The last public execution by guillotine

Eugen Weidmann is the name of last person executed by guillotine in France. It happened in 1939 and the “hysterical behavior” of the spectators had such a big impact on President Albert Lebrun, that he immediately banned all public executions.

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The scene of Weidmann decapitation, sentenced to death for kidnapping, robbery and murder, was shot in secret from an apartment located near the prison Saint-Pierre, Versailles.

Eugene Weidmann, a German native, was recently incarcerated in his homeland, for robbery. Later, along with two accomplices, whom he met during his detention, he began to kidnap rich tourists, who were visiting France. Often, however, his victims end up shot in the back of their neck.

Guillotine in France continued until 1977, but only in a private setting.

One of the world’s strangest hotel, Hang Nga hotel, in Vietnam

This hotel is actually taking the name of the architect who designed it, Hang Na by her name, daughter of a former Vietnamese president and although it’s trying to look like an authentic tree house, there’s nothing tree’ish about the materials used for building it. Maybe that’s why the majority of the people crossing his doorstep are seeing this more as a tourist attraction, preferring to spend the night elsewhere. In that rhythm, you may want to hurry up and book a ticket, because I don’t know if that marketing strategy will keep the hotel’s doors opened for a long time.

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Barbaric punishment for a thief in Guatemala

Alejandra Maria Torres, a young woman from Guatemala who was caught stealing in a bus along with three accomplices, was exemplary punished by those who she tried to harm. The woman was stripped, badly beaten, then she was set on fire. Only the rapid intervention of the police made Alejandra escape from certain death. Once extinguished the flames, police arrested the woman who, at present, is waiting to be punished for the act committed. Meanwhile, law enforcement began a massive search operation of Alejandra’s three accomplices, who managed to escape in the general hubbub.

The world’s strangest stadiums

For many, when it comes to their favorite game, the place where they watch it isn’t that important. Whether the game is viewed from a hill or a mountain, fans don’t miss the beautiful spectacle offered by their favorites. However, with the help of some free minded architects and engineers, the teams rewarded their fans with some incredible arenas.

Kuroshio Sea – The magic of marine life comes to surface

7500 cubic meters, meaning a capacity of 1,981,290 gallons, secure windows with size of 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters and 60 centimeters thick, are just some of the figures that make Kuroshio Sea the second largest aquarium in the world. The image exposed to the viewers is impressive and the huge shark-whales, cat-fishes and dozens of species of fish offer a unique spectacle and a fraction of the beauty of the ocean depths. And if you ever go to Japan, maybe you should make time for a visit to the Kuroshio Sea. The images below will abundantly prove why you’ll not regret the choice …

Richard Branson publicly presented Spaceship2

In less than a year, this vehicle will open the season of spatial tourist flights at over 100 km in height. 300 people have already paid $ 200,000 each to book a seat.

In the Mojave desert in California, Sir Richard Branson unveiled publicly the first private jet for suborbital passenger flights, called Spaceship Two. After a year of tests, the space ship with two pilots on board will lead six people at the height of 100 km. It will be a flight of two and a half hours, with 5 minutes of absence of gravity, in which passengers will be able to feel like real astronauts.

Spaceship Two is over 18 meters in length, will operate as a shuttle and will land in the same way. It will reach the 15 km hight on the “back” of a bigger and more “potent” plane, called Whiteknight two. For suborbital flights, Richard Branson founded a new company, Virgin Galactic, along with Burt Rutan, another space pioneer.

Branson and Rutan worked in secret for five years at this project, after having won the Ansari X Prize for prototypes back in 2004, with Spaceship One. The two will produce another four “Spaceship Two” at a total cost of 400 million dollars.

Anorexia? Schizophrenia’s younger sister…

When people drift through the tortures of starvation, scientists warn that the real reason is given by the appearance of anorexia and not by excessive weight or obesity. In this direction, Russian scientists believe that anorexia is, in fact, a dangerous mental disharmony that, over time, can lead to schizophrenia.

About 90% of anorexia cases recorded worldwide relates to adolescents between the age of 12 to 24 years. The remaining 10% are old men and women, who, as a result of depression came to be underfeed.
“Anorexia is always accompanied by a pathological desire to lose weight, as well as an intense fear of obesity. People suffering from this disease presents a wrong perception of their body. They see themselves as overweight, although, in reality, they suffer from a form of dystrophy.
To lose weight, patients with anorexia torture themselves with demanding diets, exhausting exercise, self-cleaning procedures and induced vomiting after meals “, explains Ruzanna Akopyan, a specialist in anorexic psychoanalysis.
According to her criteria, Professor Akopyan said that reliable signs of anorexia are:
1. Patients always feel overweight, being obsessively concerned about certain parts of their body.
2. Often, they eat standing and portion the food into very small pieces.
3. Frequently suffer from insomnia.
4. They isolate themselves from society.
5. They are terrorized by the thought they may gain weight.

Specialists around the world don’t have a common view on the causes of anorexia. However, most believe that this disease is triggered by genetic and biological factors, psychological conflicts, social problems and, finally, factors in the environment.

A bottle of brandy from 1788, sold for 25,000 euros

A bottle of “Clos du griffier” brandy, dating from 1788, which comes from the wine cellar of Parisian restaurant Tour d’Argent, was sold for 25,000 euros at an auction.

The amount will reach the Association “Petits Princes”, which helps seriously ill children to fulfill dreams, announced Pias, who organized the auction for two days at the Salons Hoche, in Paris.

The buyer, Raphaël Zier, a French entrepreneur, said that it is a beautiful item, but he was more interested in the philanthropic purpose of the auction.

Two other similar bottles, but in worse condition were sold for 17,000 and 15,000 euros. The three bottles were auctioned at a starting price of 2,500 euros.

Pitt-bull VS Bull – a battle of rare ferocity

Stray dogs problem affects not only countries in poorest regions of the globe. It’s clear that the United States faced a similar situation, especially after these pictures made it around the world. Thus, in Alabama, two stray Pitt-Bulls decided to provide their own food killing, no no less, than a bull that they managed to isolate from the herd. What followed can easily be seen in the picture below …

Holiday Inn Key Card Hotel in New York – the hotel made of 200,000 access cards

Holiday Inn Key Card Hotel in New York was built by the eccentric artist Bryan Berg, from 200,000 access cards, which were collected from different hotels who were going to throw them away.

To mark the relaunch of the Holiday Inn hotel chain, the company that owns 1,200 buildings opened the first hotel made entirely from plastic cards, in Manhattan, New York. It consists of a guest room, a bathroom and a corridor, with all the furniture made from cards.

Bryan Berg, who set a record with his first house of cards at the age of only 17 years in 1992, asserts that this was his most daring project, as he has never before created a human-scale structure. The Key Card Hotel has been open for visitation from between 17 and 21 December. During the five days event, Bryan Berg has also built a replica of the Empire State Building inside the eccentric hotel.

Lena rocks forest – one of the most inaccessible wonders on Earth

One of the most beautiful natural wonders of the world, the Russian rocks Forest of Lena, is also one of the most inaccessible tourist attractions on the planet.

Known as the stone columns of Lena, the incredible rock formations are not only charming in appearance, but keep important information within relating the beginning of the world.
Fossils from different organisms from the Cambrian era can provide extremely valuable perspectives on how life evolved on Earth.
Lena rocky forest offers tourists an unique view. Colossal stone statues rise from the ground toward the sky, like some giant frozen in time.
The pillars are grouped together and extend over distances of tens of kilometers along the river that travels by their hem.

Unfortunately, approaching this place is not an easy thing to do. It’s situated in a region of Siberia still untouched by civilization and tourists need four days to reach the region, leaving from Moscow.

After a long flight, you will meet armed locals more than delighted to transport you to the Lena pillars with their boats, against a payment of $ 500. The boat trip takes about 3 days, but once you get to the destination, you will find that it definitely worth it.

Dean Potter – Ultimate Base Jump

Car crashed by a huge wrecking ball in New York!

Shocking secrets of the Amazon

In recent years a lot has been said about the massive deforestation of the Amazon forest, the effects of global warming on the largest forests on the planet and about the people’s destroying power over this piece of heaven. The measures to stop these actions weren’t always the best and the pictures below show a reality that many try to hide, perhaps willing to minimize the effect on the public opinion around the world and the fact that the Amazon rain forest is dying …

U.K UFO Investigation Unit closed

After more than 50 years, the UFO Investigation Unit of the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom was closed.

On December 1’st, the phone line and e-mail where British citizens were invited to announce UFO appearances were closed, and the officers operating in the UFO unit were recommit in other departments. The official explanation is that the unit had no defensive value. In addition, with the current economic crisis, the British government will save 44,000 per year.

In the past 50 years, UFO Investigation Unit has received thousands of reports from individuals who claim to have seen UFOs but none of them had an undeniable proof of alien existence, nor identified any threat to UK security.

The measure is surprising, considering the fact that Britain has declassified 3 years ago more UFO files which, although did not brought clear evidence of alien existence, contained the credible testimony of Air Force officers who said they saw UFO’s.

It was launched the largest and most expensive cruise ship in the world

Oasis of the Seas – the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines ship – has a length of 360 meters and cost no less than 800 million pounds.

Building the ship with 16 passenger decks lasted almost 6 years, of which the highest is at 65 meters above sea level. The technical data of the Oasis of the Seas are absolutely amazing: the gigantic vessel – the largest in the world – is 360 meters long, 65 meters wide, has a 6296 passengers-guests capacity plus a crew of 2706 members.

The floating mammoth is divided into seven areas covering nearly all the entertainment needs someone may have on a holiday, from cinema and skiing, to opera, extreme sports, zoo or botanical garden and green spaces, leisure Central Park, the Boardwalk, Pool & Sports Zone, the Royal Promenade, Vitality at Sea Spa & Fitness, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone.

One of the many innovations of the Oasis of the Seas is Central Park – the world’s first floating park, with 12,175 plants from 93 different species, including 56 trees.

Dan Phillips, the man who builds green houses

Dan Phillips has become a celebrity in his city, Huntsville, Texas, after he built no less than 14 recycled houses, totally functional, using only waste and scrap materials.

The 64 year old manufacturer lived a diverse life, being along his life an army intelligence officer, dance instructor, antiques dealer and even puzzles manufacturer. He spent the last 12 years of his life building affordable houses for the poor, from discarded materials only.

Any sustainable object that people get rid off has some potential in the projects of Dan Phillips. The man visits construction areas and construction sites and takes almost everything is thrown away by these places. His houses are not identical, being constructed entirely by hand.

Dan’s philosophy of recycling has changed the mentality of the whole community on the recycling processes and Dan was even contacted by companies that wanted some advice about building environmental deposits.

Dan Phillips uses his own construction company to raise the houses, but he always asks beneficiaries to take part in the construction process. In this way, if something ever fails, they will know exactly how to repair.

Some of the rarest creatures in the world found living in a… pond

An amateur fisherman from Louisiana made the discovery of his life when he noticed a pair of white alligators living in a plain swamp.

Weighing only 7 kilograms, the two alligators are not albino, but suffer from a genetic mutation called “leucism” in scientific language. In common language, means that the reptiles in question are affected by a reduction in the amount of all pigments in the skin.

As there would have no chances of survival in the wild and risk being hunted by birds of prey and alligators adults, the two white brothers were captured, and now live in captivity along with 10 other white alligators in the Audubon Zoo.

Marilyn Monroe caught on camera while smoking marijuana

The tape was bought by a collector against the sum of 182,288 euros. The author of the filming is a friend of the famous actress.

According to an article in the newspaper Leggo, was made public a video in which the famous actress Marilyn Monroe is caught smoking marijuana. The images were taken 50 years ago and were acquired by collector Keya Morgan against the payment of 182,288 euros only recently. The film was sold by an anonymous photographer.

¨ ¨ Reuters news agency received permission to publish one minute from the famous shooting, which in total lasts four minutes. The owner said that the clip will auction on EBay next week. Keya Morgan made a documentary about the death of Marilyn Monroe in 1962 and discovered the existence of this film during research.

The photographer who sold the tape said the marijuana cigarette that Marilyn was smoking was his.

Dozens of people got naked on the streets of Madrid, Spain

Members of NGOs defending the rights of animals got naked on a huge piece of plastic and painted their bodies with red paint.

Dozens of people from defending animal rights organizations took part the last week in a protest in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid.

They wanted to send the message that is not elegant anymore to wear clothes from animal skin.

The protesters defied the cold weather and rain and stripped in the street on a huge piece of plastic.

According to Spanish newspaper “La razón”, they painted their bodies with red paint to symbolize the animals killed by the fashion industry.

Peta will save some gobblers this year

Some of the worlds ugliest dogs

To “assess” the look of these dogs, you don’t need a trained eye, but a strong heart. Especially for those who need to spend night in the house with them.

Michael Jackson’s crystal glove, sold for 350,000 U.S. dollars

The white crystals white glove that Michael Jackson wore when he first danced the “Moonwalk” was sold at auction for 350,000 dollars.

The glove is part of a 70 objects collection belonging to the megastar. In the same auction a jacket worn by Michael in the world tour “Bad” was sold with 225,000 dollars, and also a hat belonging to the megastar, that was bought for 22,000 dollars.

According to Reuters, the auction held in New York was attended by thousands of people worldwide.

Porsche 911 fully dressed in chocolate

With the occasion of the Christmas holidays, “Porsche Centrum Gelderland” in the town of Heteren (Netherlands) prepared a 911 4S model, only good to be eaten.

Thus, 175 kilograms of chocolate were melted, with whom master chocolatier January Blancke meticulously decorated the German super car. Off course, the dominant color is brown and the headlights and signal lamps are made from white chocolate.

The inflatable seat belt – a new safety device tested by Ford

Ford Company will equip his new model Ford Explorer 4×4, which will go into production in the U.S. next year, with a seat belt able to inflate like an airbag, improving the passengers safety in a collision.

On the car’s back seats, the regular seat belt, passing over the shoulder and chest, will be replaced by a cylindrical tube, inflatable, which can be inflated in just 40 milliseconds and disperses the impact shock on an area five times greater than a regular safety belt.

Specialists say that this device will reduce the risk of fracturing the ribs, some internal injuries and contusions of the children (they are very vulnerable in case of a collision), being useful also to the elders, with a more fragile skeleton.

Benito Mussolini’s brain is for sale on E-bay

Alessandra Mussolini, the famous dictator’s Benito Mussolini granddaughter, asked Italian police to conduct an official investigation after at an online auction on E-bay, was put on sale blood and brain samples from his grandfather.

Alessandra Mussolini, also a famous right-wing militant, told the press in the peninsula that she was outraged at hearing the news that parts of her grandfather’s body were put up for sale. The original price for the parts of brain was 15,000 euros, but until now, nobody has been able to buy them. E-Bay’s representatives said that on their website is banned the sale of human parts, and the auction was closed a few hours after it was posted. The dictator remains were stolen from the hospital’s autopsy room in Milan shortly after his killing, at the end of World War II.

“I was informed that pieces of my grandfather’s brain along with several other blood samples are for sale. Such things must end once and for all”, said the politician. After being shot along with his young mistress Claret Pettacci, Mussolini’s corpse was hanged by a group of antifascist demonstrators in a gas station on the outskirts of Milan. After autopsy, the corpses of the dictator were returned to the family and buried in 1957 in Predappio, his hometown. Soon, Predappio has become a pilgrimage destination for nostalgic fascism, and a place to sell trinkets, shirts, lighters and bottles of wine, all with the effigy of the famous dictator.

House on a rock (Rhode Island)

Clingstone, a 103 years old mansion in Rhode Island, arranged in retro style, is one of the most unusual homes around the world. It sits above the water, over a cliff that serves as foundation.

Henry Wood, the owner, manages the home with dedication and skill, enjoying family and friends help. The Rhode Island port is hosting the family’s boats and floating dock, sheltering them during winter, in exchange of using the house for one week during the summer.

Mr Wood, a 79 year old architect from Boston, bought the house, along with his former wife, Joan, in 1961, for 3,600 dollars. It stayed uninhabited for 20 years. Clingston was built by a distant cousin, JS Lovering Warton. He worked with an artist, William Trost Richards, to create a three-story house with 23 rooms, to throne the rock of Narragansett Bay. The total cost of construction, completed in 1905, were $ 36,982. Today, the mansion is valued at 4 million dollars.

The house is maintained by an ingenious method: the “Clingstone working weekend”. Held each year around Memorial Day, gathers around 70 friends and Clingstone admirers to perform maintenance tasks, like cleaning the 65 windows of the house. Currently Clingstone holds ten bedrooms, each with a spectacular view and the dining room offers 14 seats.

The story of the virus: How was born the first computer virus?

If you wonder why your firewall software is becoming more expensive every year, maybe you would like to address some hard words to Dr. Fred Cohen. He is the man who 26 years ago, invented the first computer virus.

Although he’s responsible for the birth of the first digital virus his pioneering research led, also, to the protection of your computer against threats in the years that followed. Fred Cohen first discovered the virus in 1983, when he was a professor at the University of Southern California. A research team from a rival university just created, theoretically, on paper, the first Trojan – a program that allows a hacker to take control of another computer – and Cohen, analyzing the algorithm thought that the malicious program could be conditioned to self-replicate.

“I was sitting in class with my students and I realized that if the Trojan will copy into other programs, then all that will be infected and that everyone that will run it will lead to the proliferation of malicious program”, said Cohen. The teacher discussed this idea with Dr. Len Adleman, another computer security expert at California University.

The information spread and could not be controlled, so that viruses have proliferated, multiplying and improving year by year. Today, Dr. Cohen confesses worried that, since the early 1990s, wasn’t done a serious research in the field of viruses. “Viruses are a business hack who bring billions of dollars. No one is interested to invest in serious research, to truly eradicate. Although I believe that it is possible. However, today, all hackers and talented computer programmers are employed by large IT companies whose interest is to protect computers against the latest viruses, not against the one to come, says Fred Cohen.

Fred Cohen is one of the leading computer security experts worldwide. He discovered the first virus, has formed the first antivirus programs and developed a unique theory which says that there are also positive viruses. To demonstrate it, he elaborated a positive virus – it spreads infecting executable files from all computers visited. But, does not destroy them, not in any way disturbs an operation, it only does it … much smaller in size. Based on this positive virus were also invented famous archiving software compression methods used by digital pirates in the second half of the ’90s.

Raccoons, some of the funniest animals out there

Some consider them the biggest pests but, we don’t have to overlook the fact that the man was the first that entered within the cute’s mammals habitat. As the photos below demonstrates, however, raccoons are far from the violent thieves image that people have created over time about them. We are sure that these photos will bring a smile on your face.

The amazing art of dirty windows

This may sound trivial, but it happens. The incredible works of art you can see in these photographs belongs to Scott Wade, a man who has demonstrated, along with many others, that you can transform even the most unusably thing (like dust on a dirty car window) into something someone could call art.

Scott Wade is a talented graphic artist from Wimberley, Texas, who loves a bit of dirt on his hands. He often draws various images on his wife’s car, using only his hands, dust and some brushes. From Mona Lisa to a portrait of Albert Einstein, Wade has created a series of works of art that often froze traffic.