March 9, 1862: One of the most famous naval battles in American history occurs as two ironclads, the U.S.S. Monitor and the C.S.S. Virginia, fight to a draw off of Hampton Roads, Virginia. The Union and Confederate ships pounded each other all morning but their armor plates easily deflected the cannon shots, signaling a new era of steam-powered iron ships.

Crab Takeoff 🦀

Griffins live alone or in pairs. They gather in flocks only over large carrion like elephant or rhinoceros.

A Malay village in Singapore, c. 1900

Priest gets caught sniffing blow, then gets himself a lady friend to sniff some more.

The front teeth of giraffes are shovel-shaped, which determines their functional purpose: tearing leaves from branches.

Street and houses in Frankfurt, Germany, c. 1900

In London, a woman rides the tube every day and sits on the platform, just to hear the announcement her husband recorded back in 1950.

Kangaroos live about 6 years in the wild and more than 20 years in captivity.

The partially incinerated remains of Japanese civilians in Tokyo following a bombing raid during WWII, 10 March 1945

Actually, the two spots above the stingray's mouth are not eyes, but peculiar nostrils.

Prisoners behind barbed wire in the Sirengorengo internment camp. Sumatra, 1942–1945. After invading the Dutch East Indies, the Japanese detained approximately 42,000 soldiers and 100,000 civilians and placed them in camps.

⚡️ Clearly - the speed of electricity

Pterois or lionfish is a deep-sea dweller that is one of the most harmful marine fish to humans.

The lionfish owes its name to its fascinating fins, resembling the wings of a bird. And if the fish spreads its fins and bristles, they become similar to a lion's mane, hence the second name of this fish species.

A fashionable Edwardian era lady, 1907

Dadarao Bilhore ever since his son lost his life due to potholes

Nightjars are birds of prey.

They go hunting at night. Insects such as mosquitoes, beetles, bedbugs and butterflies are their prey.

Nightjars also like to eat flies and gadflies, which are most often found near grazing livestock. Hence the legend according to which in the evenings the nightjar sucked milk from the goats, which is how the name of the bird came about.

A chain gang of prison laborers on the march, c. 1910s-1930s

When you think it’s over…but your blood comes through.