Istanbul, 1905.

In the then capital of the Ottoman Empire, this colorized video shows the Galata Tower, pedestrians circling both sides of the Golden Horn and its boats carrying goods to the city

[📹 Burak Pehlivan]

Magic Escape evacuation system for high rise buildings tested in South Korea.

That time the Rotterdam Zoo started handing out these weird glasses to visit a gorilla enclosure.

After one of the gorillas, Bokito, escaped and attacked a women who stared at him everyday, these glasses tricked the gorillas into thinking that zoo goers weren’t staring at them.

Stilt Fishing is an age-old tradition unique to Sri Lanka, practised by fishermen in down south coastal areas, which may look simple but clearly require much skill and balance.

They sit for hours on end on a crossbar perch.

[📹 Surbi Kaushik]

Apart from being the largest amphibians in the world (reaching up to 2 meters in length), Chinese giant salamanders have some of the longest life span among amphibian: some have lived as long as 60 years.

Elephant mom had to ask caregivers’ help as couldn’t wake up her baby.

[📹 Prague Zoo]

How an inhaler works

[🎞️ Zack D. Films]

Great hornbill make their nest in a tree hole. Both parents come to feed the young with fruits, reptiles and frogs. They live in the forests of Sumatra, South West China and India. Male and females stay together all their life.

Princess Juliana International Airport on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin has very low-altitude flyover landing approaches because one end of its runway is extremely close to the shore and Maho Beach

[📹 CIA SXM]

Known as the aircraft carrier in the clouds, the Wushan airport in China resembles a scene from a science fiction movie, with planes taking off and landing in the clouds at an altitude of 1800 meters.

Demonstrating drawing skills evolution with a torn artwork.

[📹 Asba Hussain / asba_arts]

Born #Today in 1951, Sally Ride was astronaut, physicist, and engineer. She became the first American woman in space and third woman in space overall in 1983.

The moment preemie twins hug when reunited for the first time after being in NICU after birth.

[📹 Meghan Huston]
[📍 Knoxville, Tennessee]

How to preserve an abandoned spider web.

[📹 Austin Day / Jordan Taylor]

How a corn root is removed

This billboard ad for Cross Shinjuku Vision that was created in partnership with MicroAd and Unica shows a hyperrealistic 3D feline outside the Shinjuku Station in Tokyo.

Helping a horseshoe crab in need.

[📹 saraannkellypr]

The hail buildup in Puebla, Mexico, earlier this week.

The unexpected storm surprised locals as hail accumulated up to several feet in some areas, transforming streets into icy rivers.

Robert Wechsler designed this circular bike with nine salvaged bikes reassembled into a carousel formation.

This is when it was assembled at the Olin College of Engineering.

Phone-checking habits

[📹 Rachel Barr / drrachelbarr]