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A 60-year-old farmer in China has built his own "Big Black Fish" -- a homemade submarine that can accommodate two people, dive eight metres and stay underwater for 30 minutes at a time. Zhang Shengwu, ...

Deep in landlocked Anhui province, eastern China, a 60-something farmer called Zhang Shengwu has drawn attention by launching himself into the water — and history. Zhang, the inventor of Big Blackfish ...

The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a homemade submarine and seized a cocaine haul worth at least $181 million off the coast of Mexico, officials said. The bust last month is the biggest of its kind in ...

What was first thought to be a potential disaster turned out to be a peculiar discovery in the waters of the San Francisco Bay. The initial scare on Sunday afternoon was a report of possibly downed ...

Chinese farmer Zhang Shengwu sits in his homemade submarine in a river in Hanshan county, in China’s eastern Anhui province - Copyright GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA ...

Show more Show less Chinese farmer Zhang Shengwu sits in his homemade submarine in a river in Hanshan county, in China’s eastern Anhui province Unlike the Chinese navy's advanced nuclear-powered ...