-2024

An explosion of vape and a flaming gyro scooter: what dangers ...

Explosions of smartphone batteries and short circuits in sockets no longer become a sensation, but few people know that the danger ...

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste: The Story of the Most Famous Ghost Ship

23-12-2024

The Mystery of the Mary Celeste: The Story of the Most Famous ...

The legend of the Flying Dutchman, a ghost ship with dead sailors on board, did not arise by chance. From the beginning of the Age ...

10 Dogs Before And After Being Rescued From Various Hardships

18-12-2024

10 Dogs Before And After Being Rescued From Various Hardships

The famous American writer Josh Billings once said: "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself," ...

Killer waves: how an old sea tale turned out to be a reality

18-12-2024

Killer waves: how an old sea tale turned out to be a reality

Stories have been told for hundreds of years about huge waves that appear in the ocean out of nowhere and carry mortal danger. ...