Picture shows a rendition of the planed Buddha statue in Cambodia, undated. It was President of Sokha Hotel, Sok Kong, and is going to be 100 metres tall, 3 times higher than the worlds current biggest statue of the on Bokor Mountain in Kampot, Cambodia. (Newsflash)

Billionaire To Build World’s Biggest Buddha Statue

• Post author:Michael Leidig
• Post published:December 31, 2022

A billionaire is to build the world's biggest statue of Buddha on a remote Cambodian mountain. The 330ft high (100m) statue -to be built by wealthy tourism tycoon Sok Kong…

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Image shows the Italian village of Monteviasco, undated photo. Residents asked their village to be annexed to Switzerland after cable car that connects them to the rest of the world has remained broken since 2018. (Newsflash)

Please Annex Our Village Frustrated Italians Beg Switzerland

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 9, 2022

Stranded villagers in an Italian Alpine hamlet have asked Switzerland to annex them after four years of bungling by local politicians. The village's gondola lift has been out of action…

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Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Braunau, Austria, the conversion project was estimated at EUR five million, is now estimated to be EUR 11 million, according to the Ministry of the Interior. (Newsflash)

Renovating House Where Nazi Dictator Adolf Hitler Born Set To Cost Taxpayer Over EUR 11 Million To Renovate

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:May 7, 2022

Plans to renovate the house where Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was born are set to cost the taxpayer over EUR 11 million. The Ministry of the Interior in Austria confirmed…

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1/250 scale Fukuyama Castle. (Castem Co., Ltd./Newsflash)

Worlds Tiniest Japanese Traditional Castle No Larger Than Strand Of Hair

• Post author:Shantanu Guha Ray
• Post published:April 29, 2022

This incredible model of a Japanese castle is so small it is about the thickness of a human hair, as can be seen in this image. The 0.217-millimeter model of…

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The village of Lubbey in Izmir, Turkey, which was abandoned 30 years ago due to the lack of electricity and large agricultural lands and has become a place frequented by YouTubers in recent years due to alleged paranormal events. (Suat Inan/Newsflash)

Paranormal Spook Hunters Are Ruining Our Village

• Post author:Feza Uzay
• Post published:April 10, 2022

This crumbling Turkish village has become a hotspot for ghost hunters and paranormal influencers after most of the population fled 40 years ago. The village of Lubbey, in the district…

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The statues in Turkey's first underwater museum in Side, Turkey, in February, 2022. (Newsflash)

Fishermen Leave Statues At First Underwater Museum Badly Damaged After Dropping Their Anchors On Them

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:March 6, 2022

Fishermen have left many of the first underwater museum's 117 sculptures - including a giant statue of Poseidon - badly damaged after flouting a ban on dropping anchors in the…

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The white, Italian marble statue of a woman that stood headless over the Gray's Island Cemetery in Hillsborough. (Newsflash)

Head Of Haunted Statue Mysteriously Reappears 20 Years After Being Decapitated

• Post author:Lee Bullen
• Post published:November 26, 2021

The head of a cemetery statue has mysteriously reappeared after 20 years when it was vandalised. The statue was in memory of a teenage girl who travelled to London to…

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Shape similar to a Nazi swastika painted on the floor of a sidewalk in a park in Porto Alegre in Brazil. (@felipe.kirstadami/Newsflash)

Shock As Paved Nazi Swastika From 1943 Revealed After Works In Germanic City In Brazil

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:October 22, 2021

A Nazi-Swastika-like park design from 1943 that was revealed during recent renovation works has been slammed by locals in a Brazilian city known for its German immigration. Brazil welcomed between…

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Finds in Deiningen, front of the restored comb from 6th century.

Ornate Ivory Comb And African Bowl Among Objects Found In 6th Century Graves For First Time In North Of Alps

• Post author:Peter Barker
• Post published:October 8, 2021

Archaeologists have found valuable objects including an ornate ivory comb with stunning carvings and a bowl from Africa in two sixth-century graves in northern Swabia - the first such find…

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A photo the abandoned Church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, Kurba village, Yaroslavl region in Russia by Alexander Sukharev, 30, from Moscow, Russia.

Photographer Reveals Stunning Abandoned Russian Churches Vanishing After Decades Of Neglect

• Post author:Arian Movileanu
• Post published:August 30, 2021

These haunting images of abandoned Russian churches in the middle of fields or hidden in forests have been captured by Russian photographers documenting the country's fast-vanishing religious heritage. Some of…

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