sinkholes

A 16-year-old in southwestern Minnesota drove into an unexpected cleft that had opened up in the earth; he escaped safely by crawling out of the back window of his car.

When part of a Chinese street cratered, one unfortunate scooter rider failed to notice. We're fortunate he emerged unscathed — and fortunate, too, that his strange plunge was caught on camera.

An Irish historian says, "There are tunnels under here going down Dame Street, which are linked to the Bank of Ireland up the block, which was formerly the House of Commons and the House of Lords."