Tallinn Estonian is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, 80 km (50 mi) south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. From the 13th century until 1918 (and briefly during the Nazi occupation of Estonia from 1941 to ... Read More »
Saffron is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the “saffron crocus”. Saffron crocus grows to 20–30 cm (8–12 in) and bears up to four flowers, each with three vivid crimson stigmas, which are the distal end of a carpel. The styles and stigmas, called threads, are collected and dried to be used mainly as ... Read More »
Those feeling a bit woolly as they emerged on Sunday morning in Madrid may have got a shock to see a flock of 2,000 sheep parading through the city’s streets.The muster is part of a 700-year-old law that allows farmers to move their livestock through areas that were open pastures and woodland before modern day Madrid became a sprawling city.With ... Read More »
Abhishek Choubey and 18yr old Indian boy is breaking the internet with his super power shoulders, which he can use to drag up to 2 cars from one destination to another, Choubey who’s nickname is ‘Steel Blades” pulls the cars by using a rope tied to a wooden block that is held in place between his shoulder blades.. He claims ... Read More »
Die Modellbau-Messe Wien ist Österreichs Messe und Show für Modelltechnik, Spielen, Hobby und Basteln.Mehr als 170 Aussteller und Clubs präsentieren sich auf der Wiener Modellbaumesse mit ihren aktuellen Produkten und Dienstleistungen und zeigen Modelleisenbahnen, -fluggeräte, -autos und -wasserfahrzeuge, Bausätze und -kästen sowie alles zum historischen-, Dampf-, Funktions-, Karton- und Kunststoff-Modellbau und zeigen, was im Modellbau alles möglich ist.Ein spannendes Rahmenprogramm ... Read More »
Homeland Pomegranates are 7.5 to 10 CM in diameter and round to oblong in shape. The skin is leathery in texture and orange to orange-red in color. The edible portion of the fruit is the juicy red flesh and there are many seeds inside the fruit making it difficult to eat.Pomegranate treePomegranate Shrub: Pomegranates grow on rounded, deciduous shrubs or ... Read More »
Costasiella kuroshimae is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. It has the ability to incorporate chloroplasts from the algae it feeds on into its body and use them to do photosynthesis. (see Karyoklepty).A frontal picture of a Costasiella kuroshimae.The type locality is Kuroshima, Taketomi, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands. Read More »
London took pride in owning their very own mechanical elephant, but Liverpool decided to one-up them. On a rainy afternoon, a gigantic spider ushered in from Salthouse Dock, to awe, thrill and scare spectators. The giant mechanic spider, named La Princesse, trundled down the streets at two miles an hour, eventually climbing the side of the Concourse House, a derelict ... Read More »
Like going to Disneyland is an attraction these days going to our homelands capital and participating in one of the religious mourning rituals such as “sinehzani” (pounding of the chest) has become a tourist magnet. You will in these pages a photo essay of some of these European tourists visiting our country. We found this to be a good excuse ... Read More »
In every animal’s life, there comes a time when it must stand on its own two feet, so to speak, and face the world alone. For a few, this happens just moments after birth, with no life lessons from parents to help them, no time to hone their survival skills. Others have the advantage of home schooling under the watchful ... Read More »