In some parts of Germany, a tree is erected in the town center on May 1. Whoever manages to steal the tree from a neighboring town before it is erected enters into negotiations with that town to haggle over the “ransom.” This usually consists of large amounts of goods, such as beer, wurst or bread
Packed passenger plane’s landing gear dramatically COLLAPSES during take off sparking evacuation & fuel leak
The 500-year-old wooden mask of Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of death. He wore a necklace of human eyeballs and was described as being ready to tear apart the dead entering his realm.
The Statue of Liberty was originally designed as an Egyptian rural woman, and intended for the Suez Canal. So how did it end up in New York? Al Jazeera’s @el.sayyed explains.
