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From fearsome fish with giant 6-inch fangs, to evil insects that wipe out 12,000 people every year, and even ludicrously large leeches with an insatiable appetite for blood, the Amazon is filled with some critters that seem purpose-built to send shivers down your spine. So, get your trekking poles and hiking boots ready, as we delve into the scariest animals found in the Amazon!
251 million years ago, our planet was a barren wasteland, reeling from the most destructive mass extinction that it’s ever seen. Known as the Great Dying, this devastating event still isn’t fully understood, but one thing’s for sure – the Triassic period, the first of the Mesozoic era, was in full swing. Life was arduous, and only the strongest would thrive. In this battle for survival, one incredible creature would come out on top – the dinosaur. But what was their world like? How did they live? And what exactly led to their demise – if they even died out at all? Join me on another epic journey into the past as we discover what Earth was like during the time of the dinosaurs!
Ever wondered what happens if pirates attack a cruise ship? Or how to survive falling overboard? How about what happens if a cruise ship leaves port without you in a foreign land? Well, get ready to rock the boat as we unleash some cruise ship secrets that are never told to passengers.
January 29th, 2013. Sleet was falling down that night in Ballinamore, Ireland. Catherine Vallely and her friend were driving through the slush, when they saw something strange in the headlights. It was a man standing in the middle of the road. He was soaking wet with a scruffy grey beard, his thin body draped in tattered clothes and a plastic sheet. Taking pity on him, the two women stopped and offered him a lift. Once inside, the stranger told them that for the past eight months he’d been kidnapped, starved, and held in an underground bunker. This man was Kevin McGeever, and his story is like nothing you’ve ever heard.
Imagine this: you’re wondering through a forest, hundreds of miles away from civilization - just you, the trees, and the birds - when all of a sudden you spot a tank sunk deep in the mud? Or what if you looked up, and saw a church on the top of a pillar of rock hundreds of feet in the air? How about looking over the desert, and suddenly spotting a mountain of ancient video games? What would you do? Well, come with me, as we take a look at some mysterious objects that were discovered in the middle of nowhere.
You know, people call me the strongest fighter in the province – but there’s one foe even I could never defeat… karma! Yep, no matter who you are, if you’ve done something terrible I guarantee you’ll get your just desserts. And the rest of us will be watching and laughing! From animal avengers to some particularly stinky comeuppances, here’s a whole heap more times that karma came for awful people!
Everyone loves flying! Well, ok, maybe most of us just tolerate it. Waiting in line for hours before flying through the sky in a tiny metal tube is kinda nerve-wracking. Still, planes are safe, right? Supposedly, flying is safer than driving, right? Well, fasten your seatbelts, because we’re about to take a look at some aspects of airplane design and air travel that the airlines don’t want you to know about.
We all face obstacles that we’ve gotta overcome in life. But they’re likely nothing compared to the woman who had to live in a 180-foot tall redwood tree for over 2 years. Facing everything from attacking helicopters, to ferocious thunderstorms! Intrigued? Well, get your harnesses at the ready, as we uncover the unbelievable story of Julia Butterfly Hill - the woman who lived in a tree for 738 days!
From being attacked by a hoard of killer bees to falling into an active volcano, these are even more of the luckiest people who survived the impossible!
Whether it’s changing your jacket just before you leave the house, or booking a spontaneous weekend getaway, we make last minute decisions every single day. But, crazy as it sounds, did you know there are some eleventh hour calls that have literally changed the course of history? From a last-second change of personnel that cost over 1,500 people their lives, to one wrong turn that caused one of the world’s deadliest wars; join me as we discover some of the craziest last-minute decisions that changed history.
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