Norwegian-born Bernt Balken flew an airplane to rescue the crew of a crashed B-17 in 1943. This is the first time an aircraft has successfully landed on ice.
Roman Temple Theater complex discovered by chance on the hill of San Nicolas, Italy, February 2000. The complex is located at the top of a hill (about 450 meters above sea level) and dates back to the 4th century BC.
In 1998, South African inventor Charles Fury developed a vehicle-mounted flamethrower. Due to the high price, it did not sell well and was eventually discontinued.
In the 1990s, the US Navy abandoned the closure of the Adak military base, including McDonald's
The Uyuni Salt Flats are the largest salt marshes in the world. It is located in the southwest of Bolivia and is very flat. When covered with water, it becomes one of the largest mirrors on Earth.
After the Battle of Kursk, a Soviet officer sits on the barrel of a destroyed German Ferdinand tank destroyer
On some highways in Australia, in order to prevent drivers from dozing off while driving, some trivial road signs are set up on the road.
From the window of the hotel room, there is a stunning view of Niagara Falls.
The eastern blue plover is found in the eastern and southern parts of North America, and birds that live in the northernmost and western parts of the range tend to lay more eggs than birds in the east and south.
There are tornadoes 100,000 miles high on the sun, and the diameter of the Earth is 8,000 miles
In 1960, David Latimer planted a plant in a bottle and sealed it. In 1972, he opened the bottle to water the plant, which was then permanently sealed. Inside the bottle has been a self-sustaining ecosystem for 60 years.
Flight attendants at India's Acasa Airlines wear sneakers to work, unlike the high heels worn by most other airlines.
A limestone statue of Army leader Hatra, wearing his military uniform, discovered Iraq, dating back to the Hellenistic period, is housed in the Iraq Museum
Fidel Castro greets Cuban soldiers during Operation Carlota on September 9, 1986.
Mount Olympus on Mars. It is the largest mountain in the solar system, about 22 kilometers high. Looks like a flatbread.
The little lizard molts perfectly, and it looks like it's wearing a spacesuit
The North African cavalryman, who served in the French army in May 1940, led his mount, carrying the famous blade
This is the loudest shrimp in the world, only 2 centimeters long , capable of quickly closing its paws, at which point a bubble is created that bursts to create sonic explosions that are louder than a Concorde sonic boom
A healthy crape myrtle tree with black leaves and red flowers
A stone tablet inscribed with cuneiform writing found in Nimrud belonged to Princess Yabaga, one of the royal princesses of the Assyrian Empire
Coca-Cola bottlers make significant changes to aluminum can packaging to change the pollution of the oceans by plastic and metal
On September 3, 1943, Italian General Giuseppe Castellano, British General Kenneth Strong and American General Walter Biddle Smith signed Italy's surrender
Monumental left-arm statue of Pharaoh Amenhotep III, circa 1370 BC. Red marble, British Museum, London.
On March 17, 2003, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien won a standing ovation from the caucus after announcing that Canada would not participate in the U.S.-led war in Iraq.
Roman amber flask, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia, Italy
A staircase leading to a Hindu temple in Malaysia
A female Royal Navy instructor who wears a gas mask to train recruits during World War I. United Kingdom.
Stabroek Market, Guyana, designed by American engineer Nathaniel McKay and built by the Edgemoor Steel Company in 1880-1881. It is one of the oldest structures still in use in the world
The island of Socotra has some of the most alien-like landscapes in the world.
The Queen Alexandra butterfly, the largest butterfly in the world, has a wingspan of just over 25 centimeters. They are found in the province of Oro in eastern Papua New Guinea.
The comic records that in 1054, after the explosion of a supernova, it was clearly visible on Earth within 2 years, which is now the Crab Nebula.
Solika was the largest brothel in North Korea in the 1920s before closing in 1945.
Finland painted the antlers of some reindeer with fluorescent paint to avoid them being hit by cars.
In the valley region of Kazakhstan, huge smoky crystals were found
A flight attendant of Korea Airlines.
The crowns of European countries vary in style, some are good-looking, some are ugly.
Late in World War II, the Nazis developed a powerful weapon known as the Sun Gun, now known as the laser cannon.
Italian recruits, who had just arrived in Tripoli, Libya, practiced shooting in 1942.