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Ranking Around...Strange Hotels

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The most unusual and amazing hotels in the world ! You'll find everything : hotels on trees , icy ones, diving ones ... and much more! 10. Das Park Hotel (Germany) Das Park Hotel is located in Essen , Germany , and is a very special hotel : sleep inside a "pipe ", on the other hand , is an experience to do at least once   in life, spending an adventurous vacation in touch with nature . In addition, each customer pays depending on what feels is fair pay ! 9.Jumbo Stay (Sweden) If you love travelling by plane , you won't   surely renounce  to spend at least one night in this fantastic hotel : Jumbo Stay is located in Stockholm, Sweden , and it is structured right inside of an airplane ! 8.V8 Hotel (Germany) Fans of cars and engines ? This is the hotel of your dreams ! It 's called V8 Hotel , and is located in Stuttgart, Germany . If you   have ever wanted to slee p aboard the car you've always dreame

Urban Legends: The Basiliscus Lake

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Instantly petrified animals? Not caused by mythological snakes, but by a lake with the very atypical ability to fossilize anyone who touch it. Although scientists reassure there is an explanation. If you find yourself in Tanzania and see a petrified animal, then you are   near Lake Natron , a salt water source   with the dark red color . According to many legends of   the area, it seems that the Lake has the power to petrify animals that touch its water . Undoubtedly it is a very imaginative story, but doesn't coincide with reality . I n fact, there are many researcher s who have analyzed the chemical properties of   the lake   without finding any unusual behavior . Of course it must be said the percentage of salt in the water is abnormal, ( causing its red colour) due to the high rate of sodium. The Lake also contains a high   amount of N atron ( hydrated sodium carbonate ) , which , besides giving the name to the source,

Random Facts About.... Unexpected Ingredients

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Do you really know what the food we eat contains? Some of these food have a very "strange" composition. Check these out! Fast Foods:  Some of the most popular fast foods use cellulose in lots of products. The cellulose is pure wood pulp and the US FDA has not imposed limitations on its use in foods yet. Soft Drinks: Lots of soft drinks contains brominated vegetable oil . This chemical is widely used in production of plastics as fire retardant and was found in 10 % of American drinks. Chewing Gums: Lanolin is an approved additive , used in chewing gums, in sunscreens and products for babies . It is an oily secretion extracted from the sheep wool. Red Food Coloring: used in jams , cakes and ketchup , the red coloring is obtained from crushed beetles . 70.000 cochineal beetles are needed to get half a kilo of coloring. Wendy's Chili: This particular chili contains silicon dioxide . This antioxidant agent is also known

Random facts about...Coffee

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It is the most popular drink ( after water), a nd is consumed almost in every corner of the planet . But there are at least 10 things you (probably ) don't know . 1. Coffee comes from a fruit. This, in fact, it's similar to a cherry. 2. In 18th century, drinking too much coffee was considered a huge social issue. 3. Coffee is more than just a drink. It can be used as a fertilizer. 4. It doesn't contain only caffeine. There are at least 1000 of chemical compounds in coffee, and 20 of these could be carcinogenic. 5.  It would take around 100 cups of coffee for a lethal dose of caffeine. 6. The two most popular beverages on Earth, in order, are water and coffee (maybe this is not so surprising). 7. The word "coffee" comes from the Arabic "qahhwat al-bun," meaning "wine of the bean". 8. Coffee beans are combustible and scientists have suggested that coffee beans could replace fossil fuels as one of our main

Snooping Around....Musical Rain Building in Dresden (Germany)

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Perhaps there is no more relaxing sounds of the noise of the rain that falls, and drop after drop creates a veritable musical harmony. The rain already has its own musicality, but this can be increased and used to create musical instruments really unexpected. As in the case of musical building in Dresden, Germany. In one of the ancient city neighborhoods gutters and pipes have been transformed into real   instruments that play with the rain . This is an original artistic experiment named  " Countryard of Elements " . The facades of buildings becomes fantastic masterpieces used to   enhance the sound of rain. The project was born thanks to Annette Paul , which deals with sculpture, and designers Christopher Rossner and Andre Tempel . Using their innovative ideas, they have transformed t he new student district of Dresden ( Kunsthofpassage) in a spectacular symphonic orchestra.  The system uses metal cones and tubes that   amplify the sound

Images from the World: Natural Rock Pools in Pamukkale (Turkey)

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Pamukkale probably is a unique place in the world. This beautiful spot is located in the Aegean region of Turkey, in the River Menderes valley. The surreal landscape of the terraced pools of Pamukkale actually makes this one of the most interesting tourist attractions in the world. The name Pamukkale means cotton castle , name that the Turks have given to this place due to its unusual cascades. The warm and mineralized spring water from calcareous white steps creates a one of a kind view of this area. These thermal pools look like the white steps of a castle which surely is a unique scenery. It is believed that the unique formation of the landscape here was created by strong earthquakes that formed cracks which allowed the water to come to surface. Layers of calcium carbonate deposited into the formations that can be admired today. Pamukkale is built on the ruins of the ancient Greco-Roman spa city of Hierapolis which means the Holy City . Consequently, this area has a specia

Random Facts About...Chocolate!

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Here there are 10 random curiosities about one of the most delicious thing in the world: chocolate! 1.  A ztecs used cocoa bean as currency. A rabbit was worth 10  beans, while a slave 100. 2. T he correlation between chocolate and pimples is only a legend . This link has never been scientifically proven. 3.   A chocolate flake provides an adult of enough energy for a 46 meters walk. To make a round-the-world walk it takes 870.000 4. T he Ivory Coast is the world's largest producer of cocoa. It produces 1.51 millions of cocoa beans per year, a third of the global demand. 5.   The world's largest chocolate bar weighed 5827 Kg, pretty much like a big elephant. It was produced in Derbyshire (UK) in 2011. 6.   Switzerland consumes chocolate more than any other country. On average a Swiss eats 13 Kg of chocolate per year. 7.   The most sold chocolate bar is Snicker: every year the revenues amounted to 2 billion dollars. Snicker's industries produce

Video: How animals see the world

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This video answers a question that you  have asked yourself at least once in your life : how animals see the world ?    

Ranking around...Poisonous Animals

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Have you ever wondered what are   the 10 most deadliest animals in the world ? Here is the answer! Start to tremble ! 10. Puffer fish Let's start   with the puffer fish , which surely many of you have considered harmless until now . This fish is actually very venomous, and in fact is included in our rank . Th ere are 185 species, both salt and freshwater . It lives in the waters of Mexico , the Philippines , Japan and China. It is considered a real exotic delicacy , but if prepared without the right precautions may lead to poisoning and death , because it contains large amounts of Tetrodotoxin , a deadly poison . 9. Poison Dart Frog Actually the blue ones are the most toxic: bright colors are used to ward off predators. These are amphibians that live from 3 to 15 years , just 2.5 cm large : they  launch poisonous darts (that's why the name) , whose venom is deadly : only one specimen have enough to kill 10