30 million-year-old maps of the world?
Oronce Finé’s map, 1536. Wikimedia Commons On some ancient maps, Antarctica is illustrated as a land with no ice, and the other continents are located much differently than they are today. Those are the famous 16th century maps drawn by Piri Reis, Oronce Finé,...
This inspirational girl gets paid to travel around the world
We frequently hear stories about people who leave their jobs for the opportunity to travel. But American girl Kiersten Rich got one after the other: she found a way to travel the world and get paid for it. She has already been to more than 50 countries and is planning...
These incredible images show what the world looks like under a microscope
The amazing electron microscope allows us to see the tiniest of particles and to study the things that are impossible to see with the naked eye. Fabweb found a few impressive pictures that prove that even the most familiar objects can look insanely bizarre under...
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However global the world wide web might have become and how much it has shrunk the world to the state of a ’global village’, there are still certain features and aspects that differ from country to country, and one of these is laughter. For instance, it’s hard...Recent Posts
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