23 February 1836: Mexican general Santa Ana lays siege to the Alamo. On 6 March, after 13 days of fighting, 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders at the Alamo, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett.

The most expensive sex toy in the world is a dildo worth $1.8 million. It's called The Royal Pearl and is covered in 2,000 diamonds, a collection of royal-blue sapphires, and 'very rare' pink diamonds - all of which have been flush-set so you avoid cutting intimate areas

Impalas get a little help from starlings

These birds repel bugs. It is said that an adult starling can eat up to 100 mites and 12,000 mite larvae a day. However, a bird pecking at your ear can be quite annoying

Croatian village women, 1910s (original autochrome colour photo)

Brookesia is the smallest lizard on the planet. Its dimensions are only 45 millimeters.

Lemurs are really friendly.

They exist in large families, where fights and conflicts are extremely rare.

🇫🇷 A view of Paris during the Exposition Universelle of 1889

German Mud Wizard was judged... but he earns more

Barricades on the Rue Saint-Maur, Paris, during the 1848 revolution. After intense urban fighting, large crowds managed to take control of the capital, leading to the abdication of King Louis Philippe on 24 February and the subsequent proclamation of the Second Republic.

Val d'Orcia is a cultural landscape in central Italy, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The female wombat gives birth to a single calf in the spring after a gestation period that lasts approximately 26 to 28 days.

Confederate veteran Charles Price Matthews (1837 - 1924) of the 9th Texas Inf. Regt. with the Company Colors at a veterans reunion, c. 1900-1920s

Topi isn't giving up without a fight.

Barbers in Istanbul (Constantinople) 1890s

Bali's nature is an amazing interweaving of mountains, seascapes, rice terraces and tropical gardens.

The rhinoceros is one of the most dangerous animals on the planet.

Irritated, wounded or badly frightened, they lunge at the enemy with fury, striking with their horns.

Russian Princess Elisabeth Obolensky, lady-in-waiting of Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, dressed as a young boyar woman of the 17th century for a fancy-dress ball which took place at the end of February 1903 in the Winter Palace, St. Petersburg, Russia. (Colourised)

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