In November 1942, the ocean swallowed the SS Benlomond in less than 120 seconds Amid the waves, a Chinese man named Poon Lim, second steward on board, managed to free himself from the wreckage and floated for hours until he found a wooden raft. It wasn't salvation, but limbo: biscuits, chocolate, sugar, a jug of water, a few flares, two funnels, and a flashlight. No company, no route, just the void of the Atlantic. The attack was the work of the German submarine U-172. Of the 54 crew members, only six managed to leave the ship. Lim was the only survivor. For 133 days, the sea was his only home. He caught birds, drank their blood, fished with improvised lines, faced a shark, hauled it aboard, killed it with a jug, and ate it. Every day was a pact with hunger, every night a duel with loneliness. When the Brazilian coast finally appeared on the horizon, Poon was a man, nine kilos lighter, but still able to walk. Local fishermen found him and helped him, but they didn't save him:...
Naked woman filmed taking off her pants then fighting police in bizarre street brawl This is the eye-popping moment a topless woman pulls down her pants before brawling with police in a bizarre street fight. Local reports claim boozed up Xiao Chen-Li, 30, and husband Sying Hseuh, 28, were driving pie-eyed pals back from a restaurant after an alcohol-heavy meal. They were pulled over by traffic cops in the city of Wenzhou in China's Zhejiang province. But a ruck kicked off when police tried to arrest Sying and he began throwing drunken punches. His pals bundled out of the car to help as stunned onlookers watched in amazement. As back-up cops arrived to take control of the situation, the scene - captured by a witness on a mobile phone – turned from ugly to farcical when Xiao pulled her trousers down before bailing into the melee Onlooker Liang Yao, 25, said: "It was hilarious, bizarre and disturbing all at the same time. No one really seemed in control...
