Photojungel: Past and present

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World Cup Prankster

The World Cup Prankster Who Is Now Legendary

Vitaly Zdorovetskiy (VitalyzdTV) is a Russian American YouTube comic known for his pranks. He took the ultimate step to gain recognition by running onto the pitch half naked at the World Cup final game (Germany beat Argentina). His performance was also caught on camera by basketball star, Lebron James, who posted it to Instagram.

Cliff Diving

Breathtaking Cliff Diving

Divers throw themselves into the Atlantic Ocean from a 100 feet (30 m) rock in the Portuguese islands of the Azores

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra, 1963

Elizabeth Taylor eating a hamburger on a fence.

Elizabeth Taylor and James Dean, 1955

Elizabeth Taylor by Richard Avedon

Elizabeth Taylor age 19

Elizabeth Taylor and a kitty friend, Paris, 1971.

Elizabeth Taylor, lovely as always.

Richard Burton & Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth Taylor, 1957. ☚ She was probably the most gorgeous woman ever!

Elizabeth Taylor ~ one of the best pictures ever of her

Amazing House

.THIS AMAZING HOUSE HAS THE MOST INCREDIBLE ROOFTOP EVER

This amazing piece of architecture was designed and created by Kois Associated Architects, and has the most incredible infinity pool ever on its rooftop. Called “Mirage” the house is located on the island of Tinos in Greece. It is a single story house, but the rooftop is truly spectacular and was designed to reflect the stars of the night.

Amazing House

Old Buildings

Building is defined as any human-made structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or continuous occupancy. This article attempts to list the 10 oldest extant freestanding buildings constructed in the world which are the masterpiece of the skill and handwork of the people of that era. Today we become astonished to see these wonders that in so remote ages without any modern technology and machine how so great construction were made.

10 Oldest Buildings in the World

Tumulus of Bougon, France

La Hougue Bie, Jersey

Minoan Palace of Knossos, Greece

4. Pyramid of Djoser, Egypt

5. Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt

Sanchi Stupa, India

Dhamek Stupa, India

Tarxien Temples, Malta

Parthenon, Greece

Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak, Bulgaria

expensive diamonds

De Beers Centenary Diamond: $100,000,000 The De Beers Centenary Diamond were classified as D levels by the Gemological Institute of America. It’s the highest grade of a diamond that colorless and internally and externally flawless. The diamond itself is 273.85 carats (54.77 grams) in weight. This diamond is the 3rd largest diamond has been produced by De Beer’s Premier Mine.

most expensive diamond the allnatt diamond

The Guinness Book of World Records names Painite as the rarest gem mineral on earth. Named after Arthur Pain, the gem’s English discoverer, Painite has so far only been found in Myanmar, Indonesia. Painite colours vary from pink to brown and like diamond Painite will appear a different colour when viewed from different angles. Very few Painite crystals are known to exist and even fewer have been cut into gemstones. As a result you can expect to pay around $ 1,800 per carat for Painite.

Star of Africa, the world's largest flawless cut diamond. It is a whopping 530 carats!

Diamond ear pendants with 52.78-carat and 50.31-carat pear-shaped diamonds (117.04 carats total with surmounts), Christie's

Bridges

From the depths of forests to the heights of skies, the world has various highly dangerous bridges. We should be thankful to the human efforts who originated the concept of bridge with a purpose to connect two areas or mountains. There are various things which make us decide whether to name a bridge dangerous or not, such as their narrowness, old construction, poor material used and so on. But with the passage of time, the human beings have created some sharply beautiful and safe bridges as well. Still some parts of the countries lack the presence of those safe and gorgeous From sky-high suspension bridges to dilapidated rope bridges, here are the 10 highly dangerous bridges in the world.

Bridges