Located 2.5 hours south-west of Luoyang, Mount Laojun owes its name to the famous philosopher Lao Tzu, founder of Taoism and who resided on the mountain as hermit…
One of these languages is not like the others Two of them are actually different, but English got much more words coming from Latin than German did: that's
This moving platform uses sensors, cameras, and actuators to precisely adapt to a helicopter landing.…
The Black Hole Trail, a 150-meter-altitude mountain bike trail through the abandoned tunnels of the Mežica Mine in Slovenia.…
Located in the town of Caviahue, Argentina, Salto del Agrio is a 60 meter high waterfall, which drops to a small green pool surrounded by yellow and red basaltic rocks…
It's winter in Argentina, now. This is the Bajada de Antorchas in Ushuaia, capital of Tierra del Fuego, which features skiers descending the Martial Glacier with red torches
This is called wake-riding and this orca is very likely doing it for fun. It's literally surfing — it can go very fast with very little effort when
The evolution from the Brahmi numeral system through the Arabic numeral system to the one used in Europe in XV and XVI century.…
Kunafa is a crunchy, buttery Middle Eastern dessert made with shredded pastry. A common story is that the dish was created, and prescribed by doctors, to satisfy the hunger of
Have you ever seen a flying fish? It can glide for up to 200 meters (650 feet), but the longest known flying fish flight was 400 meters (1300 feet) traveling
The bronze doors of St John Lateran are over 2,000 years old Interestingly, they became part of the church in the XVII century, being previoulsy part of the Roman
Fun fact. It would take an average family 7.5 years to use up the volume of water that flows through Niagara Falls in just 1 second.…
