Burma Ramree Island is a giant swamp, home to over 1,000 of saltwater crocodiles, the world's most deadly. Is the native house of mosquitoes carrying malaria and venomous scorpions. During the Second World War, the island has been fighting for six weeks instead of the Burma Campaign. In February 1945, the Japanese army during the retreat from the island Ramree, saltwater crocodiles have caused the deaths of over 400 Japanese soldiers who were forced to sleep in a mangrove swamp fu...

  Off the coast of Brazil, close to the heart of the city south of Sao Paolo is the Queimados Ilha Grande (Big Snake Island). Researchers estimate that about living on the island between March and June snakes per square meter. Snakes on Queimados Grande is a unique species of vipers golden spear head. Serpents Island vipers living increases more than half a meter and have a poison effect that melts quickly meat around bites. This place is so dangerous that you need a special permit ...

   Bubblegum Alley is a street about 21 meters from San Luis Obispo, dusted with chewing gum. Alley in the '70s and was named and is currently one of the most famous attractions of the city San Luis Obispo, California. Although many city residents complained that the place would be too unhealthy and disgusting, of course, when it was proposed in 1996 to clean chewing gum instead, authorities have not agreed. Some politicians argue that these walls should be cleaned and re-paint...

  Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, located on the border with the United States, is most dangerous in the world, ahead of Caracas and New Orleans, said Wednesday a Mexican NGO.     Ciudad Juarez, with 1.4 million inhabitants, has recorded 130 crimes per 100,000 inhabitants in 2008, ahead of Caracas, with 96 crimes, and New Orleans with 95, according to a report by the Citizens Council for Public Safety in Mexico. Also, Ciudad Juarez is often affect...

 Tradition says that tourists kissing Blarney Stone - Blarney Irish castle located in the wall - will receive the gift of eloquence. Legend has it that the stone would actually be half of the famous Stone of Destiny which exist from the time the biblical character Jacob. The story claims that an old medieval magical powers conferred stone to reward a king who saved from drowning. After kissing magic stone, King became a very good speaker. In real terms, the stone is kissed by more than 4...

   What is there? Well it is famous - tragic fame - Pacific landfill. Because of ocean currents that converge in this area and they carry with trash floating in the ocean, there was formed a floating island of garbage, of enormous dimensions. Its surface was estimated to be approximately double that Texas American status (the second largest in the U.S.) that's about. 1.4 million km square, a frightening figure. In this vast expanse - and down to 10 meters under the surface - floatin...

  Who likes dangerous places with dramatic stories, with many people dead? Izu Islands are a group of more than twenty volcanic islands and islets, of which nine are inhabited. Islands and their people have suffered throughout their history with some of the most terrifying forces of nature, including earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons and volcanic eruptions. Despite these blows, people continued to live on the Izu islands, until 1953 when volcanic activity of Mount Miyake-jima destroye...

  Road of Death or Yungas Road is a road about 61 kilometers, connecting the capital of Bolivia, La Paz, and the town of Coroico, Yungas region, the Bolivian Amazon. Famous for the extreme conditions in which traffic occurs, the road was declared in 1995 as "the most dangerous road in the world", making between 200 and 300 victims. The highway includes a single lane (generally not exceeding width 3.5 meters), is paved, muddy on rainy days devening (often being located in a...

   No sport is not really men, if not leave with injuries. And what would you say if these injuries are due to cheese? When we say we mean bruises and injuries can, rarely, a few broken bones. All results disabled to chase giant cheese wheel is on a hill in the valley.    Every year about 20 contestants who participate seek to reach the hill faster than the wheel of cheese. And every year, winning cheese. But if you manage to leverage, to use your skill...

  Famous due to the movie Rambo 3, Buzkashi is a very tough sport, apparently bloody, with a home for thousands of years lost lands of Central Asia. Buzkashi seems a brutal combination between horse polo and rugby which uses a headless goat instead of the ball. This secular tradition is not inevitable but the spirit of fair play, as young people discover more and more Afghans are returning to ancient traditions banned by the Taliban regime.     A...

  On the street called Rue de l'oven / Stoofstraat the Rue du Chene / Eikstraat in the old heart is found one of the strangest sights in Brussels. It is a statue of a naked boy to pee in a fountain, known as the Manneken Pis.      Nobody knows exactly when and why this all too impressive statue became so famous. There are thousands of similar fountains and statues scattered throughout Europe, yet thousands of tourists are rushing to make a p...

   Torture Museum in Rome is located in an old prison and was reopened to the public in 1994. Objects are displayed chronologically, from medieval devices to the "modern" ones. The museum is among the few in the world presenting a history of torture and crime.    Among the museum's best pieces is the "bull of fire". This instrument of torture was conceived in the sixth century before Christ for the Sicilian tyrant Falaride. That is why this tool is al...

   Museum of Dirt is located in Boston, USA, and has over 300 exhibits. Hobby for things dirty things belongs to Glen Johansen, who decided to turn their passion into art. Peak, the museum has enjoyed success and those who have visited have begun to donate things as odd somehow contaminated as odd....