In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered all the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain
Carl Emil Pettersson – the Swedish sailor who became king of Tabar Island in Papua New Guinea
Om Banna is a shrine in India where riders pray for a safe journey and worship a motorcycle
The Skeleton Coast of Namibia is one of the harshest places on earth with ghostly remains of ships scattered along the shoreline
Geghard Monastery is a medieval monastery in Armenia named after the spear that stabbed Jesus
1,000-year-old Viking sword found lying on the ground in Iceland
Vienna’s 19th-Century gigantic cylindrical Coal Gasometers turned into residential complexes
Fur-bearing trout – Fish wrapped in fur to keep them warm
The wreck of HMS Victory is at risk from looters
Ibn Sina, the great Persian polymath and physician, never demanded money from his patients
