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Shark Week begins Sunday. One of the great human stories for thousands of years is the individual facing something this grand and awesome yet also this mysterious and frightening. One response is to fight it. Another is to just stand there and be reverent. And that is why Shark Week never loses its appeal with viewers
Last year, the summer programming phenomenon of Discovery Channel attracted 26.6 million viewers. The Shark Week specials get up close and personal with these amazing predators. The encounter puts emphasis on education – on understanding how much we’ve learned about sharks and how much we still can learn  … More
A dog chases a cat and the cat escapes by riding a surfboard to the other side of the pool. Really!
They are said to be the best in the world and they keep getting better with every competition, every challenge they are confronted with. The athletes of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series are well trained, physically fit and technically skilled divers; each of them. And still, there are some who seemingly have the winning gene and barely miss a podium, while others might place second one day and ninth the next. Some are obviously more affected by challenging conditions whereas others jump off every platform with the same, almost mechanical professionalism. Are they simply better? No, they just have something that only comes with age and the years spent in this sport — experience and mental toughness