39-15-39

These numbers could be a number of things, a locker combination, a code of somesort, or just plain old digits. Well, suprisingly enough, none of those are what we are talking about. Those numbers are the measurements of Cathie Jung's body. This 70 year old woman has spent the last 25 years in a corset, which has seemingly reduced to what can be compared to the size of a mayonaise jar. She has only taken them off to shower, and claims that it even helps support her spine. Although this lifestyle may seem unhealthy, her husband ( a plastic surgeon) sees nothing wrong and has even done several x-rays on his wife to assure everyone that she is fine. Some people find it hard to even breathe in a corset, but Cathie has no problem doing everyday work, which to her, unfortunately means even cleaning the house.

The BIG House!

This building is actually a world renown prison located in the land known as Brazil. This prison is notorious for the dangerous people inside, and what the guards are occasionally forced to do to them. The body count was sky-high at the Carandiru prison, where riots in 1992 triggered a massacre of the general population by local police: inmates, who had even already surrendered to the police, were shot as they cowered in terror in their tiny cells. Over its 46 year history, deaths at this facility are thought to be as many as 1300. The reign of terror by prison officials was stopped in 2002 when the prison was closed, amidst campaigns from Amnesty International, and reports of gross human rights violations that could not be quieted by Brazilian officials. Although there were so many acts of violence, performed by both inmates and police, there was another danger running rampid through the prison. There was an AIDS epidemic at the facility, after it spread it became so bad as to the point where as many as one in five of the inmates  was found to be suffering from the disease. We all know that no one wants to go to jail, but Carandiru is by far the World's Worst Prison.

Errupting with Color!

Many people consider Kilauea to be the most actively errupting volcano, but, many people are wrong. There's only one other volcano that errupts more than this magnificently terrifying volcano...Stromboli. Athough its name is not a very intimidating one, Stromboli volcano is considered to be the most dangerous due to its frequency. Stationed in Italy, Stromboli volcano has errupted continuously for 2,000 years.A typical eruption at Stromboli consists of several small gas explosions each hour, ejecting incandescent cinder, lapilli, and bombs to heights of a few tens or hundreds of feet. Tephra is glowing red when it leaves the vent but becomes black and nearly solid before hitting the ground. Lava is known to occasionally flow, but are less fluid, slower, and thicker than hawaiin lava. Although volcanos are dangerous, its beautiful color is what attracts tourists year round.

Go Fish!

I'm sure you've heard the phrase "There's plenty of other fish in the sea", but out of all these fish, which one is the biggest. Not many people consider them fish, but they are. The largest fish is the Rhinocodon typus...but you might know them better as Whale Sharks. Although this humangus fish seems terrifying up close, it is also known to be somewhat of a gentle giant. It feeds by straining food particles from water, therefore it's called a filter feeder (suspension feeder..captures food suspended in air). The mouth of the Whale Shark measure up to five feet. It's mouth can hold up to three hundred and fifty rows of teeth!!! The shark has a flat and wide head and its eyes are located towards the front. The fish's body is mostly grey and each can have a different pattern of white patches and/or yellow spots or stripes. The largest of these large fish was caught and weighed to be over 200 tons and measured to be over 40 ft long! Even though they're usually harmless...I'd still be scared to see one of these swimming below me!