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To fulfill her final text, 'I want to go home,' Yasuo Takamatsu has spent 15 years diving every week looking for his wife lost in the 2011 Japan tsunami.

u/thepoylanthropist — 17 hours ago

What you see in the Sun, is the Chicago skyline from the Indiana Dunes beach, across Lake Michigan. You can see it from 50 miles of distance due to a form of superior mirage, because the skyline is seen above where it's actually located.

u/searchjobs_poster — 17 hours ago

Man discovers an incredible beetle that looks almost too stunning to be real ,It’s a rare species of scarab beetle called Chrysina limbata, known for its metallic appearance. It’s found only in mid-altitude forests in Costa Rica and western Panama.

u/Darshan_brahmbhatt — 18 hours ago
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Traditional Indonesian "Sawangan" kites have built-in bows that use wind resistance to create intense, buzzing acoustics while flying.

u/Time-Freedom-7708 — 17 hours ago

After 25 years of service, non-Roman soldiers were given a Roman military diploma, which granted them Roman citizenship and the right to a legal Roman marriage.

u/NbOPO4 — 19 hours ago

Mantis shrimp eyes move independently and are considered the most complex in the animal kingdom. We humans have 3 photoreceptors, these little aliens have up to 16, letting them see UV, visible and even polarized light.

u/zeusht — 18 hours ago

This is tonight's crescent moon from Australia. This is one shot every 2 minutes. We see the moon upside down compared to people in the northern hemisphere.

u/hairy_quadruped — 19 hours ago
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Residents kept reporting strange burglaries inside their homes, even though all the doors were locked. Police finally caught the thief and asked him to show how he was getting in

u/Dioken89 — 1 day ago

During the Ottoman Empire, elaborately decorated miniature palaces for birds were carved into the exterior walls of buildings. This example is found at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul, and is still used as a home for birds today.

u/21MayDay21 — 17 hours ago