Kimberley Big Hole – South Africa. Apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 3 tons of diamonds Before being closed Glory Hole – Monticello Dam, California A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the …
Most people know very little about Antarctica, so the good people at Factslides gathered some cool facts about the continent, most of which will probably leave you speechless. Items 1 – Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. Photo: Christopher Michel 2 – Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles. 3 – The coldest …
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The Little Prince (French: Le Petit Prince), published in 1943, is French aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s most famous novella. Saint-Exupéry wrote it while living in the United States. It has been translated into more than 180 languages and sold more than 80 million copies making it one of the best selling books ever. An earlier …
A red light district is a neighborhood where prostitution and other businesses in the sex industry flourish. The term “red light district” was first recorded in the United States in 1894, in an article in The Sentinel, a newspaper in Milwaukee. Other mentions from the 1890s are numerous, and located all over the United States. …
Check out these weird-looking animal Axototl The axolotl is a Mexican neotenic mole salamander. Neotenic means that, as adults, it holds onto traits seen in juveniles. Axolotls are used extensively in scientific research due to their ability to regenerate most body parts, ease of breeding, and large embryos. Cicada With 2,500 species of cicada insects …
As reported TruthOrFiction.com, hunting of pilot whales on the Danish Faroe Islands no “reported” threats to the extinction of the species. That’s not the point. All this happens year after year in the Faroe Island in Denmark, primarily involved in this slaughter young people to demonstrate that these same young people have already reached an …