Shrimp Fishing on Horseback for 700 Years (this is pretty cool)

Published 6 years ago in Animals. Submitted by sux2bu

For nearly 700 years, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke, Belgium, have been training draft horses to help them pursue the local catch. Typically weighing more than 2,000 pounds, these horses are well suited to the task of carrying fishermen through the cold waters of the North Sea. …
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Take a Look inside China’s Giant Communal Homes—the Fujian Tulou

Published 6 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by sux2bu

Tucked in the rolling subtropical mountains of the southeast Chinese province of Fujian are a series of giant multistoried homes built with wood and fortified with mud walls.
Constructed between the 15th and 20th centuries, these massive communal homes were sited with feng shui…
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Japanese woman recording her cat right before the Great Tohoku Earthquake struck.

Published 3 years ago in Awesome

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Anne Frank: the only existing film images

Published 5 years ago in Documentary. Submitted by thundersnow

July 22 1941. The girl next door is getting married. Anne Frank is leaning out of the window of her house in Amsterdam to get a good look at the bride and groom. It is the only time Anne Frank has ever been captured on film. At the time of her wedding, the bride lived on the seco…
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57 Years Apart- A Boy And a Man Talk About Life

Published 8 years ago in Inspirational. Submitted by thundersnow

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