In Iraq, the largest bloc of Shiite parties in parliament is pushing an amendment to the Personal Status Law that would lower the age of marriage for girls from 15 to 9. The bill is currently under review

Easy and affordable housing without credit😄

A temple and pool in Kerala, India, 1928

This was the first ever design of Voldemort, which many find far more terrifying

Balsat Pillars, Iceland🇮🇸

🇬🇧 The Snow Queen: a man making a snow sculpture resembling Queen Victoria, UK, ca. 1890.

The aerial bicycle road in the city of Xiamen in southeast China is the world's longest elevated bicycle road.

The scallop moves by leaps and bounds, pushing off the ground with its strong leg.

In case of danger, the scallop sharply closes, thrusting a stream of water from its abdominal cavity, after which it swims over the ground with its abdominal edge forward.

A lieutenant in the Senegalese Tirailleurs, a corps of colonial infantry in the French Army, 1889

🐦 This is what a common woodpecker can do to a tree.

The weight of different seal species can vary from 30-40 kg. to two and a half tons😱

Tourists at the Parthenon, Greece, 1860s

Lava of the Fagradalsfjadl volcano (Iceland, May 2021

A snail lays eggs

Pregnancy is different for each female. On average, they break open after 1-2 months.

British troops eating Christmas dinner in a shell hole, WWI, 1916

Turkish Cappadocia is famous primarily for hot air balloons, but besides this, it has a completely unique landscape.

Fugu fish is a world-famous Japanese delicacy, renowned not only for its exquisite taste, but also for the talk of its deadly danger. Indeed, this fish is poisonous, but its venom is only on its skin, in its liver, milk, and eyes.

Young Christmas carolers, December 1955

Residents of Vietnam are prohibited from keeping hamsters at home at the legislative level.

Children with a Christmas tree and gifts, c. 1890s