11 Disaster Films Based on Real Events

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USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage (2016)

On the night of July 30, 1945, the Indianopolis cruiser, which transported uranium to make a nuclear bomb, was attacked by a Japanese submarine in the waters of the Philippine Sea. The ship quickly went down, and 900 people of its crew were faced with a reality in which they had to spend 4 days on rafts and wreckage of a sunken ship, trying to survive in the absence of water and food, as well as being surrounded by hungry sharks. Unfortunately, for obvious reasons, not everyone managed to overcome this test.

Coronavirus for the Good! The Extraordinary Effect of Quarantine on Nature …

Now many people compare the coronavirus pandemic to World War. In just a few months, global quarantine managed to stir up the economies and health systems of many countries, but at the same time significantly affected the environmental situation in the world. “The planet is being cleared!”, shout scientists and ecologists from all sources. How exactly does this process occur and in what way is it manifested? We will talk about the positive impact of quarantine on nature in today's selection of facts ...

TOP Unusual Facts About Cars

Did you know why Steve Jobs always drove without numbers and why in the Porsche the ignition key is always on the left? We will reveal these and other interesting facts in this collection of unusual facts that you did not know about cars ...

7 Reasons not to Drink Bottled Water Again

Water in a plastic bottle - it is certainly very convenient. But is it so safe as it might seem at first glance? The price of such a convenience is quite high: from environmental damage to health problems. It is time to consider whether a bottle of water is worth the terrible consequences that it may entail ...