7 People Who Cheated Death (Then Kicked It In The Balls) We all like to think of ourselves as badasses.
But what would you really do if faced with death? How would you react to being dropped out of a plane without a parachute, or buried alive? After crapping your pants, that is. Well these people survived all of that and more, slapping Death in the face and telling it to go make them a sandwich. Vesna Vulovic 1, Mountain 0 Who was she? How She Stared Down Death: Except for surviving countless ass gropings during her time as a stewardess there was really nothing special about this lady. On January 26, 1972 our gal was working an extra shift due to a clerical error. Like this, only six miles in the air.
Abandoned places Saturday: The Hotel del Salto, Tequendama Falls, Bogotá River, Colombia. Via: wilwheaton Many times there are images that come across my Tumblr feed that I want to post here, but I first try to find the actual photographer or, failing that, I try to find out some background on the image.
Here’s what I found on the images above: From the website Eyes On Colombia, is this post: Tequendama Falls & The Haunted Hotel: “In 1924, the then-luxurious Hotel (Refugio d)el Salto was inaugurated on the cliff facing the waterfall but due to contamination of the river water, believed to be a result of the popular locale, it was closed in the early 90′s. There has been talk of reopening it and restoring it to its former glory (but as a museum or even a police station) which might help rid the place of its apparent ghosts. They are said to haunt the hotel and according to the caretaker, are believed to be from the old days when bar fights on the second story would end up on its balcony, sometimes resulting in a drunk patron losing more than the fight.”
6 Insane True Stories Behind The Stage Names of Celebrities. Probably half of the celebrities you know are using fake names, and we can't blame them since we're on the Internet, where the most popular male name is BoobGuurl69.
But because famous people's careers live and die by how memorable their names are, there is often a convoluted and high-stakes game behind every well-known moniker. And sometimes, the stories just get downright ridiculous. Francis Ford Coppola + Marvel Comics = Nic Cage and... Mortal Kombat? As a teenager, Nicolas Coppola changed his name to stop other actors from teasing him. Nicolas, of course, looks nothing like a sailor. We told you he was obscure. Since "Nick Powerman" was clearly more awesome than he could handle, he had to settle for "Nicolas Cage.
" Wait, it Gets Weirder: In the early 90s two game designers were working on a fighting game centered around Jean-Claude Van Damme. 6 Insane DiY Surgeries You Won't Believe Actually Worked. The steeply rising cost of health care in this country means that, at times, corners must be cut.
Sometimes you'll find yourself with a generic prescription instead of a name brand. Other times, you might even self diagnose on Web MD. That's probably accurate enough, right? But then you have those few brave souls who looked at all of the above and said, "Also who needs a fancy 'surgeon' or 'hospital' when it's time to go under the knife? Just improvise that shit! " Crazy? Cordless Drill Brain Surgery Brain surgery is one of the few things in life that you really, really don't want to use that discount coupon on. Photos.com"Leaves? Just ask Henry Marsh, a British neurosurgeon who travels to Eastern Europe on a regular basis, and just gravitates naturally towards potential brain surgery the way Batman gravitates towards criminals. 6 Insane Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened.
America's Freak Luck During the Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway may be remembered as one of the most spectacular naval battles in history and one of the huge turning points in the Pacific theater, but it started out as a pure clusterfuck for the Americans.
Despite going into battle with most of Japan's game plan in their pocket thanks to American codebreakers/Bothan spies, the U.S. Navy had little to show for it in the early hours of June 4, 1942. Just about every aircraft that took on the Japanese that day was destroyed, and all without delivering any serious damage. 7 Awesome Acts of Nature (That Science Can't Explain) We may look down on all the primitive peoples who are confused by lightning and think thunder is the voice of the gods, but the truth is to this very day there are natural phenomena that our scientists still don't being to understand.
We're talking about events that are witnessed by thousands, photographed, well-documented and yet are utterly baffling. Such as... What would you do if you were walking along a tropical river at night and it suddenly began burping up egg-sized balls of red light? It happens every year in October along the Mekong river (the same one featured in classic Vietnam movies like Rambo II and the flashbacks from Rambo III). Don Harper Mills: 1994's Most Bizarre Suicide. This story can be found in many places on the Web, usually without attribution, and claims that it is true.
But the story of its origin, and how to spot it must be an UL, can be found at Deconstructing Ronald Opus At the 1994 annual awards dinner given by the American Association for Forensic Sciences, AAFS President Don Harper Mills astounded his audience in San Diego with the legal complications of a bizarre death. Here is the story...