Crazy Junk | Quality Junkyard

The Unsolved Mysteries – Part 2

4. June 2011

11. The Fountain of Youth Don Juan Ponce de Leon completed Spain’s claim on America in 1509, and soon after was made governor of Puerto Rico. Six years later, following Indian rumors, he traveled north to the island of Bimini in search of the Fountain of Youth. Bimini turned out to be the peninsula of [...]

The Unsolved Mysteries – Part 1

4. June 2011

1 Comment

1. The mighty Incan Empire of South America The mighty Incan Empire of South America flourished between 1200 and 1535 AD. They developed drainage systems and canals to expand their crops, and built stone cities atop steep mountains such as Machu Picchu (above) without ever inventing the wheel. Despite their vast achievements, the Incan Empire [...]

Scary Contact Lenses

31. January 2010

1 Comment

A demon, psychedelic swirls or simply looking as though you have suffered eye trauma … these scary contact lenses really do have to be seen to be believed. Created by a special effects artist who has worked on Hollywood blockbusters starring Bruce Willis and Natalie Portman, the range will set you back up to £500 [...]

Man Sleeps with Dead Wife for Five Years

31. January 2010

0 Comments

They say love knows no boundaries, but this is taking it a little too far. A Vietnamese man has been sleeping next to his wife’s corpse for the last five years. Le Van, a 55-year-old man from Quang Nam province, Vietnam, lost his wife in 2003. Because he couldn’t go to sleep at night without [...]

The Door to Hell

2. January 2010

0 Comments

This place in Uzbekistan is called by locals “The Door to Hell”. It is situated near the small town of Darvaz. The story of this place lasts already for 35 years. Once the geologists were drilling for gas. Then suddenly during the drilling they have found an underground cavern, it was so big that all [...]