Rotating garbage island bigger than many countries is floating in Pacific: This 1.6 million sq km patch contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic & is causing serious harm to natureThe Great Pacific Garbage Patch represents a vast area of ocean pollution, containing trillions of plastic pieces and thousands of tonnes o...
Founded in 1859, this California mining town once had 2,000 buildings and 8,000 people. This ‘ghost town’ still preserves abandoned beds, toys, books and vintage suppliesBodie, a historical ghost town in California, draws interest with its well-preserved mining heritage. The discovery of gold and silver in 1...
In 1942, a US Navy aircraft became a ‘ghost ship’ after landing in California with no one inside. Its crew was missing, their parachutes were untouched and the radio still workedIn 1942, two experienced US Navy officers disappeared during a routine antisubmarine patrol off the California coast. Their blimp, L-8, was...
Deadly plague ravaged this Italian island, thousands died and were burned, with ashes rumoured to make up 50% of the ground before it became home to a haunted mental hospitalPoveglia island, once a place of quarantine, is shrouded in a chilling tapestry of disease and demise. Its forsaken hospital stands as a te...
How U.S. military funding propelled China's robot dogsThe rise of Unitree, a Chinese company known for its impressive robot dogs, can be attributed to research breakthroughs funded by the US mi...
Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker leaks oil off Oman coast, NGOs raise alarmAn Omani nature reserve faces an environmental catastrophe from an oil leak. A Russian shadow fleet tanker is reportedly leaking oil across...
In 1948 US industrialist Henry J Kaise founded a town for about 4,000 people in California. Then it emptied almost overnight but still stands frozen in timeEagle Mountain was a company town built for a large iron mine in California's desert. The town housed thousands of residents and provided a...
The Danube has fallen to one of its lowest levels in decades, exposing possible mammoth remains and a coal ship that sank in 1937As Europe's Danube River hits alarming low levels, it unveils treasures from the past such as ancient mammoth bones and historical wrecks, ...
In 1991, the Soviets abandoned anthrax island, a bioweapon facility which still has over 90% chance of killing people decades after its creationVozrozhdeniye Island served as a Soviet biological weapons testing site for decades. Weaponized anthrax spores left behind remain a dangero...
In 1928, Henry Ford carved a slice of small-town America into the Amazon rainforest to grow his own rubber, a jungle city called Fordlândia that the forest quietly swallowed wholeHenry Ford established Fordlândia in Brazil to secure rubber supplies for his company. He built an American-style town, imposing strict rul...
A look at some of the deadliest fires in bars, nightclubs and music venuesA Bangkok music bar fire killed at least thirty people and injured dozens. This incident prompts investigations into the cause and contribu...
US Special Forces ghost ship spotted near Venezuela — is a secret mission underway?A secretive U.S. ship called the MV Ocean Trader has been spotted near Venezuela's coast. This "ghost ship" operates quietly without any na...
Did Hurricane Milton really wash ashore a 1700s ghost ship in Florida?Ghost Ship Florida: A viral social media post claimed a '1700s ghost ship' washed ashore in St. Augustine, Florida after Hurricane Milton. ...
USS Stewart: Legendary 'Ghost Ship of the Pacific' rediscovered after 80 yearsThe USS Stewart, a Navy destroyer lost for nearly 80 years, was discovered off California's coast at a depth of 3,500 feet. The ship, invol...
With no passengers, the $120 million Russian ghost ship's 6 crew members have fun aboardThe handful of crew members left on the Russian ghost ship Alfa Nero are playing ‘Call of Duty’ and swimming in the infinity pool.
Ghost first, stranded passengers laterWhile irrational explanations would have been the first ones sought after in our times where social media itself is really ectoplasmic ethe...
Mystery of a burning Ship (with cars)In the case of the ship Felicity Ace, thankfully, all 22 of its crew were evacuated this week after it caught fire. But according to the Po...