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IMHO, it happened on 5th November 1983, around 4am, in a decompression chamber of Byford Dolphin, a semi-submersible, column-stabilised drilling rig operated by Dolphin Drilling. It was located in the Frigg gas field in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. A diver aged 34 had just been winched up after a dive and joined ...
The BBC reported on 22nd February 2011 that Scott and Jean Adam of California, USA were kidnapped by Somali pirates off the coast of Oman on 18th February. At that time, they were accompanied by 2 other Americans, Phyllis Mackay and Bob Riggle. They were then shot and killed by their captors. The US Navy, ... 
This only happens once in 100 years. Screenshot taken during the actual event – when that point of time passed. 
In 1957, the Ford Motor Company showed to the world their most audacious project ever: a nuclear-powered car dubbed Nucleon, the miniature uranium fission reactor located at the back. Power is generated by quickly converting stored water to high-pressure steam, which in turn drove turbines to provide torque and electricity. Afterwards, water from the condensed ...
The 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami hit at 2:46pm local time. Footage from inside Sendai Airport the moment the tsunami hit It’s the biggest scientifically verified quake to strike Japan since seismology records began in 1900. But there’s also references to a reportedly bigger quake that hit Japan on 13 July 869 (that’s about 1,100+ ...
… and surely one of the most important photographs ever taken, along with the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) photo: Dubbed The Pale Blue Dot, it’s a photo of Earth snapped between February and June 1990 by the spacecraft Voyager 1 from more than 6 billion kilometers away. Yes, you guessed it right, nobody has ...
As a result of them topping the Juara Lagu Dusun charts (local Sabah music charts in the Dusun language) for several weeks in 2009 with their song “Matai Patai Do Masi“, Papier Mache has qualified to enter the final of the competition to be held in Tambunan Community Hall on 26th February 2011. They are ...
The Toyota Land Cruiser 80 series was introduced in late 1989, replacing the 70 Series (Land Cruiser II). I first saw it when I came back home for the summer holidays in mid 1990. Everybody I knew in Sabah called it Ninja Turtle, reportedly due to: (i) the popularity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ... 
Spotted the following recently at Golden Valley Restaurant, Kepayan Ridge: Well I suppose never mind lah, as long as not the other thing with “1″ in front :-) 
The Nika riots / Nika revolt, which happened over a week in Constantinople (Istanbul) in January 532 is the worst riot that ever happened. It started at the Hippodrome and a few days later, almost half the city had been destroyed by rioters, which made the Hippodrome their “centre of operations.” Then the Eastern Roman ... 
It was reported in June 2011 that Karen Butler, 56 of Oregon, USA went to a dentist in early 2010. After some anaesthesia and work done on her teeth, she suddenly found herself talking in a British accent. The dentist said she’d talk normally in a little while, but no, she did not. She has ... 
Photographer: Sebastian Voltmer (Germany) Date taken: December 2011 Place: eastern Norway Description: wide angle & horizontally compressed Auroras happen due to ionised solar particl … 
There were two total lunar eclipses in 2011, the first on 15th June. The best view was definitely the one in December. From Kota Kinabalu What you could see if you were on the moon during the eclipse [from a painting by Lucien Rudaux] Lunar eclipse from moon This seems to be the best viewing ...
First made the airwaves around January 2010, it was an instant hit. This song seems to be everywhere now. During the office annual dinner, this song was sung thrice by different people. Apparently the album which contains the song was officially launched in June 2010, and has sold more than 1,000 copies less than a ...
Updated 22 November 2011 For the 2012 Olympics qualification, Malaysia is currently in the 3rd round, i.e. final 12 teams fighting for 3 automatic places and 1 playoff-decided place. The teams are divided into 3 groups of 4 teams each and play on a home-and-away format. Malaysia is the last South East Asian team left ...
Spotted sometime in September 2011 in Kota Kinabalu. As far as I know, it’s not an offence in Malaysia to do so, i.e. you’re not breaking any laws of the country. There are also T-shirts emblazoned with Nazi Party’s swastika sold openly. 
During the period between 11th and 16th September 2011 I got several letters from countries far away, most of them from places I’ve never visited, probably never will. Most of the letters contained banknotes I purchased online and one contained a hotel membership card. 
The Guardian reported on 6th June 2011 that The Human Centipede (2010) was “proudly” ; called the most horrific film ever made. It was classified 18, no cuts, for cinema and DVD. A still from the movie It tells the story of 2 American girls on road journey through Europe. Reaching Germany, their car broke down ...
When it comes to the unspeakably strange, few passages of ritual would be able to match that practiced by the Etoro / Edolo and Baruya tribes of Papua New Guinea. They could be the only tribe in the world where homosexuality is not only allowed, it is a requirement in order to be accepted. That’s ...
Maria Aragon, 10 has shown how to be famous very quickly. For starters, it helps if you have some talent and look cute. Take a video of yourself performing live a heartfelt cover of a song you like at home, then upload to youtube: Maria Aragon uploaded “Born This Way” on 16th February 2011 With ... 
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