5 Amazing Towns on Perilous Cliff Sides Spot Cool Stuff loves a good cliff-side town. There’s something about them that’s romantic, daring and a little impossible. Here are five of our favorites places where no one with vertigo would want to live: Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain Castellfollit de la Roca, in the Catalonia region in the middle of Spain, has a doubly impressive location—this 1,000 person village is perched on a spit of land with cliffs on both sides. The village gets a steady flow of tourists during the day, which is exactly why you should spend the night here. LEARN MORE | READ | ShareThis Manarola, Italy The uber-colorful Italian village of Manarola is not the most precariously placed cliff-side settlement of the five in this review. LEARN MORE | READ | MANAROLA B&Bs | BUY WINE ONLINE | ShareThis Al Hajjarah, Yemen Yemen is one of Spot Cool Stuff’s favorite travel countries (though, sadly, these days the security situation there for travelers is spotty). LEARN MORE | READ | ShareThis Bonifacio, France Ronda, Spain
Amazing Abandoned Places and Buildings - Travel & Places Posted by : PichoAugust 15, 2013 Abandoned places and buildings are mystic and beautiful. The stories behind these places are always unique and amazing. Through time the nature started to leave traces to the ruins that makes these abandoned places and buildings look amazing. Abandoned railroad France Source Lawndale theater Chicago Source Abandoned distillery in Barbados Source Abandoned cottage Shi Cheng underwater city, China Source Abandoned railroad in Missouri Abandoned church Source Underwater statue of Jesus in Malta Source Abandoned mill in Sorrento from 1866, Italy Source Abandoned hotel Del Salto ,Colombia Source Keelung the abandoned city, Taiwan Source Abandoned bobsleigh track in Sarajevo 1984 winter Olympics ,Bosnia House of the Bulgarian communist party, Bulgaria Submarine underground base,Ukraine Source Abandoned beach resort , Cyprus Source Curon Venosta , Italy Chernobyl Ground Zero, Ukraine Nara Dreamland,Japan Source Angkor Wat, Colombia Kalavantin Durg , India Source
6 Baffling Discoveries That Science Can't Explain For those who don’t get to the bottom, the source of the article is cracked.com. It is posted here with many edits. Edits made were edits to remove opinion, swearing, vulgar comments and racism from the originial article so that it would be more acceptable for our audience. Original article sourced twice for those who want to see the full. Ancient cultures have left many relics and structures that have us guessing why, what and how. #6 - The Voynich Manuscript The Voynich manuscript is an ancient book that has thwarted all attempts at deciphering its contents. It appears to be a real language–just one that nobody has seen before. Translation: “…and when you get her to put the tennis racket in her mouth, have her stand in a fountain for a while. There is not even a consensus on who wrote it, or even when it was written. As you can imagine, proposed solutions have been all over the map. #5. #4. So what’s the big deal? Oddly, the pipes are clean of debris despite being older than Zeus. #3.
How to be a Retronaut 40 Must-See Historical Photos EmailEmail While some photographs capture our attention because of how the artist behind the picture has decided to compose the shot, others are fascinating simply because of the subjects that they depict. Below are some captivating photographs that tell stories about our past, depicting the people, places and events that have shaped the course of history. Source: boredpanda Woman With A Gas-Resistant Pram, England, 1938 Elvis in the Army, 1958 106-year-old Armenian Woman guards home, 1990 Baby cages used to ensure that children get enough sunlight and fresh air when living in an apartment building, ca. 1937 Animals being used as part of medical therapy, 1956 Testing of new bulletproof vests, 1923 Charlie Chaplin at age 27, 1916 Hindenburg Disaster, May 6, 1937 Circus hippo pulling a cart, 1924 Annette Kellerman promotes women’s right to wear a fitted one-piece bathing suit, 1907. Annie Edison Taylor, the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel, 1901
10 Bizarre and Fascinating Medical Tales Weird Stuff The medical world is full of tales of the bizarre, ranging from rare, mysterious diseases to odd medical anomalies. Today’s list will focus on ten of these fascinating stories. Remember Mr. Woman with two sets of DNA When Karen Keegan, a 52-year old Boston teacher, needed a kidney transplant, her three sons were tested if they are acceptable donors. Mysterious case of Natalie Adler Natalie Adler, a young woman from Melbourne, Australia, is the victim of an extremely rare disorder that left her practically blind three days out of every six. Margaret Wegner, after suffering numerous headaches and nosebleeds for 55 years, finally underwent surgery on August 2007. Girl who laughed nonstop Xu Pinghui, a 12-year old girl from Chongqing started laughing non-stop after developing fever when she was just eight months old. 54-year old Jim McClatchey of Atlanta, Georgia, was rushed to the hospital by his wife after she found him on the floor of their house unconscious.
LESSON PLANS - The Learning Network Blog Video “I think everyone should have wings, just like the birds. But since we don’t have wings, we fly kites.” High above Rio de Janeiro’s crowded favelas, kites soar and dive — and attack. Read more… In anticipation of our third annual Student Editorial Contest (to be announced on Feb. 25), we’ve done the math, and below you’ll find the 100 most-commented-upon questions we’ve ever asked that call for persuasive writing. Many of them are, of course, on topics teenagers care about — technology, video games, sports and gender issues. But, perhaps unsurprisingly, the broad topic that seems to engage students the most? So skim the list and pick issues that interest you. Read more… In this short documentary, a talented teenager in the Mojave Desert is torn between her goal of attending art school and wanting to help support her family. Read more… Whom do we trust, and why? Below, his step-by-step process, including the worksheets, photos, articles and editorials he used. Read more… Read more…
More Rare Photos from History Miss America 1924. Vikki "The Back" Dougan, 1957. She was the inspiration for the cartoon femme fatale, Jessica Rabbit. Annie Oakley. For the 50th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge in 1985, 300,000 people crossed it on foot. The blood-stained gloves that Lincoln was wearing when he was assassinated at Ford's Theater. Route 66 in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1969. Helen Keller meets Charlie Chaplin. The first aerial photograph of Lower Manhattan taken in 1924. From 1924, this is Belva Annan. A Plexiglas "ghost" car in 1940. Amy Johnson was one of the first women to gain a pilot’s license and won fame when she flew solo from Britain to Australia in 1930. 14 inch shells on the deck of the USS New Mexico in 1944. Victorian sideshow performers. Mountain climbing in questionable attire near Chamonix in the 1890's An x-ray of Hitler's skull. Rip, a rescue dog who found one hundred victims of air raids in London between 1940 and 1941. A very young Lucille Ball. Atlanta, Georgia in 1864.
"What Does Love Mean?" See How 4-8 Year-Old Kids Describe Love Article By:Ladan Lashkari A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds: "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think... "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. Rebecca - age 8 "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. Billy - age 4 "Love is what makes you smile when you're tired." Terri - age 4 "Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK." Danny - age 7 "Love is when you kiss all the time. Emily - age 8 "Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." Bobby - age 7 (Wow!) "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate." Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
File:EXCOMM meeting, Cuban Missile Crisis, 29 October 1962.jpg 23 Rare Photos That Will Tell You Some Of The Most Fascinating Facts In History. Life By rosey | I remember learning history in school a long time ago and it often made me feel bored and sleepy, because it was never fun! From what I remember, learning history was all about reading the longest paragraphs ever. But when I came across this list of pictures, I found them all very fascinating and scrolled through all of them. Take a look yourself and be educated! H/T to thechive