Chemical ecologist Troy Alexander was recently away on a 3-month volunteer position for the Macaw Project, and while there, he stayed at one of the most remote Amazon Rainforest lodges in South America. It was at this place where he discovered “some kind of egg tower surrounded by a protective barrier (2 cm in diameter) that eerily resembles a white picket fence,” created by a mystery bug. Continue reading for more pictures and information.
Hua Shan is one of China’s Five Great Mountains, located near the city of Huayin in Shaanxi province, and has a long history of religious significance. On the South Peak is where you will find the famous Cliffside Plank Path, the exhilarating and China’s most dangerous, mountain hike that’s not for the faint of heart. Continue reading for a video, more pictures, and additional information.
Thanks to dash cams, drivers are able to capture crazy footage, like this giant boulder almost smashing a car. That’s right, a white Toyota sedan was making its way down a road in Taiwan during a rainstorm Saturday when all of a sudden a massive boulder appeared out of nowhere. Continue reading for a video and more information.
If you’re not a theme park aficionado and haven’t heard about China’s World of Warcraft-themed attraction, World Joyland is basically an unofficial theme park inspired by the video game series World of Warcraft. It reportedly cost $48m (£30m) to build. Continue reading for more pictures, videos and information.
Set to open soon at New Jersey’s Six Flags Great Adventure, Zumanjaro Drop Of Doom stands 400-feet-tall and will be the world’s tallest free fall ride. It consists of three free fall drop attractions, with each mounted to a lateral flank of the Kingda Ka structure. All three towers feature a single floorless gondola seating eight-abreast. Before riding riders will queue along a new African baboon habitat. Riders are harnessed in by over-the-shoulder restraints. Catch cars hoist the gondolas up the tower before reaching a dynamic height of 415 feet (126 m). The gondolas are then released into a fast free fall descent, attaining a terminal velocity of 90 miles per hour (140 km/h). Continue reading for a video.
In J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, shortened Hogwarts, is a fictional British school of magic for students aged eleven to eighteen, and is the primary setting for the first six books. Here are 21 real college campuses that look like Hogwarts, or so we’d like to think. Continue reading to see them all.
The Airbus A380 is the world’s largest passenger airline and has a design range of 15,700 kilometres (8,500 nmi; 9,800 mi), sufficient to fly from New York to Hong Kong, and a cruising speed of Mach 0.85 (about 900 km/h or 560 mph; 490 kn at cruising altitude). Thanks to the extra space, you’re able to purchase a ticket for some ultra luxurious suites (above). Continue reading for more fascinating facts about modern day flight.
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What do you get when you combine a luxurious boat with a boutique hotel? The Aqua Amazon of course. It’s basically a luxury vessel with 12 suites that come complete with floor to ceiling panoramic windows for optimal views, relaxation lounges, an outdoor jacuzzi, a high-tech gym, and fine dining courtesy of Executive Chef, Pedro Miguel Schiaffino. Click here to view the first image in this week’s funny autocorrect text messages and geek pictures gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of the top 5 dry ice tricks and pranks.
File this under: unusual vending machines. French fry fans rejoice! Select stores in Belgium now boast the world’s first coin operated vending machine that cranks out fresh frites. Unlike similar machines, this one actually deep fries them fresh in beef fat, rather than use re-heated frozen fries. Simply put in €2.50 ($3.36) into the machine and in just 90-seconds, you’ll have piping hot Belgium “frites served in a paper cup, accompanied by a fork and topped with your choice of mayonnaise or ketchup.” Continue reading for more pictures and information.
Anyone who has seen New York City, or visited the city, know that it’s constantly evolving and growing, making it very hard to document every change that’s occurred, but a new website, called NYC Grid (run by Paul Sahner), is trying to do just that. Continue reading to see more amazing pictures.