Human Endeavours
The man who wore scarecrow’s clothes
Thursday, May 6th, 2010Miserly Robert Farries, schoolmaster of New Abbey near Dumfries in Scotland, decided that he would only wear clothes that he could take from scarecrows. Between 1792 and 1806, he wore nothing else!
The Antikythera – a 2000 year old computer!
Saturday, January 9th, 2010From second-century BC Greece, the Antikythera is a mechanical computer that, in terms of complexity, was 1,500 years ahead of it’s time! It is a shock to discover that the ancients had the abilty to not only design a device of this complexity, but that they had the metallurgucal precision to create it. Discovered in [...]
Google Map – Railway to Nowhere and Big Triangle, Arizona
Sunday, July 12th, 2009What is going on in Arizona???!!! This railway track just loops round on itself! View Larger Map Whereas a little to the right there is this Big Triangle in the middle of nowhere… View Larger Map
Incredible photo of 18,000 troops in formation
Saturday, May 9th, 2009It took 18,000 troops from Camp Dodge, DesMoines to stand in perfect formation to make this picture of a human Statue of Liberty.
Some incredible Architecture!
Saturday, November 8th, 2008Our personal favourite is the Stone House in Guimarães, Portugal. Some of these buildings are just stunning. enjoy, courtesy of Unusual-Architecture.com
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