River

Whoa... what’s going on? It’s dark and smelly. You’re wearing nothing but pants and a shirt. You’re lying on a cold concrete floor. How did you get here?! Suddenly, the lights switch on, and you see a steel door in front of you and a screen. It turns on and a man in a mask tells you that you have 1 hour to escape 6 rooms to win your cash prize. You get up and go up to the door to open it, but it’s locked. Out of nowhere, spikes pop out of the walls and start closing in on you. You only have 1 minute to get out before they crush you.

Picture this: It’s a lovely Sunday morning, and you rise from your bed, do some stretching, and open your window to a gorgeous day with clear skies. But hold up, something’s odd here — the usually jam-packed street is completely deserted. Where did everyone go? You take a closer look, and to your surprise, you realize that you’re the only soul on this planet. What’s your next move?

Neon signs and holographic ad banners all around, synth music from invisible speakers — it feels as if you’ve entered some cyberpunk utopia, but in fact, this is a huge mall department where a notorious shoe designer presents their latest collection of sneakers.You’ve been saving up for months to buy this model, so your hands are slightly shaking with excitement. You and other buyers are handed a contract to sign. It says you won’t make a claim against the sneakers’ creator after you put on their new shoes. You sign the document and press on into a large hall with a glass wall. The wall is divided into hundreds of square sections with treasured pairs of sneakers inside. There are big hammers with glowing neon heads on the floor. To get the sneakers, you need to break the glass. You readily do it and take your chosen pair.

The ocean is turning red-hot! You try to get closer for a better look, but you start feeling the air getting hotter and hotter like reaching into an oven! And the sand is so hot that your rubber slippers start melting! The ocean’s somehow turned into steamy hot gooey lava! You start running inland and see a frenzy of people running wild. See in reality, lava is made of molten rocks from below the earth’s surface. Deep inside our planet, like the distance between New York and Philadelphia deep, the underground heat from the core melts rocks the same way the sun melts ice cream. When these rocks melt, their temperatures can reach around 2,200 °F! [(1,200 °C)]

You’re sitting on the balcony, fiddling with your phone, when suddenly, everything around you starts to turn to dust. Gaping, you put your phone down. You see cars, bicycles, sidewalks, street and traffic lights disappear right in front of your eyes!People in the street are panicking and running in different directions. You glance at your watch, and it vanishes too. You turn to look at your room through the balcony door and see that all your furniture is turning to dust. You look back at the street and see nothing but a dust storm. Your house starts shaking. You run downstairs and stand in the middle of the road. You’re just in time to see the buildings in your neighborhood fade away.

A shadow is cast when you have an object in the path of light. Light travels in a straight line, which is why you always get a shadow when something’s in front of a light source — birds and airplanes are no exception. They DO cast shadows, but we can’t see them.The closer the object to a source of light, the denser its shadow, and vice versa: if the object is too far away, its shadow disperses. A commercial airplane flies at 35,000-40,000 [ft] [12,191 m] feet — at such a height, you barely see the plane, let alone its shadow. It’s too far from the Earth’s surface, so its shadow is scattered, and you can’t see it — the same goes for birds.

To build an underwater structure, you’ll need some interesting engineering. A large bridge over a river or bay has its foundation rooted underwater. It’s even more complicated with undersea tunnels. Underwater construction is challenging. Engineers need to deal with water pressure and corrosion from saltwater. There’s also a problem of finding suitable materials.

In 1991, somewhere in the lush jungles of central Vietnam, a local logger found a mysterious hole among the foliage and bushes. He looked in there and felt a strong wind blowing into his face. Then, he heard a strange sound from the cave depths and realized that it was the sound of a river. The logger didn’t check the cave but decided to go back there with a flashlight and a rope. When he returned, he couldn’t find the cave anywhere. He spent a few years searching for it. Finally, in the 2000s, the logger managed to locate it again. In 2009, he brought scientists to this place. They found out the cave, called Son Doong [sn don], is the largest in the world.

The Amazon River travels through 9 South American countries at a length of over 4,000 miles. Still, it’s impossible to cross it by a bridge. With the river being the main highway traveling through this dense forest and so few areas populated around the river, there’s just no reason to have one. The river can rise up to 30 feet, and the river crossings that were only 3 miles wide can expand to over 30 miles in just a few short weeks in certain spots, making a bridge nearly impossible to build here.

Hold on to your space helmets because NASA’s Curiosity rover has just stumbled upon the wildest rock formation ever! And on April Fool’s Day, isn’t that just the weirdest coincidence? The device captured some images with some rocks that look like dragon bones.Now, let me take you back to 2012 when Curiosity made its grand entrance on Martian soil. It was like the queen bee of rovers, the biggest and most capable one at the time. And boy, has it been making waves since then! It’s even discovered evidence of water and organic molecules on Mars. These findings were giant leaps in our quest to find out if Mars ever had its own little creatures.

Living our lives can be tricky, as sometimes we can find ourselves in situations that are difficult to get out of on our own. Fortunately, the world is filled with good people that are always willing to go out of their way to help others in need and make us somehow feel special and cared for.To honor these kind people, Bright Side decided to gather these examples that can fill your heart with hope in humanity.

Kids may be hysterically funny. But sometimes, they say some spooky things that totally terrify their parents and anyone else around. Anyway, there’s always a simple explanation for all those things, and it’s nothing to really be scared of or worried about. We just need to give the proper respect to the level of their imagination and creativity in everything these lovely creatures do.

Animation studios realize that when they release a new product that is interesting for both kids and adults, they increase their audience by a lot, as well as their earnings. But this is not an easy thing to do. One way to do this is to add hints, jokes, and references that only adults can understand and kids will miss completely.

Perhaps you are aware of the friendliness and unlimited politeness of the Canadian people. Those who come from other countries are surprised to hear that the word “sorry” is among the most commonly used words in everyday conversations here. And, of course, we’ve all heard about the famous maple syrup, but what about maple chips, maple bacon, and maple bread?

Millions of tourists around the world keep visiting the same places, year after year, taking the same photos of famous landmarks. And this is because most people are simply used to doing so. But few of us are aware of the fact that some of the most popular tourist spots are not only crowded, but they also drain our wallets.

We can’t always be sure if the tap water is good for drinking. There are even times when its quality can change overnight and knowing how to detect the changes may save you from drinking polluted water. Luckily, there’s a way to check the water’s quality, just like professionals do, by using only 3 senses.

How often do we see phenomena that we’re unable to explain? Nowadays, it becomes more and more difficult to surprise us with anything otherwordly but still, such cases exist and this compilation serves as proof.

If you love elephants as much as we do, there’s a way you can get to know them like never before. A hotel has created a unique bio space where guests can experience living in the wild among giant elephants safely without worries.

Once, a man named Bill, traveling from Arkansas to Missouri, stopped at a rest stop to get rid of some trash and use the bathroom. Upon returning to his car and much to his surprise, Bill found a stray dog lying inside on the front seat. Bill realized this poor thing was looking for some help and wasn’t able to turn his back on the dog. The animal definitely made the right choice.

Today’s fast-paced and mechanical lifestyle makes us weary and depletes our energy completely. We feel totally drained and dream of an escape from our daily grind. Our body and soul demands restoration and seclusion. We wish to lose our sense of time and slow down our pace of life. We desire a place with solitude, tranquility, and peace — a cabin overlooking the mountains, a small hut beside a river, or just somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

Having solved numerous new quizzes and brain puzzles, a modern person gladly returns to riddles after some time. Back in the day, moms and grandmas used to buy periodicals that usually published new quizzes, riddles, and crosswords but they’d often have to wait till the following week to learn the right answers.

Have you ever wanted to act like Sherlock Holmes? Our lives don’t usually offer us a lot of opportunities to play detective unless we need to find a missing scarf at home or a mug at work that has suddenly disappeared. But it’s definitely tempting to test what our brains are capable of.

In 2014, I made an important decision to make a big change in my life. I left my ordinary life in Kiev, I packed my stuff, and I moved to Paris. This sounds like the beginning of a romantic movie but in fact, it was nothing like a beautiful story about cozy French restaurants, hot croissants, and the view of the Eiffel tower from my window.

Before you head off to go swimming in the sea or the river with your friends, you should probably see this. Here are 15 dangerous things which, unless you’re careful, you could encounter in the deep. Stay alert!