These incredible photos of a White Bengal Tiger named Odin.  Odin is six years old and 10 feet long from tail to nose.  Odin lives at a Zoo in Vallejo, California, near San Francisco.  Odin with his British trainer Lee Munro.  Odin was hand-raised at the zoo and after he was weaned, his British trainer Lee Munro discovered his remarkable skill.  When a lump of meat was thrown into a pool of water, Odin would happily dive in after it.  “He makes a funny face - and it’s actually to close his nostrils to stop the water from going into his nose.”

“Not all big cats enjoy the water but for Tigers from the hot climate of South-East Asia it’s one way to cool down.  Plus they hunt in and around water.  They’re an ambush predator so they wait for prey to come down to the water. When you actually see him dive underwater he looks so graceful.  Odin loves the water and he loves food,” he said. “Not all big cats will dive and swim underwater even for meat treats.”

Munro said tigers were the most powerful swimmers out of all land-dwelling animals.  Tragically, within our lifetimes, zoos might be the only places left to see these magnificent animals.  A century ago there were about 100,000 tigers in the wild.  Now there are just 2,500 adults, with the Bengal variety almost extinct.  None has been seen in the wild since the last white tiger was shot and killed in 1958.  White tigers are the most rare.  They get their white color from an unusual and extremely rare genetic combination.

Submitted by Rachel D. from Wilmore, KY

1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship.  She goes on Tuesdays; I go on Fridays.

2. We also sleep in separate beds.  Hers is in California, and mine is in Kentucky.

3. I take my wife everywhere…but she keeps finding her way back.

4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary.  “Somewhere I haven’t been in a long time!” she said.  So I suggested the kitchen.

5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker.  She said “There are too many gadgets, and no place to sit down!”  So I bought her an electric chair.

7. My wife told me the car wasn’t running well because there was water in the carburetor.  I asked where the car was. She told me, “In the lake.”

8. She got a mud pack, and looked great for two days.  Then the mud fell off.

9. She ran after the garbage truck, yelling, “Am I too late for the garbage?”
The driver said, “No, jump in.”

10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.

11. I married Miss Right. I just didn’t know her first name was ALWAYS.

12. I haven’t spoken to my wife in 18 months.  I don’t like to interrupt her.

13. The last fight was my fault though.  My wife asked, “What’s on the TV?”
I said, “Dust!”

Submitted by Rachel D. from Wilmore, KY

These holes are not only amazing, but some of them are really terrifying - especially #8!  The sheer scale of these holes reminds you of just how tiny you are.

Kimberley Big Hole - South Africa

Apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 3 tons of diamonds before being closed in 1914.

Glory Hole - Monticello Dam, California

A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the reservoir.  This is the ‘Glory Hole’ at Monticello dam, And it’s the largest in the world of this type of spillway, its size enabling it to consume 14,400 cubic feet of water every second.

Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

This is supposedly the largest man-made excavation on earth. Extraction began in 1863 and still continues today, the pit increasing in size constantly. In its current state the hole is miles deep and 2.5 miles wide.

Great Blue Hole , Belize

This incredible geographical phenomenon known as a Blue hole is situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize.  There are numerous blue holes around the world, but none as stunning as this one.

Mirny Diamond Mine , Serbia

I’m pretty sure most people have seen this one.  It’s an absolute beast and holds the title of largest open diamond mines in the world. At 525 meters deep, with a top diameter of 1200 meters, there’s even a no-fly zone above the hole due to a few helicopters having been sucked in.

Diavik Mine, Canada

The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it has its own airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737.  It looks equally cool when the surrounding water is frozen.

Sinkhole in Guatemala

These photos are of a sinkhole that occurred early this year in Guatemala. The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people.

And the really terrifying one? #8

This is the famous ‘Rat Hole’ that you have heard about.  It is capable of swallowing trillions and trillions of U.S. Dollars… annually! Never to be heard from again.

Submitted by Brenda C. from Lovington, IL

A lot of folks can’t understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in our country.  Well, there’s a very simple answer.  Nobody bothered to check the oil.  We just didn’t know we were getting low.  The reason for that is purely geographical.  Our oil is located in:

• Alaska
• California
• Coastal Florida
• Coastal Louisiana
• Wyoming
• Utah
• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• Texas

Our dipsticks are located in DC.  Any Questions? NO?…Didn’t think So.

After having dug to a depth of 10 yards last year, New York scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 100 years and came to the conclusion that their  ancestors already had a telephone network more than 100 years ago.

Not to be out done by the New Yorkers, in the weeks that followed, California scientists dug to a depth of 20 yards, and shortly after, headlines in the LA Times newspaper read: ‘California archaeologists have found traces of 200-year-old copper wire and have concluded that their ancestors already had an advanced high-tech communications network a hundred years earlier than the New Yorkers.

One week later, the Express News in Johnson City, Tennessee, reported the following: ‘After digging as deep as 30 yards in corn fields near Erwin, Tennessee, Billy Bob Johnson, a self-taught archaeologist, reported that he found absolutely nothing. Billy Bob has therefore concluded that 300 years ago, Tennessee had already gone wireless.