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Toddler Miraculously Survives Horrible Crash in Russia (Video)

Toddler Miraculously Survives Horrible Crash in Russia (Video)

A one-year-old baby girl was thrown from a car into the path of an oncoming truck during a crash near the city of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. The accident happened after the Mitsubishi she was in swerve across both lanes of highway Moscow-Ufa and collided with a semi-truck. The toddler came inches of an oncoming Scania truck but managed to escape death. She was treated for head and jaw contusions on the scene of the crash, and was taken to the hospital in the nearby city of Lyskovo for possible head trauma.

Road Swallows Car in Brazil (Video)

Road Swallows Car in Brazil (Video)

An electrician returning home from work drove his car into a large sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road in the city of Campo Grande, Brazil, Wednesday afternoon. The entire car was swallowed in under two minutes, but the driver managed to get out in time.

Hurdle Jumping Cow from Belgium (Video)

Hurdle Jumping Cow from Belgium (Video)

Hanne Claeys, an 11-year-old Belgian girl from West Flanders, is teaching her cow Fleur how to jump over hurdles like a horse. It took Fleur under a year of training to jump over a fence and she can reportedly jump around two-and-a-half feet off the ground with Hanne riding on her back. Hanne was inspired by a German teen Regina Mayer who taught the same trick to her cow Luna.

Cat and Fox are Best Friends (Video + Photos)

Cat and Fox are Best Friends (Video + Photos)

A wild cat and a fox have been spotted in Lake Van, Turkey, sharing a fish and playing together. Ok, sometimes they fight, but they are totally best friends forever! Check out the video and more pictures below:

Highway Built around House in China (Video)

Highway Built around House in China (Video)

Homeowners Luo Baogen and his wife refused to leave their house to make way for a new road in Wenling, China, claiming that the relocation compensation offered by the government would not be enough to cover their rebuilding costs. Unlike the old days when they would simply move them out by force, the new Chinese laws make it illegal to demolish private property by force without an agreement. But that did not stop the local government from building a road around their home…

Small Plane Crashes into Car in Texas (Video)

Small Plane Crashes into Car in Texas (Video)

A small plane crashed into a car at Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke, Texas, on Saturday. The crash was caught on video, which shows a single-engine Cessna hitting the roof of a black SUV while attempting to land. Miraculously no one was killed, but the SUV driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

Train Hits Water Truck in Wellington, Utah (Video)

Train Hits Water Truck in Wellington, Utah (Video)

A waste water truck was hit by a train in Wellington, Utah, on Friday. Two men were in the 10-wheel semi truck during the crash, but there were no reported injuries. The collision was caught on camera by James Wood, a construction worker on his lunch break, who was recording the train because his 4-year-old son loves Thomas the Tank Engine.

Ray Villafane Zombie Pumpkins at NYBG (Picture Gallery + Video)

Ray Villafane Zombie Pumpkins at NYBG (Picture Gallery + Video)

Artist Ray Villafane and his team carved these amazing zombie pumpkins at the New York Botanical Garden as part of the Haunted Pumpkin Garden exhibit for Halloween. One of the pumpkins they used weighed more than 1800 pounds!

Zookeeper Gives Mouth to Snout Resuscitation to Newborn Tapir (Video)

Zookeeper Gives Mouth to Snout Resuscitation to Newborn Tapir (Video)

Two Denver Zoo staff members saved the life of an unresponsive newborn Malayan tapir calf by freeing him from the mother’s amniotic sac and by performing mouth to snout resuscitation. The extraordinary scene was captured on the zoo’s camera:

Kung Fu Master Does Headstand on Nails (Video)

Kung Fu Master Does Headstand on Nails (Video)

Chinese kung fu master Zheng Zhenyong can balance upside down with his skull resting on a platform with nails.

‘I train by headbutting concrete pillars and friends hit me with weights, but I don’t feel it any more,’ Zheng said to local media.