Monday, 27 September 2010

The Skeleton Coast



















The Skeleton Coast (German: Skelettküste) is the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean coast of Namibia and south of Angola from the Kunene River south to the Swakop River, although the name is sometimes used to describe the entire Namib Desert coast. The Bushmen of the Namibian interior called the region "The Land God Made in Anger", while Portuguese sailors once referred to it as "The Gates of the bad place".

Thursday, 16 September 2010

Tuesday, 14 September 2010

Armenians Make World’s Biggest Chocolate Bar

Switzerland and Belgium may be the world’s most famous chocolate-making countries, but tiny Armenia has just stolen some of their spotlight by creating the largest chocolate bar, ever.

The sweet event took place in Armenia’s capital of Yerevan, and was organized by the Grand Candy Factory – a local chocolate making company – as a way to celebrate to celebrate its 10 years of existence. Guinness Book representatives were invited to take part in the unveiling of the chocolate monster created, and to make sure this event goes into the record books. More info on http://www.odditycentral.com/news/armenians-make-worlds-biggest-chocolate-bar.html

Monday, 13 September 2010

Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Six fingers


Polydactyly or polydactylism (from Ancient Greek πολύς (polus) "many" + δάκτυλος (daktulos) "finger"), also known as hyperdactyly, is a congenital physical anomaly in humans having supernumerary fingers or toes. When each hand or foot has six digits, it is sometimes called sexdactyly, hexadactyly, or hexadactylism.

Tuesday, 7 September 2010

Strange Tree

Acacia erioloba (formerly Acacia giraffae), is also commonly known as the Camel Thorn, Kameeldoring (Afrikaans), Giraffe Thorn or Mokala (Tswana). The Mokala National Park in the Northern Cape is named after this tree.