The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engined, two-seated sports car, designed by Achim Anscheidt and developed by the Bugatti automotive group (which is owned by the Volkswagen Group) as the successor to the Bugatti Veyron. The Chiron was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show on March 1, 2016. The car is named in honor of the Monegasque driver Louis Chiron. …
Continue readingWinter Mornings in Norway
Located over 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, Troms¸, Norway, is home to extreme light variation between seasons. During the Polar Night, which lasts from November to January, the sun doesn’t rise at all. Then the days get progressively longer until the Midnight Sun period, from May to July, when it never sets. After the midnight sun, the days …
Continue readingGreat Wall of China ends
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as …
Continue readingNikola Tesla predicted the internet
In 1900, he wrote an article for Century Magazine describing a world system of wireless communication ( Internet ) that could send telephone messages, news, music, and pictures to any part of the world. When Tesla returned from Colorado Springs to New York, he wrote a sensational article for Century Magazine. In this detailed, futuristic vision he described a means …
Continue readingThe Bridge Between Denmark and Sweden
The resund is an engineering marvel that connects the Danish capital of Copenhagen to the Swedish city of Malm. A cable-stayed bridge runs nearly 8 km (5 miles) to an artificial island where it transitions into a tunnel that runs another 4 km (2.5 miles). The award-winning double-track railway and motorway opened on July 1, 2000. The resund was designed …
Continue reading10,000 Monks In Prayer For A Better World in Bangkok
Bangkok based photographer Luke Duggleby recently experienced that firsthand when his 2010 image of 40,000 Thai monks in prayer at the Dhammakaya Temple in Bangkok made the rounds on social media following the Nepal earthquake, captioned as 100,000 monks in prayer after the Nepal earthquake as a necessary gesture of power. Years ago, the image had gone viral in a …
Continue reading1800’s Vampire Hunting Kit
You’ve seen them turn up on auction sites from time to time: “authentic vampire killing kits,” attributed to a master craftsman, Professor Ernst Blomberg of Germany. (One sold for $12,000 at Sotheby’s.) A British museum curator explains how he proved vampire hunting kits to be fakes – and why they’re nonetheless still very valuable. The vampire hunting kits allegedly sold …
Continue readingSky That Looks Like A Rough Sea
Sky That Looks Like A Rough Sea Earlier in July, storm chaser Alex Schueth captured a mesmerizing time-lapse of undulatus asperatus clouds rolling over Lincoln, Nebraska during a storm. The rare formation, whose name means roughened or agitated waves looks like a sea of dark and stormy waters churning ominously in the sky. According to Weather.com, undulatus asperatus clouds are …
Continue readingSchool in England Wears The Same Uniform For 460 Years.
Christ’s Hospital prides itself on maintaining traditions. The uniform, is of course, just one of the many fascinating aspects of Christ’s Hospital, with which it has been associated from its earliest days. The instantly recognisable uniform is possibly the oldest in existence and has hardly altered since Tudor times. It consists of a long blue coat, belted at the waist, …
Continue readingOkinawa, Japan-The Healthiest Place In The World
I used to think that there were only a handful of people over the age of 100 in the world. How wrong was I! The Japanese island of Okinawa alone has about 457 of them. It is considered to be the healthiest place in the world, where the average life expectancy of an Okinawan woman is 86, and man’s is …
Continue readingA mysterious lake Tunisian
The lake appeared in the Tunisian desert like a mirage; one minute there was nothing but scorching sand, the next a large expanse of turquoise water. For locals in the Tunisian desert, roasting in the 40 degree C heat, the temptation to cool off in the inviting water quickly overcame any fears about the mysterious pool. Hundreds flocked to what …
Continue readingSwedish Naval Base
Configuration Wizard Muskö Naval Base is a Swedish underground naval facility on the island of Muskö just south of Stockholm in Haninge Municipality (Haninge Kommun). The construction of the base started in 1950 and was completed 19 years later in 1969. During the construction, about 1.5 million tons of rock were removed. It has 3 docks, originally designed for destroyers …
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