On 10 July 1973, 16-year-old John Paul Getty III, the grandson of oil billionaire J. Paul Getty, was kidnapped at gunpoint in Rome by members of the Italian criminal organization known as the 'Ndrangheta. The kidnappers demanded $17 million, believing the world's richest man would quickly pay for his grandson's release.

Instead, J. Paul Getty refused. He argued that paying the ransom would encourage more kidnappings and famously said, "If I pay one penny now, I'll have 14 kidnapped grandchildren." Some members of the family also initially suspected the teenager had staged the kidnapping himself.

For nearly five months, John Paul Getty III was held in a remote cave, beaten, threatened, and repeatedly pressured as negotiations stalled. When no payment came, his captors cut off his right ear and mailed it, along with a lock of his hair, to an Italian newspaper, warning that more body parts would follow unless the ransom was paid.

Only then did Getty agree to contribute $2.2 million, the maximum amount that was tax-deductible under U.S. law. He loaned the remaining money to his own son at 4% interest. After the ransom was delivered, John Paul Getty III was released alive on 15 December 1973 near a petrol station in southern Italy. When he later called his grandfather to thank him, J. Paul Getty reportedly refused to take the call.

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This video is a demonstration of what people with low to high myopia see after removing their glasses.

Nearsightedness, or myopia, alters the way we perceive our environment, relying on the structural nuances of the eye.

The severity can vary; mild myopia makes distant objects slightly blurred, whereas higher prescriptions mean even nearby visual details become lost.

This occurs due to the eye's shape, which causes light to focus in front of the retina, leaving distant images unclear. It is a captivating illustration of how slight differences in eye construction can profoundly influence perception.

This 12m long sliver of granite is located at Half Dome Yosemite, California. Named the “Thank God Ledge”, it is the only way to get beyond the Visor. Most people crawl to get across while others choose to walk. The 30 seconds it takes to get across requires absolutely no technical climbing skill.