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If you are not an overt “National Geographic” buff, your first thoughts about this scene might have been those of disbelief. Or you might just have waved if off, believing it is something produced in an video-effects studio. However, this is more than real. It is a crater of fire in Darvaza, the heart of the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The locals know it as the ‘Door of Hell’. It is not a product of a natural geological or astrological event, not like the <a href="https://rumble.com/v3618b-river-of-lava-emerges-from-etna-crater.html" target=”_blank”>Etna Crater</a>, but is purely man made. In the 1970’s, Soviet geologists were sent in Karakum in search of ground oil sources. They came across a crater and thought it was an excellent place to probe. But very soon after they started drilling, the rig collapsed, leaving a 70 meter diameter hellish looking crater as a result. In fear that the hole presents a danger because of the obvious poisonous gases emissions, the engineers came up with a brilliant idea. They, believe it or not, decided to set it on fire! They estimated that the amount of gas it contained would use all its fuel and get extinguished in a reasonably short while. Alas, how they miscalculated! The hole has been burning for almost 50 years now, bright as ever until this day! This 98-foot-deep fiery inferno would have been one of the largest natural gas reserves in the world. Despite the outlandish look and the risks it threatens with, the <a href="https://rumble.com/v3y6lr-time-lapse-of-stars-filmed-from-volcano-crater-in-hawaii.html" target=”_blank”>crater</a> is not fenced off and you can stare right in the ‘Door of Hell’. The question is, would you dare?

Western Sahara is home to a fortified wall that is 16 times longer than what used to divide Berlin. It’s also dropped millions of landmines into the mix. Did you know about this? The Great Wall Of China, 13, 170 miles long, is the longest wall in the world. Coming in second is a desert wall you have never even heard of. “The Berm” is 1,678 miles of piled rock and sand. Heavily armed, it cuts right through the <a href="https://rumble.com/v47gep-snow-whitens-sahara-desert-in-algeria.html" target="_blank">Sahara Desert</a>. In 1975, Morocco claimed sovereignty over Western Sahara. But the local Sahrawi population resisted so Morocco built the longest functional military wall in the world to keep them out. Moroccans call it “The Berm” but to the Sahrawis it’s the “Wall of Shame”. “The Berm” is guarded by tanks, radar and roughly 120, 000 soldiers, keeping watch 24/7. It’s also home to the world’s longest continuous minefield. Over seven million landmines lie beyond its fortifications. They have injured over 2,500 people of all ages. Not many people in North America know about this wall. But, it’s a wonder something like this has been allowed to exist for so long. The seven million landmines scattered across its perimeter also help rank it as the world’s longest minefield. At nearly 1,700 miles, it doesn’t quite match the enormity of the <a href="https://rumble.com/v2zw9y-living-in-the-dream-dancing-the-great-wall-of-china.html" target="_blank">Great Wall of China</a>, but the Great Wall of today doesn’t have explosives surrounding it and soldiers on patrol. When Morocco took region of Western Sahara over from Spain in 1976, it inherited a long-standing territorial issue with guerrilla forces from the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.

You read that correctly. Science believes that trees speak and what is more, it is a language we humans can learn. They may be quiet, but trees communicate with each other constantly. They communicate through scents, sounds, signals and many other unconventional ways. While animals - humans included - use quite a different means of communicating, we can still learn how to communicate with the flora. A forest is basically an underground network of roots, all interconnected. Think of them like the brain in a human body. Trees <a href="https://rumble.com/v2zeei-did-you-know-cats-only-meow-to-communicate-with-humans.html" target="_blank">communicate</a> through their roots, exchanging nutrients like water and sugar. That way, they work together like a close knit community, in order to survive. If there is an old tree in the network that is dying, they help it out, or if a new tree is growing, they dedicate nutrients to help it grow. Sound familiar? Trees don’t just “talk” underground, they do it above ground as well. The information they exchange comes in the form of seeds, fungi and chemicals. Birds and bats helps them in this endeavor, along with the wind, to carry along important information. Bigger and older trees are naturally called “mother trees” and they play a crucial role in supporting other trees and distributing resources. When a tree is cut down, the entire forests suffers due to the less of resources. Trees also warn each other about the onslaught of pests, releasing chemicals in the air to fight off those attacks. Imagine if humans could be so well connected and speak that <a href="https://rumble.com/v3njjr-sign-language-interpreter-steals-show-at-snoop-concert.html" target="_blank">language</a>?

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This church was one of the most popular places to get buried in Bohemia (modern-day Czechia).

Would the kids of today survive the death-defying playgrounds of the past? Perhaps. Their parents? Chances are good for a heart attack.

Languages are an ever evolving matter. Their substance are words and their core are all of the grammatical rules. As time passes by, they grow with the addition of new words. Older words that are no longer used are shed like old skin, only to be written down in older dictionaries. At one point in time, the people speaking the language gradually start morphing it into something else or completely abandon it for something easier to pronounce and over centuries the primary language dies. A language is officially pronounced as dead when there are no original living speakers to practice it. Such languages are Latin, <a href="https://rumble.com/v36hkv-archaeologists-discover-ancient-greek-mosaic.html" target="_blank">Ancient Greek</a>, Old Norse and many others we might never even know existed. That doesn’t mean that these languages might never serve us as a way of communication. People have been using Latin and Ancient Greek for centuries to either coin new languages or to enrich the existing vocabulary of a language. In fact, many of the modern words we find in Indo-European languages around the world stem from these two dead languages. Furthermore, scientists have been using them as a form of international language that could be understood by everyone, in order to widen the path for new scientific findings. Although archaic words are a sign of linguistic evolution, that doesn’t mean that they couldn’t be brought back to life. Many of the words that have been dropped from the <a href="https://rumble.com/v33mvp-football-vocabulary-that-you-should-know-rare-life.html" target="_blank">vocabulary</a> are quite applicable in modern situations, and we see no reason why they shouldn’t be reintroduced. Here is a list of ten words that would fit in the 21st century like a glove.

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Twins often have the feeling that they have a special connection, however, for one California woman, the connection is extremely realistic visceral — she is her own twin. Meet Taylor Muhl. At a very young age she noticed that her stomach <a href="https://rumble.com/v38p9h-6-foods-to-prevent-skin-damage.html" target="_blank">skin</a> tone consisted of two different colors, split right down the middle. This phenomenon is a genetic condition called “chimerism”. It occurs when a person is composed of two genetically distinct types of cells. In Muhl’s case, she was supposed to be a <a href="https://rumble.com/v2zxoa-identical-twin-girls-talking-to-each-other.html" target="_blank">twin</a>. The condition happens when two bodies fuse together inside the womb. What should have been twins becomes one body carrying two sets of DNA. Two different immune systems and bloodstream are put into the body. And in some cases, it can involve both male and female DNA. Taylor’s body absorbed her twin’s fetal cells and now she is her own twin. This phenomenon is not particular to humans only, it happens to animals as well, and often, resulting in different fur and eye colors. The condition can cause severe health issues. The body recognizes the other cells as foreign and tries to fight them off. These autoimmune issues can be the cause of multiple diseases. Taylor takes vitamin supplements and strong probiotics to stay healthy. Not enough is known about chimerism, and Muhl wants to spread awareness about it. Even though she looks healthy, it just shows her to never judge a book by its cover.

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Ancient monuments like the pyramids and Stonehenge still hold plenty of mystery. We may never know the full history behind why they were built. Sculptor Gutzon Borglum didn’t want Mount Rushmore to suffer this fate. He wanted to build a hall of records and locate it inside the monument. Now, this chamber is a secret <a href="https://rumble.com/v30f92-hidden-room-behind-king-tuts-tomb.html" target="_blank">room</a> that no one can enter! It is located right behind President Lincoln and was meant to hold information for the visitors of the monument. That way, thousands of years from now people will be able to learn about <a href="https://rumble.com/v4a4zx-push-to-add-mlk-to-mount-rushmore.html" target="_blank">Mount Rushmore</a>. It was also supposed to hold important information about America’s history from 1776 to 1906, as well as important and valuable documents, like the Declaration of Independence. It was supposed to be a grand room, with an entrance 20-feet high and glass doors 14-feet wide. The workers even blasted a tunnel 70 feet into the mountain, right behind the monument. But Congress didn’t think it was worth the investment and they stopped the project in 1939. While the room itself was never completed, Borglum still got his wish. Some 60 years later, in 1998, 16 panels were placed in front of the tunnel, detailing why Mount Rushmore was built and a short history on the USA, as well as the valuable documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights.The tunnel is also there, bearing witness of what could have been.

These old-wives tales persist to this day.

When it comes to humankind's quest for physical improvements and augmentations provided by surgery, there's a lot more to it than just the odd bit of Nip/Tuck. The origins of cosmetic surgeries can be traced back to the 6th century BC. An ancient Indian healer by the name of Sushruta was a pioneer of rhinoplasty. He treated damaged skin and beautified the members of the royal family in India. The Edwin Smith Papyrus, an ancient Egyptian text named after its 19th century owner and dated back to 2500 BC, is thought to be the first outline of a <a href="https://rumble.com/v3yz9f-more-men-turning-to-cosmetic-surgery-to-hold-on-to-the-fountain-of-youth.html">cosmetic surgery</a> procedure. To look at it you’d have a hard time figuring out that it’s detailing the proper way to repair a broken nose, but there it is… the beginnings of an often misunderstood industry. With today’s obsession with bodily perfection, keeping many a plastic surgeon practice running 24/7, a gentle reminder is sometimes needed that cosmetic surgery wasn’t always the territory of perfectly fine looking individuals attempting to make themselves look even finer. Physical deformities resulting from birth defects or caused by accidents, industrial or otherwise, were often a plastic surgeon’s main source of business in simpler surgical times. Jump ahead to today and uber-surgical enhancement <a href="https://rumble.com/v38wvn-pixee-fox-and-rodrigo-alves-plastic-surgery-camp-hooked-on-the-look.html">Rodrigo Alves’</a> 100-plus cosmetic surgeries, and you have a great example of a good idea taken a half-dozen tummy tucks too far.

We are all used to the traditional green Christmas trees. Some of us use fake plastic green trees, while others shop for real natural trees from the woods. And there is the third group of people that want to create unconventional trees using recycling materials. In this case, however, we're talking about real "monster" trees that happen to have a mind of their own. Next time you go hiking through the forest keep an eye out for strangely-shaped trees. These trees are unique because they are bent in very unnatural angles. Some trees are just weirdly-shaped, but there's something special about these bent trees. Mysterious bent trees are actually Native American trail markers. Native Americans would bend trees in order to create trail markers that formed an early routing system, which served multiple purposes, from indicating that water and food were nearby, to warning travelers of the rough country ahead, these landmarks were important features in navigating the early Americas. Trail trees are hardwood trees throughout North America that Native Americans intentionally shaped with distinctive characteristics that convey that the tree was shaped by human activity rather than deformed by nature or disease. One unique characteristic of the trail marker tree is a horizontal bend several feet off the ground, which makes it visible at greater distances, even in snow. They may be quiet, but trees communicate with each other constantly. They communicate through scents, sounds, signals and many other unconventional ways. While animals - humans included - use quite a different means of communicating, we can still learn how to communicate with the flora. A forest is basically an underground network of roots, all interconnected. Think of them like the brain in a human body. Trees communicate through their roots, exchanging nutrients like water and sugar. That way, they work together like a close-knit community, in order to survive. If there is an old tree in the network that is dying, they help it out, or if a new tree is growing, they dedicate nutrients to help it grow. Sound familiar? Trees don’t just “talk” underground, they do it above ground as well. The information they exchange comes in the form of seeds, fungi, and chemicals. Birds and bats help them in this endeavor, along with the wind, to carry along important information. Bigger and older trees are naturally called “mother trees” and they play a crucial role in supporting other trees and distributing resources. When a tree is cut down, the entire forests suffer due to the loss of resources. Trees also warn each other about the onslaught of pests, releasing chemicals in the air to fight off those attacks. Imagine if humans could be so well connected and speak that language? There are many mysteries lurking in the forest, always take your camera and be prepared to record anything you might encounter during your next hike, and beware. These <a href="https://rumble.com/v35lcd-5299789.html" target="_blank">trees</a> growing strong from the <a href="https://rumble.com/v4ithx-motorcycle-wheelie-womans-butt-to-ground.html" target="_blank">ground</a> up tend to either swallow their barrier of growing and simply grow over it or find their way swirling around the object which you can see in this video and eventually swallow that as well. These trees are hungry for anything. Take a look at this video is bound to amaze you as far as how nature always finds a way!

Is it a ball? Is it a disc? People have been discussing this for some time now, probably making Nicolaus Copernicus turn in his grave! While modern people know that the planet we live on is a sphere in space and part of our Solar System, there are people, most of whom have went to school, who claim that all those images that have been shown to us all this time are the product of an elaborate Photoshop scheme. They call themselves the Flat Earth Society, a group of people from all over the GLOBE who say that the concept of a spherical Earth is nothing short of ludicrous! They call the rest of the world “globularists", those who think that Earth is an oblate spheroid. According to the <a href="https://rumble.com/v40cdr-flat-earthers-eclipse-opinion.html" target="_blank">Flat Earthers</a>, globularists have been duped by elaborate cover-ups and conspiracies hidden within complex terminology and falsified concepts by governmental agencies like NASA. The average person just doesn’t understand what they’re being told, so they go along with it. Flat Earthers aren’t just regular folk, celebrities have joined them too. American rapper (and Flat Earth Society member) B.o.B. has been in the news recently with his crowd-funding efforts to send satellites into space to prove Earth’s flatness. Over the past two months, he’s raised $6,800 of a $1 million goal, with some donations having comments attached to them explaining the money is being given so flat-earthers might finally understand they’re wrong. Or hell could freeze over first.

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