Disaster
Horrors of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was a nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Ōkuma, Fukushima Prefecture. Following a major earthquake, a 15-metre tsunami disabled the power…
Colin Scott: The man who fell into a boiling, acidic pool in Yellowstone and dissolved!
In June 2016, the vacation for a young pair of tourists took a turn for the horrific when one of them fell into a boiling, acidic pool in Yellowstone National…
“Miss unsinkable” Violet Jessop – the survivor of the Titanic, Olympic and Britannic Shipwrecks
Violet Constance Jessop was an ocean liner stewardess and nurse in the early 19th century, who is known for surviving the disastrous sinkings of both the RMS Titanic and her…
Unsolved mystery of MV Joyita: What happened to the people aboard?
The Joelma Building – A haunting tragedy
Edifício Praça da Bandeira, better known by its former name, Joelma Building, is one of the most imposing buildings in Sao Paulo, Brazil, which burned down by more than four…
Spontaneous human combustion: Can humans be consumed by fire spontaneously?
In December 1966, the body of Dr. John Irving Bentley, 92, was discovered in Pennsylvania, next to the consumption electricity meter of his home. In fact, only part of his…
25 creepiest science experiments in human history
We all know science is about ‘discovery’ and ‘exploration’ that replace ignorance and superstition with knowledge. And day by day, tons of curious science experiments have taken a significant role…
1816: The “year without a summer” brings disasters to the world
The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer, also the Poverty Year and Eighteen Hundred and Froze To Death, because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average…