There is a festival in Glacier View, Alaska with the sole purpose of launching cars and trucks off a 300 foot cliff into a pond surrounded by spectators.

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A look into a 4DX theater that turns a movie into a full-body experience.

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American Airlines saved $40,000 per year in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class, without affecting passenger experience.

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The job of the dog hiker in NYC

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A woman from Amazon forest weaving a shoe using palm tree leaves

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These guys are rowing 3,000 miles from New York to the UK absolute madlads🙈

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Harvesting sunflowers

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The cyanometer is a 230-year-old tool for measuring the blueness of the sky.

The simple device was invented in 1789 by Swiss physicist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt.

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Simple safety tips for traveling

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What's normal? Your health by numbers

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At Laugarvatn Fontana, rye bread is buried and baked for 24 hours using only the earth’s natural geothermal heat, no electricity, no coal, just pure sustainable energy.

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Durvillaea Antarctica, also known as cochayuyo and rimurapa, is a large robust species of southern bull kelp found on the coasts of Chile, southern New Zealand, and Macquarie Island.This includes high omega-3 essential fatty acids, vitamins, and particularly dietary fiber.

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A $9 million high-end audiophile home stereo system.

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Did you know about this wall running right through the middle of the U.S.?

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The lotus leaf's veins connect to holes that release carbon dioxide and send oxygen to the lotus.

This is well visualized if you pump water in a leaf after cutting its outer edge.

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In some shops in Japan it is super easy to pay with cash. 💰 🇯🇵

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Indonesia has built an innovative 6 mile highway over the sea using over 10 million bamboo poles.

Known as the Semarang-Demak toll road, the bamboo forms a raft-like base that supports the road and acts as a natural barrier against floods and erosion.

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Best countries for baggage handling 🧐

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Chongqing's drone light show absolutely crushed the Guinness World Records

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Yelang Valley is a massive art collection in Guiyang, China, spanning over 2 million square feet, featuring stone castles, lakes, freestanding towers: a tribute to an ancient civilization, incorporating elements of Miao culture and Nuo folk religion.

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🙏 Pilgrimage: The Kora (Circumambulation)
• Walking the 52 km trail around the peak (via Dolma La Pass) is believed to cleanse one of all sins in a lifetime; many pilgrims complete 108 full circuits, seeking spiritual liberation (moksha).
• Practitioners of Bön walk the route counterclockwise, unlike Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains who walk clockwise.
• The trek usually takes 3 days, reaching elevations of up to 5,600 m (18,370 ft). Some pilgrims complete hundreds of circuits, even doing full-body prostrations the entire way—over weeks or months.

Mount Kailash has never been climbed—not due to a lack of physical challenge, but because it is a sacred summit that transcends human conquest. It is more than a mountain: it is a symbol of spiritual reverence, ethical boundaries, and cosmic centrality

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The Falkland Islands used to have a native wolf called the warrah that was so friendly and unafraid of humans it would literally swim out to greet boats.

Settlers wiped it out in the 1800s because it was too friendly to run away. It was the first canid to go extinct in recorded history.

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Gradient of green

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How Roman walls were built

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The ice cream bean is a fruit. It's known for its sweet, vanilla ice cream-like flavor and cotton candy texture. The fruit grows in large, leathery pods that can reach up to 1 meter in length.

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The giant hands of Venice, Grand Canal Italy.

The "Support" sculpture in Venice, featuring giant hands emerging from the Grand Canal, is the work of Italian artist Lorenzo Quinn. Installed in 2017 during the Venice Biennale, it symbolizes both support for the city and a warning about climate change and rising sea levels. The hands appear to be holding up the historic Ca' Sagredo Hotel, highlighting the fragility of Venice and its buildings.

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The secret behind these quick face change, called Bian Lian.

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Rare football match ball deliveries

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When you crack an egg underwater, the water pressure assumes the role of the eggshell, exerting an inward force that keeps the egg yolk and whites

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In 2011, James Verone, a 59-year-old man from North Carolina, entered a bank, handed the teller a note asking for $1, and waited to be arrested hoping to receive medical care in prison for chronic health issues he couldn’t afford after losing his job and health insurance.

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In a Berlin supermarket, coffee is now kept out of sight of customers to prevent theft.

A video showing the new provision was published on social media, generating numerous comments and reactions, with various users discussing in reaction the economic situation and the increasingly widespread safety measures in stores.

Among the comments there were references to increasing prices, to the protection of products such as Lindt chocolate and sun cream with electronic devices, and to comparisons with conditions present in other countries.

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🚨This is what ambulances look like in Venice

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The Mercator projection explained

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Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka, Japan, has achieved a remarkable 30-year record of never losing a piece of luggage since its opening in 1994. This means that every bag, out of millions handled annually, has reached its intended destination without getting misplaced.

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This device stitches you up without the need of stitches via

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The sleeping habits of the animal kingdom.

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Ferrets are trained and used to help pull electrical wiring through hard-to-reach places.

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Pope Celestine V resigned just 5 months into his papacy in 1294 because he never wanted the job and wanted to go back to his cave.

He was chosen after a 2-year deadlock, felt overwhelmed by Vatican politics, issued a decree allowing popes to quit, and then used it to step down.

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This guy in China uses his G1 robot to clean his car.

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