September 21, 2010 0 Wagah Dance Before 1947, the areas now known as India and Pakistan were one united territory under British rule. After [...]
September 20, 2010 0 Gone Bananas Seedless. Nutritious. Portable. Tasty. Yellow. You pretty much know what you’re going to get [...]
September 17, 2010 0 The Land of Dragon’s Blood and Elephant Plants Socotra is an island in the Indian Ocean, 150 miles off the Horn of Africa and 240 miles south of the Arabian [...]
September 16, 2010 0 China’s Oil Painting Village You may have notice that hotels have the same oil painting in each room. Or that you can get a [...]
September 15, 2010 0 Mind the Gap Try to drive from Washington, D.C. all the way to Buenos Aires, and you’ll discover that you [...]
September 14, 2010 0 Why Giraffes Have Long Necks When American school children learn about evolution, it’s not atypical to discuss giraffes, whose long [...]
September 13, 2010 0 Mexico’s Cave of Crystals Those orange things in the picture above? They’re people. Naica Mine, located in Mexico, is home to [...]
September 8, 2010 0 Kitty City What would you do with 500 cats? Well, build a home for them, of course. Or in the case of Craig Grant, a [...]
September 7, 2010 0 The World’s Largest Swimming Pool The San Alfonso del Mar resort is located in Algarrobo, Chile, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Like most [...]
September 3, 2010 0 The Geopolitical Babushka Doll Babushka dolls, also called matryoshka dolls or Russian nesting dolls, are, as Wikipedia states, “a [...]