Yes, this dessert with its multitude of shipwrecks used to be the Aral Sea, full of aquatic animals and ships taking cargos to different destinations. The Soviet Union began to use the waters in irrigation projects until it was all gone, leaving just the blowing sands and shipwrecks.

This is a photo essay of wild teens from the 80’s. Check out the interesting hair and clothing styles of these punks from years gone by..

Ingenuity knows no bounds when it comes to creation. This Russian man created a self-contained submarine. Now he can go anywhere his one man sub can and take photos under the sea.

Everyone knows that horses and camels are for riding, but crocodiles and lamas? Watch these wild people riding animals that shouldn’t be ridden.

Watch out for falling cannonballs. What you are about to see is a cannonball tree. They only grow in the Caribbean and if you are hit by one of its falling cannon balls you can die.

Students’ brain can’t take and hold too much information, especially during finals and there comes a point when it simply goes “z-z-z” in the campus library.

These photographs show all the major events that happened in 2010. Let’s recollect the last 12 months that have already become our history.

A snowboarder flies through the Olympic rings at the start of the opening ceremony of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, February 12, 2010.

Everyone loves Jolly ole St. Nick. In Fact, he is a popular commercial icon during the weeks prior to Christmas. He has been in print, radio, and even TV ads for generations. Here are a few examples of how Jolly Ole St. Nick sells goodies.

1948 Santa and 7-up

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What would you do if you came upon a bookbag with a laptop and three grand in cash in it? Would you turn it in or keep it?

These are 12 things that you didn’t know about the movie Home Alone. You remember the movie about the little boy named Kevin, played by Macauly Culkin, who outwitted the two crooks. It was a hilarious movie.

A lot of people have heard about Wikileaks by now. Comics’ artists couldn’t get past it as well, and drew this funny story about Wikileaks.

This is how lighthouse on the Lake Erie, Cleveland looks like in the summer. To see what it is like in the winter, go inside the post.

All of these artworks are handmade and then taken on the photos. Some of them look as if they were created in on computer though. Even if it is difficult to say in what genre the author of these creations, Sarah Illenberger is working, but it does look very original and creative.

This cartoon deals with the subject of climate change philosophically. Regardless if you believe in or not it is a subject of great controversy. Take a look at how this cartoonist provides a rather unique view of the subject.

I thought I’ve seen it all, apparently not. I wonder what they will invent next?

These are some guys, even dogs, and little boys dressed up like Mr. T. All of them, except for the dogs of course, look somewhat like the star of the A Team.  If imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery, Mr. T should be proud.

Can you imagine American comedian Bill Maher transforming into another creature? Well, you should definitely see this.

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The best of the submitted photos will appear in the tomorrow’s series.

These photos are of the most impoverished and poorest countries in the world. They were taken by the Fund for Peace. In the past 50 years they have been creating a failed states index based on how stable or unstable a county is. These are some of the results.

This isn’t a dream or a crazy idea it is an upcoming fact. In the future we can take trips to hotels in outer space.

If there is worse than being treated like an animal, it's this. Mentally handicapped Chinese workers are treated worse than animals as they are enslaved to work in a Chinese sweatshop without pay and are isolated from the outside world. The sweatshop requires the workers to a very rigorous and grueling work without even protection from dust and bacteria. And the worst part? Being beaten regularly when found to be working slowly or have plans to escape. This is indeed going against human rights and protection of mentally handicapped people. The higher ups should be doing something about this!

Although it lasted only for six months, Niagara Falls stopped after flowing continuously for over 12,000 years. It happened in June 1969 when U.S. Army Corp of Engineers was improving the health of the American Falls by diverting the 60,000 gallons flow of the Niagara River away to the Canadian side of the border. They built a 600ft dam across the river and removed a big amount of rocks from the falls base. American engineers also made geological testing to assure that all other stones were safe.

Niagara Falls was finally re-watered on November 25, 1969 when engineers blew up their dam. Over 2,500 onlookers were witnessing this historic occasion.

You can also see amazing images of the eerie calm at the falls shared by Russ Glasson from Connecticut and video after the jump.

The list of things that people carry around with them is amazing. There is enough stuff carried by these people to open a small consignment shop. I guess when you leave home you never really know what you’ll need...

Check out the first part:

What’s in Your Bag (80 pics)

Designers created a lot of various packages in 2010 for new products and products that were already manufactured. Along with standard solutions, there are creative packages that open up new horizons and inspire designers across the globe to come up with brand new and best ideas ever.

Veuve Clicquot «The Fridge» (QSLD France)