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Among them is Hutchinsonite, as inhaling its dust or ingesting bits of it can be fatal. The rock's composition includes 3 deadly minerals – arsenic, lead, and thallium. Number 1.
It's important to keep your guard up, everything from vending machines to mini-golf have caused unfortunate and deadly accidents. Beware of these unassuming dangers! More in strange: 9 unusual ...
Image credits: Embarrassed-File-836 Another thing that might shock you is a selfie. Research suggests that humanity takes 5.3 billion photos every day or 61,400 each second. That's equal to 1.94 ...
For instance, Hell Bank Notes are commonly found in regions where Cantonese populations dominate but are rarely seen or used in places such as Taiwan or Macau, which use "gold paper". The Joss paper is folded in half, or bought pre-folded into the shape of gold ingots before being burned in an earthenware pot or a specially built chimney .
As soon as the victim (the "mark") shows his $100 bill, the changer will actually count out and clearly show the promised amount of local currency. He then will push the local currency into the hands of the "mark" and urge they be counted as he takes the $100. "See, you've got the money. I'll wait while you make sure.
Between 2006 and 2007 vault managers Ren Xiaofeng and Ma Xiangjing robbed and embezzled nearly 51 million yuan (c. US$6.7 million) from a Agricultural Bank of China branch in Handan, Hebei. The embezzlement and robbery is considered to be the single-largest bank robbery in China's history. [ 1 ]
A Bill’s Life Expectancy Is No Longer Than 15 Years. After being used on a regular basis, bills wear out and are taken out of circulation. The $1 bill gets the most use and typically only lasts ...
One ancient account of the death of the third-century BC Greek Stoic philosopher tells that he died laughing at his own joke [41] after he saw a donkey eating his figs; he told a slave to give the donkey neat wine to drink with which to wash them down, and then, "...having laughed too much, he died" (Diogenes Laërtius 7.185).