We all know that mistakes and accidents happen, we are human after all. Some mishaps are more avoidable than others, but from time to time, everyone has days when nothing seems to be going right. Maybe you woke up one morning with a throbbing migraine, or your kids damaged a $15,000 Lego structure. The world is unpredictable and things just happen. Check out these photos that show us the unlucky side of unfortunate events that took an unexpected turn.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill after 10.5 million gallons of oil spilled into the Prince William Sound.
The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred in 1989, and was a major man-made disaster. It was the worst oil spill in the US during this time that essentially changed the oil industry forever. The oil spill spread 1,300 miles along the coast of Alaska and caused the death of of hundreds of thousands of sea animals. Sometimes accidents have very costly consequences.
“Your internet will be restored sometime between January to December 2020.”
Well, we can say for certain that this didn’t quite go as planned. If you were in London at this time and were wondering why there was no internet connection, this is why. During construction a drill bit pulled out a large number of cables from the ground causing no internet connection for days. Yikes!
These men accidently made the world’s biggest omelet.
If you’re having a bad case of the Monday’s, just look at these guys. Nothing like starting your early morning shift with dozens of broken eggs. On a positive note, they probably would have won the title of world’s biggest omelet ever accidently made.
This guy spent three days building a $15,000 Lego statue. A child destroyed it within seconds.
Take your kids to the Lego exhibit they said, it’ll be fun they said. Accidents happen often with little kids, and unfortunately it cost this man his $15,000 Lego structure. Pretty sure the parents were mortified, but he seems like a pretty cool guy. In the end, the parents offered to compensate the artist, but declined their offer gracefully.
Three Boeing 737 fuselages lie in the Clark Fork River after a train derailed.
This picture looks more frightening than it is, and thankfully it’s not the result of a horrible plane accident. However, the people who went river rafting on this day were probably a bit freaked out… until they realized that these were Boeing 737 fuselages that slide down into the river in Montana after a train derailed.
A medical bill in America from a rattlesnake bite.
In today’s snake bite news, here are the total charges. Moral of the story, stay as far away as you can from rattlesnakes, especially if you live in the southwestern part of the US. Medical accidents happen too and a snake bite will cost you!
A security guard who was bored ruins a $1 million Russian painting by drawing eyes on the images.
Remember that one time when their was a bored security guard who ruined a painting worth 1 million dollars? Yup, this actually happened, in Russia. Seems pretty obvious not to doodle on pieces of expensive artwork, but not for this security guard. According to him he wasn’t impressed with the painting so he grabbed a pen and drew eyes on the images. The result of this, he lost his job.
Bodegas Vitivinos tank spills 50,000 liters of red wine.
The Bodegas Vitivinos in Spain had a very, very, bad day. One of their tanks busted open and spilt 50,000 liters of red wine all over the place. For all of the wine lovers out there, this is a real-life nightmare. Just looking at all that red wine going to waste is a tough site to see. Cheers?
When you forget that you parked on a self-hiding garage.
This unfortunate accident has caused quite the inconvenience, and it’s probably not the way they expected to wake up and see their cars this morning. Forgetting where you parked your car is pretty common. It might take some time to find it, but in the end we do. However, forgetting that you parked in a self-hiding garage is mildly infuriating to put it lightly.
The Rena cargo ship which got stuck on a reef leaked 350 tons of oil into the sea and killed 1,000 sea birds.
Containers lost at sea is a real thing, and if you’re wondering why your package never showed up on your door step, this could be the reason. Unfortunately, when mishandling of containers occur they can capsize. The cost is very deadly to sea animals, and causes a huge environmental problem as well due to the amount of plastic these containers contain.
If you’re ever having a bad day, just remember what Ronald Wayne did.
Mistakes happen, but multi-billion dollar mistakes is like a punch to the gut. Ouch. Ronald Wayne was the third founder of Apple and in 1976 he sold his share for $800. Today that share is worth a whopping 280 billion dollars. This would have made Wayne one of the richest men in the world, but in his own words, he has zero regrets. That’s the attitude!
$1,250,000 worth of corn spilled after Silo collapse in New Castle, Ohio.
If you’ve never seen what 1.25 million dollars worth of corn looks like, here is it. Luckily no on was harmed in the process, but 10,000 tons of corn made its way onto a major road in Ohio, literally causing traffic. Major clean-up on Ohio State Route 571, please.
“The hospital I work at had an accident with the MRI machine.”
Luckily these accidents are rare, and to be honest, who knew that this was even capable of happening. This is called a “projectile event” when magnetic objects are propelled into the MRI machine. Um, that’s weird. Rule of thumb, leave all magnetic devices at home before your appointment.
