Created more than 5,500 years ago at the dawn of civilisation this perfectly preserved brown leather lace-up is the oldest shoe in the world.It was created from a piece of cow hide 1,000 years before the Great Pyramid of Giza and stitched together with leather thread.The size 4 shoe – discovered buried in a cave in Armenia – is so ... Read More »
After 15 years of painstaking restoration, scientists say they are on the brink of solving what sank the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley – the first sub in history to wreck an enemy warship. Considered the Confederacy’s stealth weapon during the Civil War, the hand-cranked Hunley sank the Union warship Housatonic in winter 1864 and then disappeared with all eight Confederate ... Read More »
If you aren’t a traveler and you’re reading an article over the internet, odds are you haven’t been to the more treacherous parts of the world. The fact is, the modern world isn’t the norm on this planet, but we can get so comfortable in our lives that we can often forget this fact. In some cases, neither is a ... Read More »
A woman has married herself after failing to find the man of her dreams before turning 40. Yasmin Eleby, from Houston, Texas, tied the knot in a purple gown earlier this month, surrounded by her closest friends and family.As one cannot legally marry one’s self in America, the ceremony was spiritual rather than legal, conducted by three ministers, one of ... Read More »
Residents of the Spanish town of Ibi staged a mock military coup on Sunday, pelting each other with flour, eggs, firecrackers and fire extinguishers.The battle was part of an festival known as ‘Els Enfarinats’ (the Floured Ones) held every year in the village in the Valencia region. In the 200-year old tradition, a group of men stage a revolution against ... Read More »
A great perfumer (or ‘nose’) is considered both a chemist and an artist, mixing chemicals and ingredients to create the most pleasant, layered aromas. In modern society, both men and women wear cologne and perfume; it’s a luxury MARKET , and people generally expect to hand over a pretty penny for a beautifully decorated bottle and a classy fragrance. The ... Read More »
This photography museum was created by Alejandro Simik, a photographer who started to collect antique cameras in 1995. The museum was installed inside “Bar Palacio”, where the cameras are everywhere, even inside the tables ! It has over 600 cameras and a wide variety of old photographs, lenses, camera accessories, etc. The visit is free and you can have something ... Read More »
The stunning photo shows a shimmering blue shoreline with the bright lights of Hong Kong in the distance. The fluorescent blue glow is natural lighting powered by an algae bloom of Noctiluca scintillans, commonly known as “Sea Sparkle.” The non-toxic phytoplankton is not considered harmful and is relatively common in Hong Kong. What is uncommon is capturing its iridescent glow ... Read More »
Angelina Jolie, the UN refugee agency’s Special Envoy, visited to a refugee camp in northern Iraq on Sunday and was met with smiles and warm greetings from young children and adult survivors of ISIS attacks. The 39-year-old Oscar-winning actress is on an official, two-day United Nations trip to the autonomous Kurdistan region of the country. She is there to visit ... Read More »
The Georgia Aquarium is a public aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It houses more than 100,000 animals, representing 500 species, all of which reside in 10 million US gallons (38,000 m3) of marine and fresh water, and was the world’s largest aquarium when it opened in 2005. Businessman Bernard Marcus credits his 60th birthday dinner, held at the Monterey ... Read More »
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