Green Algae Chokes Beach in China

According to Chinese authorities an algae bloom, or “green tide,” has clogged nearly 7,700 square miles (20,000 square kilometers) of the Yellow Sea. The algae blanketing the beaches belongs to a species of marine plankton known as Enteromorpha prolifera, found in waters all around the world. In the right conditions, the algae can explode into so-called macro-algal blooms, Steve Morton, a marine biologist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told National Geographic News in 2010.

Such massive blooms require warm ocean temperatures and waters rich in the elements phosphorus and nitrogen, which are found in fertilizers and can be carried to the coasts by water runoff. While the algae aren’t toxic, big blooms can create oxygen-poor “dead zones” in the water and leave an unpleasant odor on beaches.

Railway Track Therapy in Indonesia

In Rawa Buaya, Indonesia's West Java province, people believe that the electrical energy from the railway tracks will cure them of various illnesses. The residents who need the "railway therapy" simply lie on the tracks

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Lithuanian Mayor Fights Illegal Parking with a Tank

The Mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania got sick of seeing rich people illegally parking their cars wherever they want on the streets of his city so he decided to take action. And that action he decided to take was to get a tank and start using it to crush illegally parked cars on the street as you’ll see in this video.

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Weird Albino Snake with Two Heads

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Overloaded Truck Crushes Bridge in China

July 19, 2011, a bridge in Huairou district collapsed when a seriously overloaded truck weighing up to 160 ton was passing, no casualties reported. This reinforced concrete bridge was built in 1987; the design load for the gross weight of 6-axis truck isn’t more than 55 ton.

According to road traffic regulations, cargo vehicles over 46 tons in total weight are not allowed without special permit, that truck is more than 160 ton and belongs to severely illegal overloading.

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Bee Bearding Contest

A 42-year-old beekeper in China has won a bee-bearding competition in Shaoyang, Hunan province. Wang Dalin attracted 26.86kg of bees on to his body in 60 minutes to win. Bee keepers were wearing just a pair of shorts. They also used the help of a queen bee to “collect” bees.

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Japanese School Kids Wash Toilets Barehanded

A school which is making schoolgirls clean their male classmates’ toilets barefoot and barehanded is arousing widespread disgust amongst Japanese, both for the humiliating nature of the practice and its complete disregard for hygiene, amidst accusations that a bizarre toilet-cleaning cult run by an elderly millionaire is actually trying to infiltrate the nation’s schools.

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Catching Pythons for Living

What at first might seem like a remarkably bad idea is actually a well-planned assault. In southern Africa, traditional python hunters display their technique for capturing and killing the enormous reptiles. African rock pythons (python sabae) are among some of the largest snakes in the world, reaching over 6 m in length. While their relatives the Burmese pythons are known for their docility, African pythons are much more vicious, as this hunter finds out first-hand.

He waves his shielded forearm about to distract the snake from biting his face. The python lunges, grabs his hand and begins to swallow. With his free hand, the hunter then chokes the snake and his partner pulls him back out of the hole, which seems like his favorite part, and I don’t blame him.

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