Bashar al-Assad ruled Syria from 2000 until his overthrow in December 2024. With an estimated net worth of $1.5 billion, here’s what rebels discovered inside his palace after he fled 🧵
In 2013, a 5-year-old girl was kidnapped from her front yard in Pennsylvania. Two teenagers saw the man take the girl and took it upon themselves to grab their bikes and cycle after the car.
The boys cycled after the car for 15 minutes until the predator realized he had been
In 2005, a South African man, Marius Els, adopted a baby hippo after rescuing it from a river. In this clip they can be seen playing together. But 6 years later, the hippo dragged him into that same river and ate him.
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In 2007, US Marine, Brian Dennis befriended a stray desert dog called Nubs in Iraq. After the dog was stabbed with a screwdriver, the marine nursed him back to health.
The two developed such a bond that when the unit left, Nubs picked up the scent and walked 70 miles through
An obese 100-year-old crocodile died from overeating after Bengali worshippers repeatedly threw it sacrificial chickens and goats for good luck, as villagers became desperate in an uncertain economic climate.
This was due to the local belief that anybody who feeds the hunger of