The Belchertown State School was an institution for the mentally deficient, first established in 1922. It has a very controversial history due to its poor treatment of patients and many reports of physical and sexual abuse of the people in their care. It was finally closed in 1992 once it became the target of a series of lawsuits.
This 90s movie classic is a “must-watch” this Halloween.
Adventurers, Geoff McLay, Bradley Ambrose and Nathan Berg explore the inside of the volcano on the island of Ambrym Marum. The temperature in the crater is 1150 degrees and this photo session only lasted 40 minutes as a result of the intense heat.
These weddings from around the world show how different cultures celebrate this joyous occasion.
The annual “Queen Charlotte’s Ball”, held in London, is a long standing tradition and has been running since it first started in 1780. This lavish event is a chance for “rich girls” between the ages of 17 and 20 to be paraded to their parents’ choice of suitable bachelors who are most often bankers, business leaders and the like.
17 year old William Cookson was an overweight, reclusive teenager from Liverpool. And today, he is also a “Belieber”!
These toothy grins will give you a new appreciation for your own imperfect teeth!
Not for faint-hearted!
Love Joule opened in the Tokyo’s Shibuya District this past July. The bar is strictly for women and couples and is the first of its kind promoting such an open environment.
Here are a few clever depictions of the iconic ‘evolution image’ if you added one word or phrase that changed its original context.
In an international naval exercise RIMPAC2012, an Australian submarine torpedoed the USS USNS Kilauea, with one shot, in the test of the combat power torpedo submarine.
These geographical locations are all hidden from view on Google Maps.
This 11 year old boy broke his prosthetic leg during the 2012 Sea Turtle Triathlon in Pensacola. Local marines who we also running the race saw this and carried him the rest of the way, ensuring that he too crossed the finish line.