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Public DomainShinigami from the Ehon Hyaku monogatari by Takehara Shunsen, 1841. Some of the most interesting customs and traditions of different cultures around the world relate to death. For an event that every human being experiences, death as it is depicted varies drastically across borders, languages, and religions. And in Japan, death is sometimes personified

Like this gallery?Share it: Of all the natural phenomena in the world, nothing compares to the enigmatic light show of the Aurora Borealis. More commonly known as the northern lights, the phenomenon describes the dance of color in the sky sometimes visible in the northern hemisphere.

Potentially deadly, many of the plants contained within this garden are quite beautiful; an irony of nature that many have found captivating over the years. The Castor Oil plant contains the deadly and poisonous ricin within its seedsSource: Smithsonian Magazine

LS Photos/AlamyThe first Shamu was captured and taken to SeaWorld in 1965, but the name was later trademarked and used for all of the companys orcas. Shamu is a name known across the world, solely due to SeaWorld. For decades, the company has advertised its killer whale shows as spectacles made for the whole family

Queen Charlotte was a queen of all trades a botanist, lover of music and the arts, and a founder of many orphanages but the most intriguing part of her story is her much-scrutinized bloodline.