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<span style="background-color: white; color: #484848; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; text-align: justify;">Remarkable and incomprehensible phenomena have been observed throughout human history – phenomena which, without any logical explanation, can only be described as miracles. Surprisingly, a majority of the human population believes in the concept of miracles, but rarely are these occurrences discussed openly in public forums. Yet this type of mysticism is embedded into various cultures throughout the world, in all stages of human history. Buddhism is a great example, a faith that is abundant with scriptures of human beings with superpowers, the power of human consciousness, distant healing, etc. Even today, when it comes to the power of human consciousness and parapsychological manifestations like distant health or telepathy, there is substantial evidence confirming that at least some of these phenomena are, without a doubt, real. Just because we cannot develop a sound scientific theory to explain these types of occurrences does not mean they do not exist.</span><br />
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Below are 5 examples of “miracles” that have been observed in the field of medicine.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">“Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature.”</strong> – Saint Augustine</div>
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In 1983, physician Rex Gardner published a study in the <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">British Medical Journal</em> after he studied a number of miraculous healing events. (<a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1550198/pdf/bmjcred00586-0027.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #23a9e1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">source</a>) Here are a select few.</div>
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In 1977, an eleven month old baby boy with signs of a lung disease that is almost always fatal was taken to a healing service by a Pentecostal pastor. Keep in mind that this approach was taken after the disease was treated without success. A few days later he was remarkably better and a few years later he was completely normal.</div>
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In 1975, a student physician was suddenly diagnosed with what is called Water-house Friderichsen syndrome. It’s a fatal disease, a bacterial blood infection that leads to massive internal bleeding. In this particular hospital there was a zero percent success rate of healing for anyone suffering from it. In the same evening, four separate groups actively sent healing intention to the patient and there then occurred a drastic improvement in her condition. When she had been admitted to the hospital, her chest X-rays showed extensive left-side pneumonia and a completely collapsed middle lobe of the lung. She also had developed intraocular bleeding, which left her one hundred percent blind in one eye. Only forty-eight hours later, the X-ray showed a perfectly clear chest, and she had regained full vision. This is impossible, according to modern day physicians.</div>
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Case number three is about a woman who took a hard fall on a cement floor. She was taken to a hospital and the X-ray showed a compound fracture of the pelvis. This is a serious injury, one that takes a very long time to heal and even longer to rehabilitate. This woman was taken home where she was then surround by others praying for her and laying their hands on her. She should have been bedridden, unable to move for weeks, but after only two days she had fully recovered.</div>
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In 1970, the captain of the Girl’s Brigade at Enon Baptist Church, Monkwearmouth, had a deterioration in a large varicose ulcer of the leg which had been troubling her for many years. Every morning her bandage was soaked with pus, and her doctor told her that her ulcer would probably not heal, and even if it did it would require skin grafting.</div>
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What happened here, again, was healing intention. She was visited by a number of people who laid hands on the area and prayed. Healing became “immediately complete.” By the next morning, virtually the whole ulcer had dried up and healed over with healthy skin. One week later it was completely healed.</div>
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In 1963, a man by the name of Robin Talbot of the Overseas Missionary Fellowship, along with his wife, was the first Christian ever to stay in the village of Still Water. It was in the Mong tribal area of North Thailand. While they were there, a woman by the name of Mrs. Ling, who was approximately 50 years old at the time, became very ill. According to the villagers and the missionaries, she passed away soon after. Twenty minutes after her death she sat up and told a tale of an “afterlife” experience. That being said, there is absolutely no hard proof that she had actually died.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">In modern day scientific realms, this is considered to be a Near Death Experience (NDE), something that has been documented, verified, and confirmed by various neuroscientists (although unexplainable). You can read more about that, and watch a video of Dr. Bruce Greyson speaking at a conference that was held by the United Nations </span><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/02/05/neuroscientist-describes-documented-cases-of-humans-flying-outside-of-their-body/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #23a9e1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white;"> and </span><a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/10/09/worlds-largest-scientific-near-death-study-finds-consciousness-continues-several-minutes-after-death/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #23a9e1; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">here</a><span style="background-color: white;">. He is considered to be one of the “fathers” of near death studies. He is Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Science at the University of Virginia</span></div>
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<br style="box-sizing: inherit;" /><span style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.7em;">Formally known as the Richat Structure, the Eye of the Sahara is a much more appropriate name. This mysterious blue eye has puzzled scientist since the first space flights, when astronauts noticed it looking back at them. Space shuttles use the 50 km-wide feature as a landmark even today, it is so clear in the middle of the barren Sahara desert. Researchers now believe it is a “symmetrical uplift”, essentially an area that rose up as hard quartz while softer rock and sand was eroded from it.</span></div>
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This mysterious and ghostly phenomenon occurs at Racetrack Playa, Death Valley which is a fitting location! The stones travel long distances without any human or animal help! It seems as if they just lift themselves up and scoot along, making a trail or groove in the rock surface as they travel. Scientists’ best guess as to why this happens at present is that wind at the level of the stones causes them almost to hydroplane. Sometimes they turn left or right, and other times it looks like two stones are racing each other. They only move every three or four years and the grooves take some time to build up. Definitely a wonder of the world!</div>
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<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; font-weight: normal; text-align: start;">Many know of Crystal Cave in Bermuda but few know of her sister cave, Fantasy. As beautiful as her sibling, she is also deeper. There are 88 steps down into her cavern. The authorities had to close the cave for a long time in the 1940s, but it was reopened with all new lighting and pathways in 2001.</span></div>
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The Moeraki Boulders are amazing boulders found on the New Zealand coast. They are highly spherical in almost all cases and were exposed due to erosion and winds. As with many geological wonders, you would be excused for thinking that giants have been there, playing marbles as they crash among the waves.</div>
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These stunning terraces of water are found in Pamukkale Turkey and were shaped from a substance called travertine, which forms from the build-up of sediments of calcium carbonate deposited in water from hot springs. Then the calcium dioxide degasses and you are left with these beautiful terraces, with warm water flowing over them.</div>
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Flower is the easiest way to show your feelings and emotions. When we see beautiful flower, we feel happy. They are a simple and sincere way to lift our spirits. The most beautiful flowers can bring a smile to someone faces who has been sick or having a rough day. Below are some of the most beautiful flowers in the world. It was hard narrowing down the list to 10 but it had to be done. Because they are really incredible thing in our life and of course we collected only the best. You may also enjoy this strange flowers list…</div>
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Nothing is more beautiful than the arrival of <a href="http://www.wonderslist.com/top-10-natural-hot-springs-in-the-world/" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #1e73be; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;">Spring in Japan</a> when the cherry blossoms trees are in full bloom. The unofficial flowers of Japan, the spectacular display of blossoms that arrive in the spring are celebrated by festivals both in Japan and the U.S. The most popular colors are white and pink. They are beautiful while on the trees and remain a stunning sight even after carpeting the ground.</div>
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The flower, especially in the bud form, of the Lamprocapnos, a flowering plant of the poppy family, oddly resembles the conventional shape of the heart with e droplet beneath. That is why, it has been given the name, a bleeding heart. The outer petals are bright fuchsia in colour. As the flower blooms further and the outer petals open up, the inner, white parts, often called the ‘lady in a bath’ become more visible. This plant is found in Siberia, northern China, Korea and Japan.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "roboto" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 30px; text-align: justify;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">From the genus Rosa, Roses are one of the most romantic and wonderfully scented of flowers. The giving of roses is steeped in tradition and cultural meaning, from the yellow rose of friendship to the deep red rose of true love. The rose is a woody perennial shrub whose varieties’ stems are often thorned. Most species are found in Asia but it is generally well distributed all over the world. Roses are considered one of the most beautiful ornamental plants to decorate any garden.</span></strong></strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;">The Antirrhinum, found in the rocky areas </span><a href="http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-scenic-drives-in-europe/" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #1e73be; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="The 10 Most Scenic Drives in Europe">Europe</a><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><a href="http://www.wonderslist.com/top-10-awe-inspiring-wonders-of-america/" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #1e73be; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Top 10 Awe-Inspiring Wonders of America">America</a><span style="color: #666666;"> and North Africa, has an interesting flower called the dragon flower or snapdragon. The beautiful flower petals give the impression of the face of a dragon, which, when squeezed, will open and close like the mouth. But, once the petals wither and fall off, only the seed pod is left behind, presenting quite a macabre look, because the seed pod looks like a skull. Ancient cultures believed snapdragons to have supernatural powers.</span><br />
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Peristeria is an orchid that is commonly found to grow across much of South America, along with Panama, Trinidad and Costa Rica. One look inside the pure white flower reveals a structure hidden inside it, which looks like dove. In fact, sitting cosy in the centre within the petals is an entire dove, complete with raised wings with tiny pink dots, and a tiny yellow beak. This structure is the reason behind its name. It is indeed one very peaceful looking flower.</div>
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The Orchis italica is often referred to as the <a href="http://www.wonderslist.com/top-10-hottest-italian-women-celebs/" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #1e73be; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Top 10 Hottest Italian Women Celebs">Italian</a> orchid, owing to its Mediterranean region where it generally grows in large numbers. But, more commonly, it is known as the naked man orchid. This is because, the amazing flowers of the orchid have petals that look like naked men. The flowers are a combination of bright pink and white in colour, and they are all clustered densely. These strangely shaped flowers make the plant quite popular.</div>
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The Dracula Simia or the Monkey Orchid is also known as the monkey-like Dracula. This is a rare species of orchids which is found to grow in the cloud forests of south-eastern parts of Ecuador and Peru. The orchid is called so because it has flowers which display an odd arrangement of column, petals and lip that strongly resembles the face of a monkey – <a href="http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-amazing-monkeys/" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #1e73be; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Top 10 Most Amazing Monkeys in the World">a baboon</a>, to be more specific. The flowers bear the fragrance of a ripe orange.</div>
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While many might consider it an exaggerated description, the Psychotria Elata, also called the Hooker’s Lips or Kissing Lips plant, is absolutely genuine. It exists in the tropical rainforests of Central and Southern Africa. The waxy bract, which is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with the flower, is bright red in colour, and is shaped like the luscious lips of a woman, complete with a well-defined cupid’s bow. The actual star-shaped flowers emerge from the bract’s centre.</div>
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The Angloua Uniflora is a beautiful orchid which is commonly known by the name, Swaddled Babies. The plant grows in the Columbian Andes. The most stunning feature of the plant is its flowers which are large, creamy-white and waxy. Their structure is quite complex, and at a certain stage of opening, they start to look like a baby wrapped in swaddling cloth. Each flower blooms from a single stem from the base of the pseudobulbs.</div>
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There are many more such plants with oddly shaped. Some look like Dancing Girls, while others look like Laughing Bumble Bees. Some flowers bear resemblance to smiling (and probably loopy) Happy Aliens, while another may look freakishly like the Darth Vader. All in all, Mother Nature has shown some remarkable creativity with her beautiful and strange flowers.</div>
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The Impatiens Psittacina is an amazing plant of the balsam family. The flowers are purple and carmine red in colour. When viewed from the sides, the flowers seemingly resemble a parrot in flight. British botanist and explorer, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, first noted, in a scientific description of the plant in 1901, how its bloom looks like a ‘flying cockatoo’ and from then on, the name has stuck. This rare plant is found in Thailand, Burma and parts of India.</div>
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These small plants are terrestrial spider orchids that grow singly or in groups in different parts across the island of Australia. The flowers are essentially cream in colour, with maroon markings, and their petals and sepals have dark trichromes. Together, the flower looks like a maiden in white tutus, holding a <a href="http://www.wonderslist.com/10-most-famous-dance-styles-in-the-world/" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; color: #1e73be; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="10 Most Famous Dance Styles in the World">graceful ballet pose</a>. The grazing of rabbits and kangaroos in the regions where they grow pose great threat to these orchids.</div>
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<i><span style="color: blue;">Titanic is perhaps the most iconic ship in history, its tragic story known the world over.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">The most celebrated ocean liner of its time even before it first sailed, Titanic was an incredible feat of engineering and ambition. Its maiden voyage ended in tragedy when it struck an iceberg and sank, killing more than 1,500 passengers and crew.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">From its construction in Belfast, through its dramatic sinking to the discovery of the wreck, it is a story that continues to capture the public imagination.</span></i><br />
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Titanic was one of three 'Olympic Class' liners commissioned by the White Star Line to be built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Construction began on the first of these great ships, Olympic, on 16 December 1908. Work on Titanic started soon after, on 31 March 1909. These magnificent vessels were the industrial marvels of their age and Titanic was to be the biggest, fastest and most luxurious liner yet.<br />
After just three years, Titanic was finished - a floating city, ready to set sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. On board was a collection of passengers comprising millionaires, silent movie stars, school teachers and emigrants, in search of a better life in the United States.<br />
By the fifth day of its journey, Titanic was making swift progress across the Atlantic. Although Captain Edward Smith had plotted a new course upon hearing earlier reports of ice from other liners, there were many more communications that day of ice in Titanic's path. On the night of Sunday 14 April 1912, the sea was flat calm, the sky clear and moonless, and the temperature was dropping towards freezing. In such conditions, sea ice is very hard to spot.<br />
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At 11.40pm the lookout sounded the alarm and telephoned the bridge saying "Iceberg, right ahead." The warning came too late to avoid the iceberg and Titanic struck it less than 40 seconds later, tearing a series of holes along the side of the hull. Upon inspecting the damage, Titanic's chief naval architect Thomas Andrews said to Captain Smith that the ship would certainly sink. Six of the watertight compartments at the front of the ship's hull were breached, five of them flooding within the hour. Titanic was designed to stay afloat with only four compartments flooded.<br />
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Less than three hours later Titanic lay at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, nearly four kilometres down. The sinking of Titanic claimed more than 1,500 lives. For many, the tragic fate that befell Titanic would come to mark the passing of the opulence of the Edwardian era and foreshadowed the global tragedy of World War One. The story captured the public imagination across the world, spawning countless books, films, plays, memorials, museums and exhibitions. The discovery of the wreck by oceanographer Robert Ballard on a Franco-American expedition in 1985 gave rise to a fresh wave of interest that continues to this day.<br />
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The fascination with the wreck of Titanic began not long after the ship sank to the bottom of the north Atlantic, some 676 kilometres off Mistaken Point, Newfoundland, almost four kilometres below the surface. Early plans to find and raise the wreck were hindered by a combination of technical limitations and prohibitive cost.<br />
By the 1980s, technological advances in sonar scanning made the dream of finding the wreck a tantalising possibility. The wreck of Titanic was finally found in 1985 by a Franco-American expedition headed by oceanographer Robert Ballard.<br />
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Many subsequent expeditions followed, most famously those of James Cameron. The film director used footage gathered from eleven dives to the wreck in his 1997 blockbuster, Titanic.<br />
BBC correspondent Mike McKimm participated in a dive to the wreck of Titanic in 2005 in order to place a memorial plaque on the bridge of the ship. It reads "In memory of all those who died on RMS Titanic. From Harland and Wolff and the people of Belfast."<br />
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Submerged in a small Russian MIR submarine with Irish diver Rory Golden and pilot Anatoly Sagalevich, Mike captured remarkable footage of the ship's bow. This included the Marconi Room from which radio messages were sent and received, the forward mast, the grand staircase and the captain's quarters.<br />
Also filmed was the debris field between this section of the ship and the stern, which lies hundreds of yards away after Titanic snapped in half close to the surface.<br />
The famous ship is deteriorating rapidly, overwhelmed by the relentless spread of rusticles (named by Robert Ballard on account of their icicle-like shape) which are eating the manganese, iron and sulphur out of the steel and weakening the wreck.<br />
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It is estimated that Titanic will be unrecognisable as a ship within a hundred years, eventually becoming nothing more than an iron ore deposit at the bottom of the ocean.<br />
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<b><span style="color: purple;">The iceberg that sank Titanic</span></b></div>
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Each iceberg is unique, moulded by its individual journey through the polar seas. They float low in the water due to the sheer weight of the ice, which is why the tip of an iceberg is no measure of what lies beneath.</div>
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The International Ice Patrol has now traced where the iceberg that sank Titanic originated.</div>
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Eighty-five percent of all icebergs found in the North Atlantic come from the ice fjords on Greenland's west coast, and the ice shelf in Ilulissat is the most likely birthplace of the Titanic iceberg.</div>
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The iceberg that sank Titanic would have started life as a snowflake 15,000 years earlier. Snow that falls at the centre of the Greenland ice sheet is at first fluffy and not particularly dense, but it compacts with depth to become a third of its original size. Tens of metres below the surface it becomes so dense it turns to solid glacial ice.</div>
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In 1909, Ilulissat was producing just one or two of these huge icebergs each year. The iceberg that sank Titanic would have been up to a mile long, displacing around a billion tonnes of seawater.</div>
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It would have taken the iceberg over a year to edge its way down the 40-mile fjord. The relentless jostling of other bergs on this journey would have battered and eroded it, reducing it to half its birth weight.</div>
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By 1911 the Titanic iceberg would have been picked up on the powerful west Greenland current and dragged down the north-eastern coast of Canada. It would have been huge, the above water ice alone rivalling the Colosseum in size.</div>
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Over a thousand miles from its birthplace and around a fortnight after its collision with Titanic, the last piece of the iceberg disappeared into the Atlantic ocean.</div>
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Thomas Andrews was the chief naval architect at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast during the early 1900s.</div>
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He brought the idea of 'Olympic class' ocean liners to life, overseeing their planning and construction. The most famous of these was Titanic, which he joined on its maiden voyage.</div>
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His actions when the ship sank on 15 April 1912 are believed to have saved many lives, but at the cost of his own.</div>
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An apparition that asks you for a lift, a place where hundreds of birds commit suicide, lake full of skeletons, guards being slapped by a ghost…seem like stories from a horror mystery novel don’t they? Believe it or not, these are occurrences that have actually been reported. Some of the enigmas are decoded, some still remain mysteries and others, for all you know are hearsay. Whatever they are, it makes for an interesting read...<br />
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The Aleya Ghost Lights: Seducing travellers to their doom</h3>
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As if the dark and murky swamps of Bengal aren’t scary enough, there is also a danger alert in line of paranormal activities. There have been whispers that along with the regular marsh beings, there are also mysterious Aleya Ghost Lights that lurk about. Seducing travellers to their doom, they are said to zoom by and float above the land.<br />
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Locals believe that these are the souls of dead fishermen. Recently, a scientific theory has surfaced suggesting these lights are gases formed by the decomposing organic matter in the swamps. When they emerge to the surface and get mixed with oxygen, oxidization and ionization effects bring about a disquieting glow in the air.<br />
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Kongka La Pass: UFO Sightings</h3>
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Those who believe in the reality of aliens would be glad to discover that there is a place where UFOs are sighted. The area in question is the Kongka La Pass, the disputed land on the Indo-Chinese border.<br />
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Locals from both sides of the border happen to believe in the underground UFO bases and have even reported them coming out of the ground. Remaining a case of enigma, the entry here is restricted and tourists are not allowed.<br />
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Brij Raj Bhavan Palace: Getting slapped by a ghost</h3>
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It is said that the guards at Brij Raj Bhavan Palace in Kota, Rajasthan were apparently slapped whenever they dozed off on duty. While the possible explanation would be the presence of a supervisor or a person of authority who monitored them, the truth was that there was no living being in sight.<br />
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According to the beliefs, the man in action is a harmless ghost, Major Burton. He was murdered by Indian sepoys during the Mutiny of 1857 while serving as the British Resident of Kota. With a cane in hand, the Major is said to haunt this 178-year-old palace that is now a heritage hotel.<br />
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Sabrimala: Celestial Lighting</h3>
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On 14th January every year, during the revelries of Makara Sankranti at Sabarimala Temple in Kerala, a rather mysterious phenomenon takes place. A kind of celestial lighting has been spotted on one particular hilltop. Hindus believe that this is none other than the act of Lord Ayyappan who asserts himself to bless his devotees.<br />
However some state that the lighting is a manmade one. According to one theory, it is said to be the result of forest-dwellers who used to light up a lamp during this day. And even after they left, this ritual continued to take place. This theory is said to be debatable though.<br />
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5) Markonahalli Dam: Word of Caution</h3>
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If you plan on going off-roading in Markonahalli Dam at Kunigal Taluk, a slight word of caution. Passing your bike through a certain ditch might cause it to stop altogether.<br />
Many bikers recount this episode and claim that they had to drag their vehicle all the way to Bangalore in order to get it working again. According to some, this ditch is the very spot where an old lady was buried.<br />
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Living Tree Bridges of Cherrapunji: Unbelievable Sight</h3>
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What appears to be a scene out of a Lord of the Rings movie, the Living Tree Bridges of Cherrapunji, Meghalaya, is just what the name suggests. Providing a rather mysterious and surreal sight, the rubber tree in question is said to have roots that go as long as 3000 feet.<br />
And if you are wondering how on earth they got that way, the winding roots have made their way along the slopes. As the trees cling to the higher areas of the riverbank, they send their roots down to the riverbed. It is said that over the ages, humans have shaped them to aid as a natural bridge between the rivers.<br />
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Dumas Beach: Getting lost and not in the nice way</h3>
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Famous for its back sand, Dumas Beach in Gujarat is said to infuse an ominous air. This is also a cremation ground where people gave claimed to experience paranormal activities. Apparently, taking a stroll by the beach is not a sunny affair as you may land up in some strange place.<br />
There have been reports of tourists missing in the past here. Locals too warn people not to venture this beach at night.<br />
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Magnetic Hill: Car Slipping Uphill</h3>
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We are aware of a vehicle slipping down downhill, but can it actually go up the other way around? There is a hill in Ladakh that is believed to be magnetic. If by any chance you happen to park your car and leave it on neutral on the road that climbs up the hill, it will ascend the steep road on its own at a speed up to 20kms per hour! Popularly known as ‘Himalayan wonder’, the place is rather talked about among travellers.<br />
What appears like the doings of some magic is actually said to be due to an optical illusion. The mountains, roads, and hills are placed in such a way that it appears as if the area is an uphill terrain, but in reality, it is slightly downhill. Hence, when a car is left out of gear, it looks as if it is rolling uphill. Whatever be the reason, there is no denying the enigma surropunding it.<br />
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Jatinga: Birds commit suicide</h3>
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What seems to have come straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie, this phenomenon is a rather depressing one. Jatinga village, Dima Hasao, Assam is where several migratory birds just drop dead.<br />
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This especially happens between 6pm to 9.30pm on moonless nights during the months of September and October. Several theories have popped up regarding the bird suicide happenings but none have managed to be accurate.<br />
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Hide-and-seek Beach: Rare Phenomena</h3>
Imagine an entire beach appear and disappear in a matter of one day. Located in Orissa, the Chandipur Beach is also called the Hide –and-Seek Beach due to its nature. On one occasion you may witness the water and on another, do not be surprised if you witness nothing but Casuarina trees and sand dunes.<br />
This happens as the sea water ebbs around 5kms during low tide and resurfaces to the shore during high tide each day. Whatever the reason, the phenomenal is rare indeed!<br />
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Skeleton lake: Case of Mystery</h3>
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Locally named as the Mystery Lake and rightly so, this high altitude glacial water body lies in an uninhabited place in Uttarakhand. The lake is shallow and when the snow melts, several human skeletons are said to be visible. When this was discovered, various wooden artefacts, iron spearheads, leather slippers and rings were found too.<br />
There were many theories looming around. Initially, they were believed to belong to the 19th century, later it was alleged that the skeletons were an effect of mass death during 9th Century AD. National Geographic dived into the matter as well and suspected that some of the bones still had flesh on them. Creepy!<br />
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Bullet Baba: Self-starting Bike</h3>
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Om Banna, an avid bike lover was on his way during the elections to meet some people on his Bullet bike. En route, he met with an unfortunate accident and passed away. The cops seized the vehicle and put it in the police station, only to discover that it was missing the next morning. After a few searches, they found it at the same accident site. Even after placing the vehicle back, the incident repeated again.<br />
It was believed that the late owner himself rode it there. Today, they have built a temple in that location in his memory where people come to worship him as the accident preventer. Another interesting fact, some of the devotees actually offer ‘Bullet Beer’ to him. This place is located 20 kms before Pali city, in Rajasthan.<br />
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Bhangarh Fort: Cursed by a Wizard</h3>
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A 300-km drive from Delhi, Bhangarh Fort is known as one of the most haunted places in India. Many paranormal activities are said to occur here. It is alleged that people who stay at this place post sunset are never to be found. When here, you will stumble upon a board of The Archaeological Survey of India stating that no one is allowed to stay in the fort before dawn and after dusk.<br />
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There are different legends to this place. One alludes that there was a sage named Baba Balanath who resided in the fort area. It was a demand that the houses built on the fortress ground should not be taller than his house and cast a shadow on his house. If so, he would call upon the doom of the fort town.<br />
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Another theory involves a wizard who was in love with a princess and was versed with black magic. He tried giving her a potion to make her fall in love with him. The princess however saw through it and threw the bottle on a boulder that rolled down and crushed him. Before his death, he put a curse on the Bhangarh saying that nobody would ever be able to live here. Soon after, the fort was invaded by the Mughals and all the 10,000 people living there including the princess were sacked.<br />
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Gadikal: Apparitions on a Rock</h3>
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For those who have travelled through Gadikal in Chikmagalur at an untimely hour, the story ahead has been a mysterious and chilly experience indeed. Somewhere along the way, there is a sharp U-turn with a rock in between the road. What appears to be people sitting on the rock on closer inspection are apparitions.</div>
Legend has it that one uneventful day, a bus had lost control and ran into the rock. There were some people waiting here who got killed in the accident. These are the same people who are seen sitting on the rock.<br />
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Kuldhara: Disappearing Villagers</h3>
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For 5 centuries, the villagers of Kuldhara were said to live in harmony. Then, on one night, they just left… all of them. This strange act has been a source of mystery for a long time. After all how can around 1500 residents disappear like that?<br />
Various interpretations have emerged; some say that they did so to flee from an oppressive landlord and others mention about a love-struck young couple. The tale states that the father of the girl was an important man in the village and did not approve of the alliance. Whatever the cause was, nobody knows where they went to.<br />
It is believed that the villagers cursed the land before leaving. There were some who tried to live here but were said to have met with a brutal death. Today this village remains abandoned, only alive in stories.<br />
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The Loktak Lake in Manipur offers a mysterious and spectacular sight. There are large circular clusters of vegetation that float on the surface. Termed as the only Floating Lake in the world, the formations (phumdis) are made of vegetation, soil and organic matter. This place has been a case of interest and fascination among many.<br />
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Dow Hill: Headless Boy Disappearing in the Woods</h3>
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With towering trees that let little sunlight seep through and a misty air that looms large, Dow Hill, Kurseong makes for an ideal backdrop in a horror movie. What’s more chilling is the apparition of a headless boy disappearing into the woods.<br />
He is said to be travelling from the road and vanishing into the density of the forest. Locals have claimed to have strange sightings and experiences. It is also believed that anyone who comes across the spectre commits suicide due to depression. There have been many murder cases here too.<br />
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18) Agrasenki Baol: Hypnotises People to Commit Suicide</h3>
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Agrasenki Baoli on Hailey Road near Connaught Place has a rather gloomy story to it. According to the tales of the locals, the structure belonged to the 14th century and was constructed by Maharaja Agrasen.<br />
When the Baoli started dipping from its heydays and losing its appeal, it mysteriously got filled with black waters. The foreboding liquid was said to hypnotise people and lure them to commit suicide here.<br />
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Delhi Cantt: Lady in White Saree Asks for a Lift</h3>
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This may sound like a stereotypical tale that you would recite on a moonless night to scare people. However it is alleged that at an unearthly hour, when you make your way through the isolated and lush area of Delhi Cantt, you encounter a lady clad in a white saree.<br />
She asks for lifts from motorists and knocks on doors of cars passing by. Speeding up your vehicle would not help since she is said to match up to your speed. Stopping the car is not a wise option either!<br />
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Khooni Nadi: A River That Sucks People In</h3>
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Like the name suggest, the Khooni Nadi is where some unexplainable occurrences take place. The water body flows across Rohini in Delhi. It is believed that anyone who enters the river gets sucked inside by a mysterious force. There are several who have lost their lives here and the reason is still unknown.</div>
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Himalayas: Home to Yeti, the Snow Monster</h3>
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Who can tell what lurks in the uninhabited mystic peaks of Himalayas? For long, abnormal beings have been said to reside here. This includes a Yeti, the snowman monster who dwells in the Himalayas of Tibet and Nepal.<br />
People who have traversed here have witnessed strange happenings like red snowfall with red spots scattered all over the ice. Due to the ardours terrain, there have been many who have passed away in a desire to reach the summit. Folks from the Indian Army too have reported sceptre visions of dead climbers and soldiers.<br />
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Banni Grasslands Reserve in the Rann of Kutch lends its own charm. Since centuries locals have claimed to have spotted few mysterious dancing lights. Labelled as Chir Batti, they are alleged to be as fierce as a mercury lamp and can apparently change their colour into blue, red, yellow to a pear- shaped moving ball. Sometimes they are still and other times they move at a fast pace.<br />
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There have been visitors and soldiers who complained that these lights seemed to have followed them. Scientists refute paranormal activities here and believe that the occurrences are due to oxidation of methane from the marshes.<br />
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Hanging Pillar: Temple Complex Stands On The Pillar </h3>
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Located in the Anantapur district in southern Andhra Pradesh, the hanging Pillar of Lepakshi is a mystery indeed. Built in the 16th-century temple of stone in Vijayanagar style, you can actually swipe a piece of cloth or paper mid-air that separates the ground and the pillar.<br />
As a matter of fact, a curious British Engineer tried to figure out the secret of its support, consequently dislodging it a bit in the process. Some believe that the entire complex stands on the pillar.<br />
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Kukkarahalli Lake: Anonymous Figure Sitting on the Back Seat</h3>
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Bikers who have crossed Kukkarahalli Lake, Mysore during late hours of the night send a warning. For some unexplainable reason, the engine stops working till the entire stretch is passed. Or worse, if you are a lone rider, you might just experience someone sitting on the back of your bike!<br />
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Jamali-Kamali Masjid: Shrill Cries in the Night</h3>
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According to tales, two noble Sufi saints named Jamali and Kamali were buried at this mosque in Delhi. What would have otherwise been a tranquil place of worship was said to be troubled by some jihns who haunt it.<br />
People have claimed to undergo some strange occurrences; some have been slapped by invisible hands while some were chased by the wind. You can also hear cries in the night which is why the mosque is always avoided post sunset.<br />
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Kodinhi: Mysterious Village of Twins People</h3>
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I bet you can’t have just one! Yes, if you are born in Kodinhi then you are likely to have an identical twin. This twin syndrome that has been trending in Kodinhi is startling.<br />
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Situated in the Malappuram district in Kerala, this small hamlet is an abode to approximately 2000 families. It is unusual that these families have given birth to approximately 220 sets of twins. According to a data the average number of twins born at Kodinhi is almost six times of that in the World.<br />
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Dr Krishnan Sri Biju, who is a local doctor and has also been trying to decode the mystery behind this twinning, assumes that diet pattern or the food habits of the villagers could be a reason. Many more researchers have tried to get staunch results, but no one has been successful.<br />
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Shettihalli – The Drowning Church</h3>
The French Missionaries built this magnificent church on the banks of Hemavathi River near Hassan, during the 1860s. Years later in 1960s the government constructed the Gorur dam on this river. Even though the dam was built for reserving water, it had its counter effects.<br />
Every monsoon the dam gives rise to floods and the entire church is submerged in water. This magnetic architecture reappears when the water settles.<br />
It is miraculous that this antiquated church has been facing the fury of monsoons for several years now and yet has survived and retained its glory. It continues to hypnotise people with its beauty and continues to allure innumerable explorers.<br />
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Gyanganj – City of Immortal Beings</h3>
The majestic Himalayas have always stolen our attention with its mystique beauty and adventurous stories. One such amazing tale comes from Gyanganj, which is situated in the pristine valleys of the Himalayas.<br />
The legend states that Gyanganj is where the immortals dwell. This place is an abode to several sages who have given up on worldly pleasures and have become immortals without any cravings or pain. Sources say that one needs to have a ‘Karmic Connection’ and should also be a dedicated yogi to find this place.<br />
It is believed that even the modern satellites and mapping techniques have not been able to spot this place. It’s a place where no one dies.<br />
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Rat Temple, Deshnok</h3>
In India there are people who are scared of rats and then there are those who worship rats. Thousands of rats dwell at the Deshnok temple in Bikaner in the state of Rajasthan.It is popularly known as the Karni Mata Rat Temple, one of the most mysterious places in India.<br />
According to the Legend there was a Goddess named Karni Mata and she belonged to the Charin clan. This clan claimed that rats were their ancestors and the concept of rebirth revolved in a circle.<br />
They believed that humans died and turned into rats and then when the rat died it was reborn as a human again. Hence when Karni Mata died she turned into a rat. Innumerable pilgrims visit this temple every year<br />
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The Ram Setu</h3>
The Rama Setu is believed to be a 1.7 Million Years old structure. The mythology of Ramayana states, how a number of vanaras (monkeys) built this bridge with stones for Lord Rama who was on a journey to rescue his abducted wife Sita.<br />
This bridge is 30 KM in length and 3 KM in width and connects the Pamban Island in India and the Mannar Island of Sri Lanka. The mysterious thing about this bridge is that, it is made up of floating stones.<br />
The tale in Ramayana states that two monkeys Nala and Neela touched these stones wrote Ram on it and miraculously made the stones float. Several scientists have researched for years and have tried finding scientific reasons, but haven’t been very convincing.</div>
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Canola Flower Fields, China</h3>
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future indiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06279385033124599133noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1769176494640948868.post-3766399844314538822016-09-28T06:18:00.000-07:002016-09-28T06:18:10.353-07:00Brain or What?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Look around your house or car at all the amazing inventions that have come along in the past few years: iPods and iPads, GPS devices, satellite TV, those weird little robots that can vacuum a room by themselves. All these technological toys are like Stone-Age tools compared to the amazing wonders of the human brain. Although humans have been studying the brain for thousands of years, in the past 15 years or so, scientists have debunked some longstanding myths about our most vital organ. Here are some surprising facts about the human brain.<br />
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The Average Brain Uses Equivalent of 20 Watts of Power</h3>
Researchers have determined that the brain consumes about 20 percent of the body’s energy. From there, it’s rather simple to take the average daily caloric intake of a human, translate that into an energy equivalent, and then determine the amount of energy an average human brain uses each day. Several different sources have determined the brain’s electric output to be approximately 20 watts. That begs an obvious question: Do the brains of so-called “geniuses” use more energy? We might not know if it weren’t for studies of one of the most famous brains in history. Following Albert Einstein’s death in 1955, his brain was preserved for research, and studies have found that it contained many more glial cells — the cells that nourish and otherwise assist neurons — than other brains, which would require more energy.<br />
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People Use Much More Than 10 Percent of Their Brains</h3>
The myth that humans use only 10 percent of their brains has been repeated so often, by so many sources, it’s widely accepted as fact. It’s certainly one of the most pervasive myths about the human body, dating back to the early 20th century. Researchers have used MRI and PET scans of the human brain to show that far more than 10 percent of the organ is used even at rest. In fact, studies suggest that during any given day, fully 100 percent of the brain’s area is active. Furthermore, individuals with even minor brain damage to any area of the brain can show impaired function, hardly consistent with an organ that according to myth is 90 percent unused. Despite the fact that this myth has been proven wrong again and again — including on a 2010 episode of the popular show MythBusters — it persists in popular culture.<br />
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3. The Brain Adds New Cells Throughout Life</h3>
Another longstanding brain myth is that a person is born with all the brain cells they’ll ever have, and when the cells die, that’s it. The brain has some 100 billion nerve cells, and cells do die on a regular basis. Cell death can be accelerated by drug and alcohol abuse and even sleep apnea. However, studies in recent years have shown that our brains add new neurons throughout life, as many as hundreds of thousands per month. You can aid this process, known as neurogenesis, by exercising, engaging in mentally stimulating activities and eating a healthy diet. Eventually, scientists hope to learn how to reproduce this natural process of neurogenesis to treat damaged brains.<br />
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Also contrary to popular belief, the process of aging itself doesn’t necessarily kill brain cells. A study at Harvard in the mid-1990s examined the brains of 38 people who had died between the ages of 57 and 90. The study found no age-related loss of brain cells. In other words, the brains of those in their 80s and 90s had as many neurons as those of the 50-somethings. But changes in the brain that begin in our 20s and 30s eventually result in diminished mental function. Researchers have found that the brain shrinks slightly with age, losing up to 10 percent of its weight by age 90. And the brain’s chemistry changes, slowing the connections between neurons. The good news is that a few lifestyle changes can help keep your brain young. Of course, some of these are obvious — don’t smoke, drink alcohol in moderation, eat a heart-healthy diet, and exercise. Most importantly, keep mentally active. Take up a new hobby, learn a new language, and stay active with friends.<br />
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1. The Brain’s Storage Capacity Is Astounding</h3>
Imagine your brain as a computer hard drive. How much memory would your “system” have? A few scientists have puzzled over this question in recent years, with widely varying results. Syracuse University Professor Robert Birge estimated in 1996 that the human brain had a storage capacity of between 1 and 10 terabytes, with a likely value of 3TB (for comparison, high-end iMacs today come with a 1 terabyte memory).</div>
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A true spectacle, proof of nature’s forces and wonders of mother nature. A waterfall is one of the most amazing creations that nature has to offer. The splendid power of white water crashing over cliffs to the depths below has a mesmerizing effect on anyone who has witnessed the spectacle of some of the world’s biggest waterfalls. There are many beautiful waterfalls around the world but this list consistes the 10 greatest,biggest and most amazing extraordinary waterfalls around the world.<br />
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1. Iguazu Falls</h3>
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Discovered by Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541. One of the great natural wonders of the world, Iguaçu Falls is situated on the border between Brazil and Argentina. The waterfall system is not so much about height, width or volume but it consists of 275 falls along the Iguazu River. The majority of the falls are about 64 metres (210 ft) in height. The most impressive of them all is the Devil’s Throat a U-shaped, 82 meter high (269 ft), 150 meter (492 ft) wide and 700 meter (2300 ft) long waterfall.</div>
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The Victoria Falls “The Smoke That Thunders” is a waterfall in southern Africa on the Zambezi River at the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe. Victoria Falls is often called the largest waterfall in the world, although it is neither the highest nor the widest. It has a width of 1.7 kilometers (1 miles) and height of 108 meters (360 ft), roughly twice the height of North America’s Niagara Falls. In combined height and width Victoria Falls is rivaled only by South America’s Iguazu Falls.</div>
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One of the the most famous waterfall in the world, Niagara Falls is the collective name for three waterfalls (the American Falls, Bridal Veil Falls and Horseshoe Falls) that straddle the international border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York. They form the southern end of the Niagara Gorge. Horseshoe Falls is located on the Canadian side while the other are located in New York. With more than 14 million visitors each year it is one of the most visited tourist attraction in the world.</div>
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4. The Angel Falls</h3>
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Angel Falls is the world’s highest uninterrupted waterfall, with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807 m (2,648 ft). It is so high that the water actually atomizes, due to the force of the strong winds in the area and simply disappears in a fine mist before it even reaches the ground.</div>
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Kaieteur Falls is a high-volume waterfall on the Potaro River in central Guyana, Potaro-Siparuni region. It is located in Kaieteur National Park. It is one of the most powerful waterfalls in the world, averaging 663 cubic meters per second (23,400 cubic feet per second). With a free fall height of 226 meters (741 feet) it is about five times higher than Niagara Falls and about two times the height of the Victoria Falls. While there are many higher falls, few have the combination of height and water volume.</div>
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Vinnufossen is the tallest waterfall in Europe and the sixth tallest in the world. The waterfall is located just east of the village of Sunndalsøra in the municipality of Sunndal in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. The falls are part of the river Vinnu which flows down from the Vinnufjellet mountain and it is fed from the Vinnufonna glacier. The falls flow into the river Driva near the village of Hoelsand</div>
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The Blue Nile Falls is a waterfall on the Blue Nile river in Ethiopia. It is known as Tis Abay in Amharic, meaning “smoking water”. It is situated on the upper course of the river, about 30 km downstream from the town of Bahir Dar and Lake Tana. Although much of the water is now diverted to a power dam, it is still a beautiful sight and one of Ethiopia’s best known tourist attractions.</div>
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Ban Gioc – Detian Falls are 2 waterfalls on the Quây Sơn River or Guichun River straddling the Sino-Vietnamese border, located in the Karst hills of Daxin County, Guangxi and in the district of Trung Khanh District, Cao Bằng province on the Vietnamese side, 272 km (169 mi) north of Hanoi. The Detian Falls is situated on the border between China and Vietnam. It is, in fact, the fourth largest cross-border falls in the world after Niagara, Victoria and Iguazu. Due to the various border conflicts between the two countries the area has only recently been opened to tourism. The waterfall drops 30 m (98 ft). It is separated into three falls by rocks and trees, and the thundering effect of the water hitting the cliffs can be heard from afar.</div>
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Gullfoss means translated “Golden Falls” and is one of Iceland’s most beautiful and without a doubt Iceland’s most popular waterfall. Gullfoss is a magnificient 32 meter high double waterfall on the White River (Hvítá). It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. The flow of the river from the regular rains and the glacial runoff, particularly in summer, makes it the largest volume falls in Europe.</div>
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Jog Falls, created by the River Sharavathi, falling from a height of 253 meters (829 feet), is the second-highest plunge waterfall in India, Located near Sagara, Karnataka, these segmented falls are a major tourist attraction. They are also called Gersoppa Falls, Gersoppa Falls and Jogada Gundi. Before the rainy season Jog Falls is nearly unrecognizable with only a pair of thin streams of water trickling down the cliff. But during the monsoon season the waterfall comes to life and exceeds even Kaieteur Falls in Guyana in terms of height and volume.</div>
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Who are the world’s top 10 most beautiful women of 2016. So here’s our list, the best ever. It’s restricted to women who’ve achieved a fair level of celebrity, based on the strongest, intelligent, desirable, popular, attractive, hot and most successful women of 2016.<br />
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The former disney starlet, Selena Gomez, hold the top position in the ‘World’s Most Beautiful Women of 2016’ list! She has blossomed into an extremely stunning young woman. She used to be a cute and innocent, now she’s the perfect combo of beautiful and sexy. Selena just exudes a confidence and a natural sense of poise that make her in the ranking.</div>
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2. Liza Soberano</h3>
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Filipino-American actress and model Liza Soberano comes at numer 2 in the list of 10 Most Beautiful Women of 2016 with the most beautiful faces in the world. She started in a range of television series and films, including Wansapanataym, Kung Ako’y Iiwan Mo, She’s the One, Must Be… Love, Got to Believe, Forevermore, Just The Way You Are and Everyday I Love You. Currently, she’s starring opposite Enrique Gil in the romantic comedy television series Dolce Amore.</div>
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Im Jin-ah, known by her stage name Nana, a former member of the K-pop girl band After School, has wonderslist’s “Most Beautiful Women of 2016” at third place. In June 2015, Nana was more active in China, where she has featured in such films as “Go Lalal Go 2” with Ariel Lin, Vic Zhou and Chen Bolin. She was ranked Number 1 on the Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2014 and again in 2015. In February 2016 it was confirmed that Nana would be joining the cast of the fourth season of the female special of Real Men (TV series).</div>
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4. Deepika Padukone</h3>
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The highest-paid Bollywood actress, Deepika Padukone hold the fourth position in the list of 10 most beautiful women of 2016. She has been considered a sex symbol and style icon in India, and ranks high on various listings of the India’s most beautiful women.</div>
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She looks beautiful always. She’s cited by her figure, height, smile, and eyes as her distinctive physical features, which always makes her stand out of all the beauty queens of Bollywood and Hollywood too.</div>
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Deepika Padukone is busy shooting for Hollywood movie “xXx- The Return Of Xander Cage” in which she plays the lead female role opposite Vin Diesel. She is an active celebrity endorser for several brands and products, including Tissot, Sony Cyber-shot, Nescafe, Vogue eyewear, Maybelline and Pepsi, among others.</div>
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Pixie Lott cites Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston as major influences on her style of singing. The famous pop star hold fifth position in the list of “The 10 Most Beautiful Women of 2016”. She has given some super-hit songs like Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh) and ‘Boys and Girls’ that gained this London girl enough fame in the year 2009. Her top six albums made to the list of top 10 and her first 3 albums recahed three shart topping singles. In FHM’s 100 Sexiest Women list, she was voted No. 45 in 2010, No. 31 in 2011, No. 12 in 2012 and No. 7 in 2013-14.</div>
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The young, hot American actress Amber Heard has often appears in magazines’ Most Beautiful and Sexiest lists. She got her first ground-breaking role in the 2007 television show Hidden Palms. However, her breakthrough came with roles in Never Back Down and Pineapple Express in 2008. Recently she appeared in films 3 Days to Kill, Magic Mike XXL and The Danish Girl. It is reported that Heard is in talks to play Mera, Aquaman’s Atlantean Queen, in the upcoming 2018 film, Aquaman.</div>
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The beautiful Heard got married Johnny Depp on Feb. 2015 in a private civil ceremony at their home in Los Angeles. She holds the sixth position on the world’s most beautiful women of 2016 list.</div>
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7. Priyanka Chopra</h3>
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The former Miss World, once again make it amongst the most beautiful women of the world. Chopra has been voted as the ‘Sexiest Asian Woman‘ for the year 2015 by a London-based weekly, Eastern Eye. She is a sensational performer in the Bollywood and has won many awards. She’s and one of the most popular and high-profile celebrities in India. Last year, she began starring as Alex Parrish on the ABC drama Quantico, becoming the first South Asian woman to headline an American network series.</div>
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The Brazilian brunette, “Supermodel of the World” is best known for being one of the Victoria’s Secret Angel’s. Her beauty has been recognized, regularly finding herself in the top 10 of the world’s hottest women by Maxim’s Hot 100. She’s currently the second highest paid model with earnings of $9 million, according to Forbes.</div>
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Friendly and fierce, Kid sister and killer, Movie star and girl next door – The gorgeous Emilia Clarke has wonderslist’s list of “The 10 Most Beautiful Women of 2016” at ninth place. She’s twenty-eight now, one of the stars of Game of Thrones, the mother not just of dragons but of John Connor in the latest movie Terminator Genisys, and Esquire’s Sexiest Woman Alive.</div>
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10. Pia Wurtzbach</h3>
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The Miss Universe 2015, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach, once professionally known as Pia Romero, comes at number ten in the list. She is an actress, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 2015 after becoming Miss Universe Philippines 2015 at the Binibining Pilipinas 2015 pageant on March 15, 2015.</div>
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You might think you’ve seen the world over, under, around and through, but there will still be wonders that will make your eyes pop. Even if you’re a dedicated animal enthusiast, you can’t honestly expect to know all of the 1,367,555 non-insect animal species, that are identified on the face of Earth today! Besides, new animal species might be discovered by the time you finish reading this text, so there will always be some new surprises for us out there...<br />
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Red-lipped Batfish</h3>
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Found on the Galapagos Islands, this fish is actually a pretty bad swimmer, and uses its pectoral fins to walk on the bottom of the ocean.</div>
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This rare shark is sometimes even called a “living fossil”, “is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old.” Goblin sharks inhabit around the world at depths greater than 100 m (330 ft), with adults found deeper than juveniles. Given the depths at which it lives, the goblin shark poses no danger to humans.</div>
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The Panda Ant</h3>
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The Mutillidae are a family of more than 3,000 species of wasps (despite the names) whose wingless females resemble large, hairy ants. Found in Chile, they are known for their extremely painful stings, hence the common name cow killer or cow ant. Black and white specimens are sometimes known as panda ants due to their hair coloration resembling that of the Chinese giant panda.<br />
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This, uhm… peculiar eyeless animal is actually called Atretochoana eiselti. It is a large, presumably aquatic, caecilian amphibian with a broad, flat head and a fleshy dorsal fin on the body.</div>
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These thorn bugs are related to cicadas, and use their beaks to pierce plant stems to feed upon their sap. Their strange appearance still poses many questions to scientists.<br />
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Found in Madagascar, Africa, this small tenrec is the only mammal known to use stridulation for generating sound – something that’s usually associated with snakes and insects.<br />
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As this hawk-moth feeds on flowers and makes a similar humming sound, it looks a lot like a hummingbird. What’s interesting is that it is surprisingly good at learning colors.<br />
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Glaucus Atlanticus</h3>
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Also known as the blue dragon, this creature is a is a species of blue sea slug. You could find it in warm waters of the oceans, as it floats on the surface because of a gas-filled sac in its stomach.<br />
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Also called the “sea locusts“, “prawn killers” and even “thumb splitters”, this is one of the most common predators in tropical and sub-tropical waters; little is known about them, however, because of how much time they spend hiding in their burrows.</div>
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Venezuelan Poodle Moth</h3>
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Discovered in Venezuela in 2009, this new species of alien-looking moth is still poorly explored. Waiting for more info about them! </div>
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The Pacu Fish</h3>
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You probably don’t need much explanation as to why the residents of Papua New Guinea call this fish a “ball cutter.” The local fishermen were really worried about the safety of their testicles when they had to get in the water! </div>
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This one is the largest of the existing isopods. “The enormous size of the giant isopod is a result of a phenomenon known as deep sea gigantism. This is the tendency of deep sea crustaceans and other animals to grow to a much larger size than similar species in shallower waters.”</div>
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The Saiga Antelope</h3>
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This saiga, spread around the Eurasian steppe, is known for its an extremely unusual, over-sized, flexible nose structure, the proboscis.</div>
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The Bush Viper</h3>
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Being a carnivore predator, the Bush Viper lives up in the trees of the tropical forests of Africa, and does most of its hunting at night.</div>
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The Blue Parrotfish</h3>
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This bright blue fish can be found in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, and spends 80% of its time searching for food.</div>
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Indian Purple Frog</h3>
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Found in India, this species of frog have bloated body and an unusually pointy snout; it only spends two weeks a year on the surface of earth, leaving the underground for mating.</div>
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Shoebill</h3>
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This large stork-like bird gets its name because of the shape of its beak. Even though it was already known to ancient Egyptians and Arabs, the bird was only classified in 19th century</div>
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Okapi</h3>
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This mammal is native to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. Despite the zebra-like stripes, it is actually more closely related to giraffes.</div>
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Narwhal</h3>
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This toothed whale, found in the arctic, has been valued for over 1000 years by the Inuit people for its meat and ivory. The narwhal, however, is especially sensitive to the climate change.</div>
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Thorny Dragon</h3>
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Coloured in camouflaging shades of desert browns, this lizard has a “false” head, which he presents to his predators by dipping the real one.</div>
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Sea Pig</h3>
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Scotoplanes live on deep ocean bottoms, specifically on the abyssal plain in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean, typically at depths of over 1000 meters. They are deposit feeders, and obtain food by extracting organic particles from deep-sea mud</div>
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Your eyes can distinguish more than 10 Million colours!</h3>
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People With Blue Eyes Have High Alcohol Tolerance</h3>
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You Spend about 10% of your waking hours with your eyes closed. how can that be? Yor are blinking!</h3>
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An Ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain!</h3>
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Einsteins eyes are kept in a safe in Newyork City</h3>
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Black lemurs are thought to be the only primates, besides humans to have blue eyes...</h3>
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Dolphins sleep with one eye open..</h3>
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A gaint Squids eye can be as big as a volleyball</h3>
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Ommatophobia is the rear of eyes</h3>
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Green eyes are the rarest color eyes. only 2% people have green eyes..</h3>
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If the human eye were a camera, it would have 576 megapixels</h3>
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Skyline Silhouette of chicago</h3>
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Hitachi Seaside Park, Japan</h3>
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50 dogs in the last 50 years have jumped off the Overtoun Bridge in Dumbarton, Scotland. They met their death on jagged rocks 40ft below the historic location. The most recorded was five dogs in just a six month period. All of the tragic incidents took place at the same spot; on the right-hand side between the last two parapets. The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals labelled the phenomenon a “heartbreaking mystery”.<br />
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Many believe the bridge is haunted after an incident in 1994 when a man named Kevin Moy threw his baby son to his death from the bridge; as he believed the newborn was the anti-Christ. He then tried to kill himself but was unsuccessful and when asked why he committed such a heinous crime, he confessed the bridge had made him do it as it had a powerful effect on him.</div>
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In 1872, these two towns in the Chilean desert were kept alive by the busy saltpeter miners and work was plentiful. Sadly everything collapsed during the Great Depression and as business declined the town of Humberstone and the town of LaNoria were left abandoned. By 1960 there was nobody left around.</div>
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There is good reason why the locals refuse to ever walk through these towns and that is due to the many rumours that during nightfall the dead walk the streets. There are urban legends that the people who lived in the town had never left and they went to their graves early without means to support themselves throughout the economic downfall.</div>
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You could dismiss these rumours as nonsense ghost stories that are passed down through generations; but the most mysterious part of these two towns is that the majority of the graves are hauntingly open and the bodies are exposed. Many believe the dead walk in the night as their peaceful sleep has been disturbed by grave robbers. Even in broad daylight people have said they can hear voices, whistling and children’s voices.</div>
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How can an entire village and all it’s inhabitants just disappear without a trace? In 1930, a trapper named Joe Labelle travelled to an Inuit village that he knew of – Lake Angikuni. When he arrived he wasn’t welcomed by anyone and instead found the entire place deserted; there was food cooking, rifles loaded and clothing left behind but not one of the 30 residents could be seen or heard. Labelle went to alert the Royal Canadian Mounted Police straight away and since then the location has been shrouded in mystery.</div>
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His account was published in the 1959 book Stranger Than Science by Frank Edwards. He returned to Lake Anjikuni with the mounted police and they too were unable to find any trace of the villagers or understand why they would leave all their belongings behind. They did come across the strangest part of the mystery though; the dogs which belonged to those that disappeared were found frozen to death, they had starved yet open food was scattered all around the now abandoned location.</div>
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In 1942 a mysterious discovery was made in a Roopkund, India. 16,000 feet above sea level at the foot of a small valley; during the summer months the once frozen lake had begun to melt and the horror that lurked beneath came to the surface. The lake was uncovered and it was filled with over 200 skeletons.</div>
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In Utah there is one of the most well-known ranches in the world but nobody is in much of a rush to get there. The Bigelow Ranch, or more commonly referred to as the Skinwalker Ranch, was once owned by Terry and Gwen Sherman and they had so much paranormal activity happening on the land that they soon sold up and ran. Robert T. Bigelow snapped up the ranch; he was eager to set up a team of his own investigators with surveillance and get to the bottom of the mysterious goings on.</div>
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What happened that made the Sherman’s just pack and leave? Ten of their cows reportedly vanished without a trace, large silver spheres “the size of football fields” were seen above the ranch, “doorways” opened in mid-air which were claimed to be inter-dimensional portals and great balls of light flew across the sky. The final straw was when the three family dogs went missing, the last place they were seen was now just a large burn mark on the ground.</div>
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Disney’s Discovery Island stretched over a staggering 11.5 acres at Disney World Orlando, Florida. The island opened in 1974 but then closed to the general public in 1999 – the area hasn’t been touched since and Mother Nature sets loose destroying what’s left of the resort. When the area was full of life guests could come and view many different species of birds and other animals.</div>
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Others believe there is a deeper underlying conspiracy after urban explorers swam to the island on the resort and they suffered no illness from the apparently present deadly bacteria. They also discovered that vultures had begun to live on the island and electricity was still running in the majority of the abandoned buildings. If the island was to be abandoned for good then why would Disney not shut off the power? The mystery continues…</div>
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In 1986 a diver came across mysterious underwater structures just off the southern tip of Japan. 25 metres below sea level sits one of the largest pyramid structures in the world; at 90 feet high, 600ft wide and with stone blocks which stack over five separate levels. Environmental investigators have also detailed that there is a road which runs around the entire incredible structure.</div>
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There are also markings and images on the structure which would appear that it was man-made. The location has been studied by marine geologists for almost two decades now and they have estimated it could be around five thousand years old, once above ground but has now sank during an earthquake which they believed took place two thousand years ago.</div>
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Some are non-believers and don’t agree Eastern culture could have been that advanced five thousand years ago to build such a gigantic monument; instead it should be considered as a natural phenomenon. The debate continues and it may be an even longer wait until there are any certain answers.</div>
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Hotel del Salto, Columbia</h3>
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Tequendama Falls is a 515ft tall waterfall that attracts thousands of tourists a year. Many flock to the locations to admire the stunning natural surroundings just 30km southwest of Bogatá, the capital city of Columbia. With so many heading to the area it is no wonder Hotel del Salto, positioned overlooking the entire valley, was such a success. Since 1928 they welcomed many travellers who were blown away by the breathtaking view.</div>
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Then the hotel abruptly closed it’s doors in the early 1990’s and the location became something of a local legend. There had been a rise in suicides surrounding it’s closure and some claim that the area is cursed which forced the hotel owners to abandon their business and run for safety.</div>
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Kapustin Yar is known as Russia’s very own Area 51 – but with even better security in place. The site was created for developing the Soviet Union’s space program after World War II had ended and they positioned the base deep within Soviet territory. Their secret operations were so sensitive that the closest town, Zhitkur, was evacuated and the residents relocated.</div>
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Within the walls work began on building new aircraft, missiles and many other weapons. By the time the US had heard about this location they had already built four launch sites, fourteen launch pads, an extremely-advanced radar tracking facility, three runways and a number of unidentifiable areas. Alongside this there were strange patterns on the ground and UFO experts believed these geometrics would attract aliens.</div>
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There are some who believe that so many nuclear weapons have been tested in this location that the entire area is now radioactive. If anyone wants to find out more, they won’t be able to get anywhere close to the location without being escorted away with force.</div>
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Aokigahara Forest, Japan</h3>
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At the foot of Mount Fuji is the Aokigahara Forest; there has been an extreme rate of suicide and is now known as having the second highest rate of suicide in the world. Local legend is the forest has been haunted by demons and ghosts for centuries and those who enter with a ‘troubled mind ‘may be persuaded by evil powers to take their own lives. Police have mounted signs all around the forest reading, “Your life is a precious gift from your parents,” and “Please consult the police before you decide to die!” all to no avail.</div>
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The forest workers say annually they discover over 50 bodies and they know many go undiscovered for years as the area stretches over 35-square kilometres. When they find a body they must carry it through the forest to the local station. It is considered bad luck for the ghost of the dead to be left alone so one of the workers has to stay with the body all night. The corpses are said to move on their own and scream throughout the night; not a job a lot of people will be queuing up for.</div>
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Chateau Miranda, also well-known as The Noisy Castle, has been a paradise for urban explorers in Belgium. The latest photos that appeared online were from a very brave photographer who broke in and documented the dilapidated state the location is in now. The eerie photographs are all over the internet and they are enough to send chills down your spine.</div>
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The family who once lived there had fled from the castle during the French Revolution to escape persecution – they relocated to a farmhouse in Celles. The family then never returned to their rightful home despite all its grandeur which had some questioning that they were fleeing a much more sinister force.</div>
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The castle was turned into a children’s home after the Second World War but history repeated itself as in 1980 it was left abandoned again, the photographer who broke in discovered a chalkboard and study tables left behind – once again, and abruptly, those who lived there had decided to flee. If only anyone stayed around long enough to explain why people mysteriously abandon this place.</div>
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Devil’s Triangle, Pacific Ocean</h3>
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The Devil’s Triangle, also known as the Devil’s Sea, is a part of the Pacific Ocean not too many people have stories about – as there have been many strange and unexplained disappearances much like those at the famous Bermuda Triangle. The mysterious incidents have included sightings of objects, magnetic abnormalities, planes just dropping from the sky and several inexplicable disappearances.</div>
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Many researchers have attempted to put forward their own theories which have included suggestions that the volcanic activity may be so staggeringly high it causes magnetic confusion which will be enough to take a plane right out of the sky. There are also theories that the Devil’s Triangle is one of the seven gateways to Hell.</div>
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Not satisfied with these explanations the Japanese government sent out their own research team, the Kaiyo Maru No.5, to the Devil’s Triangle in 1952. The crew was made up of 31 men and all lives were lost as they disappeared and were never seen again. They didn’t carry out any further research on the area.</div>
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Mys Aniva Lighthouse, Russia</h3>
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Mys Aniva Lighthouse, also known as the Cape Aniva, was built in 1939 just off the coast of the island Sakhalin. The island belonged to Russia in 1875, then became property of Japan in 1905 before Russia claimed it back after World War II. It is incredibly hard to get to so in 1945 the Russian’s had an idea where they supposedly replaced the diesel-operated engines with a radioisotope thermoelectric generator and adapted the mercury-assisted pendulum system. (It’s all complicated science but it basically means the lighthouse would now run by itself).</div>
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Apparently, the tampering with the lighthouse caused it to turn radioactive and urban explorers have claimed there are many signs in the building which warn of this. Others believe the location is still in use as a government hideaway where they can interrogate prisoners of war. Further rumours came to light that the building is haunted by the ghosts of those who were lost out at sea; their souls would be attracted to the lighthouse and they became trapped at the building too scared to go back into the water. Creepy.</div>
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Helltown Ohio, U.S.</h3>
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The north of Summit County has been renamed Hell Town by locals. Areas associated with the Hell Town name are: parts of Sagamore Hills, Northfield Center, Boston Township and Boston Village. These locations usually fall under one name, known as the Boston Mills.</div>
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In the late 1960’s a legislation was signed where National Park Services purchased the land which belonged to private owners to create a new National Recreation Area. Residents were forced from the area and entire towns were cleared out; one owner had scrawled across the walls of his vacated home: “Now we know how the Indians felt”.</div>
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The towns were boarded up or burnt down but the one thing they couldn’t distinguish were the rumours about Hell Town. Many believed the government forced the vacation of the area after a chemical spill which they had caused began to mutate several of the residents. The woods are now said to be overrun with trespassers from satanic cults and many believe the abandoned area is haunted by those who refused to leave their homes and were burnt alive inside.</div>
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San Luis Valley, Colorado U.S.</h3>
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In Hooper; San Luis Valley, Colorado there have been so many UFO sightings that a watch tower has been installed so they can gain around the clock coverage. Bright objects appearing like orbs and discs in the sky have been spotted by multiple witnesses who have all photographed and videoed the evidence.</div>
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A large amount of evidence is available online which shows several sightings of these bright lights – many non-believers have travelled to the area to see it for themselves. The mystery is – why is there so much activity in San Luis Valley? Are the sighters called ‘crackpots’ by the media to cover up the real reasons behind the activity in the area?</div>
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Pine Gap, Australia</h3>
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Pine Gap is the ‘Australian Area 51’. The research facility is said to be the most classified and controlled area by the Australian government; the intended purpose of the building was to act as a communication center for satellites stationed over the Pacific and Asia. The American and Australian government have issued many statements that there is nothing mysterious taking place at the research center but instead they are working to secure citizens from any pending attack.</div>
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Many theorists have claimed that Pine Gap is situated in the most ideal location in the Southern hemisphere for intergalactic communications. The biggest theory to date is that the site workers are employees of the Australian Defense Science and Technology Organization and they investigate UFO activity including spaceship crashes and recovery. With employees kept under strict confidential contracts – it’s unlikely we’ll ever find out what really takes place at Pine Gap.</div>
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Mines of Paris, France</h3>
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There are the Catacombs of Paris, a popular tourist destination for anyone who travels to the area as they get to see the underground burial chambers. But then there are the Mines of Paris that are strictly forbidden to the general public. Urban explorers have been trying to discover what lies beneath the busy Parisian streets for years, the mines are so well guarded that very few have succeeded; there is even cutting-edge technology in place to alert authorities if anyone even attempts to gain access.</div>
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In September 2004 the French police had found an underground cinema in the mines which ran on electricity syphoned from the city above; the mass media were alerted but when the police had returned the next day – the cinema room had been dismantled and there was mysteriously nothing left to be found. Many still believe that the mines are one of the Gateways to Hell and this is why the restriction is so tight so the city can be guarded against the arrival of any unwanted spirits.</div>
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Riddle House, Florida U.S.</h3>
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Since it was first built in the early 1900s; The Riddle House has been surrounded by death, despair. There was a tragedy in the house after one of the funeral parlour employees had come across difficult financial times; he hung himself from the rafters of the attic.</div>
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After the suicide, the house owner Karl Riddle had wrote in his diary that the staff were beginning to leave work after hearing voices and strange noises; many had quit and just never returned. Due to the distress of living there the house was abandoned and was in such ruins that the city was due to demolish it completely.</div>
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In the 1990s the home was donated to John Riddle, nephew of Karl, and he began an intense restoration process on the home. The repairs took a very long time because workers were so spooked by their tools being thrown down from the attic and windows cracking for no apparent reason. Many locals avoid approaching the house at all and still to date there is much mystery that surrounds the legend of the Riddle House.</div>
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There aren’t many words for the phenomenon that is the sailing stones because nobody has any real explanation. This mystery has had scientists puzzled for decades, in the desolate area of Death Valley California, as heavy stones appear to move across the dry lake leaving a trail displaying the distance covered.</div>
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There has been speculation worldwide as to why this occurs with many blaming aliens, paranormal activity, magnetic fields and even some refusing to believe this is anything other than the work of con artists who wish to encourage people to the area.</div>
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The rocks weigh around 700lbs and some have been known to cover a distance of 200 meters. Some move in straight lines, others curved or left to right. The movements vary but the answers don’t – the mystery continues.</div>
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Door To Hell, Turkmenistan</h3>
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Sometimes it’s better just to leave the world in it’s natural state as a team of Soviet scientists discovered in Turkmenistan, 1972. They managed to successfully open up what appears to be the gateway to hell as they were drilling for natural gases. The search created a huge 230-foot-wide, blazing crater and it has not stopped throwing out fire ever since.</div>
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Many tourists flock to the area to witness first-hand a natural fire that has not stopped burning for over 40 years now. The location looks like a work of science-fiction and many get very close to the edge to feel the rush of heat on their flesh. The President of Turkmenistan had ordered for the gateway to be closed but it is an impossibility until the natural gas supply comes to an end. How much gas is left or how long the hell hole will keep burning for is still an ongoing mystery.</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">A former home of opulence</span><br />
Forgotten in the barren landscapes of Rajasthan’s Thar Desert, the Shekhawati region was once home to the unabashed opulence of India’s billionaires. Today, many of the billionaires’ grand havelis (mansions) are crumbling – the fading frescoes marking the only vestiges of the area’s vanished glory.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Drenching the dusty towns in colour</span><br />
With paintings covering nearly every inch of the grand havelis, the towns and villages of Shekhawati encompass the world’s largest concentration of magnificent frescoes in a single region. To protect these once grand estates from crumbling further, two districts within Shekhawati have banned the sale of the havelis to anyone who could harm their heritage look. Their aim is to conserve and promote Shekhawati as a tourist destination.<br />
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Founded by the eponymous Rajput chieftain Rao Shekha in the late 15th Century, Shekhawati prospered immensely at the turn of the 19th Century. The region reduced taxes to lure merchants and diverted all caravan trade from the nearby commercial centres of Jaipur and Bikaner. Merchants belonging to the Marwari and Bania community, a renowned ethnic trading group in India, moved into Shekhawati from the surrounding towns, and amassed great wealth through a flourishing trade in opium, cotton and spices. Modest merchant homes started giving way to grand mansions by the end of the 19th Century.<br />
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W<span style="color: purple;">here wealth melds with artistic expression</span><br />
When trade moved from caravan routes to sea routes and railways in the 1820s, Rajasthan’s trade centres were on a steady decline. However, the enterprising merchants of Shekhawati followed the money trail and moved to the fledgling port towns of Bombay and Calcutta on the Indian coast, sending back enormous amounts of money to their homes in Shekhawati and thus heralding an era of uniquely painted havelis that acted as lavish displays of wealth.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Many courtyards and elaborate designs</span><br />
Most Havelis were built in a similar architectural style – usually two storied buildings with two to four open courtyards arranged within a rectangular block. Each courtyard and the corresponding rooms were designated for specific purposes. The first courtyard after entering the house was for men and their business dealings, the second was for women and the other two were for cooking and animal stables. But the merchants left no stone unturned in giving their mansions a distinct look, with ornately carved wooden entrances, pompous mirror work and the defining differentiator: ostentatious paintings depicting daily life and mythology.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">Frescoes adorn every surface</span><br />
Inspired by the 17th-century ochre frescoes introduced by the Rajput kings of Jaipur in Amer Fort, the merchants commissioned intricate paintings on every inch of the mansion walls – including exteriors, interiors, ceilings and even the spaces under the arches and eaves. Scenes from the ancient Hindu epics of Mahabharata and Ramayana – along with plenty of decorative floral designs and patterns – were the most common motifs featured in the frescoes for a large part of the 19th Century.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">A wide range of colours </span><br />
Painters were first commissioned from the city of Jaipur, but after noticing a rising interest in frescoes, members from the potter community in Shekhawati started learning the craft and created a proliferation of distinct styles across different villages. It is not entirely clear if the artists had full reign over the designs or if they were given specific instructions in choosing patterns and mythological scenes.<br />
Before the mid-19th Century, traditional pigments made from minerals and vegetables dominated the colour palette, with intense shades of reds, maroons, indigo, lapis lazuli and copper blue along with bright yellow supposedly made out cow’s urine. Starting 1860s, synthetic pigments came into use, which were cheaper and offered a wide range of new colours.<br />
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By the early 20th Century, the frescoes began depicting European influences and modern advancements – recollections from what the well-travelled merchants had seen in the big cities. In some rare cases, the painters were sent to observe and recreate the scenes. Among the traditional motifs, there are frescoes of Queen Elizabeth, Jesus, cherubs, steam engines and gramophones, as well as whacky creations mixing mythology with modern inventions, such as Hindu gods in chauffeur-driven cars (pictured).<br />
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The havelis and frescoes of Shekhawati blossomed until the early 20th Century; after which, the rich business tycoons left the desert wasteland for better opportunities in bustling metropolises like Bombay and Calcutta and even abroad. After the trade moved elsewhere, there was little development in the arid lands of Shekhawati, and the havelis were abandoned for good. <br />
Some of the biggest names in the Indian and global business scene today – including the likes of the steel baron Laxmi Mittal, Kumar Birla of Aditya Birla Group, pharmaceutical billionaire Ajay Piramal and Nepal’s only billionaire, Binod K Chaudhary, had their origins in the villages of Shekhawati. In fact, according to Forbes, almost 25% of India’s 100 richest were from Shekhawati.<br />
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By the 1950s, the thriving towns that had raised these billionaires were falling into steady despair. Selling or renovating these rural family bungalows – some of which could house up to 50 families at once – is a difficult job. The cost of upkeep is high and many of the properties, usually shared between multiple heirs, are embroiled in legal disputes. But since havelis are private properties, the government cannot do much to preserve them.<br />
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<span style="color: purple;">A new life for the Shekhawati mansions</span><br />
Luckily, the beauty and cultural significance of these painted havelis is not lost on everyone. In 1999, French artist Nadine Le Prince bought the 1802-built Nand Lal Devra Haveli (now called Nadine Le Prince Cultural Centre) and painstakingly restored it to its former glory in the town of Fatehpur. In the neighbouring towns of Dunlod and Nawalgarh, Seth Arjun Das Goenka Haveli and Shri Jairam Dasji Morarka’s family mansions have also been restored and turned into museums for public viewings. A few other havelis-turned-museums are scattered in the hinterlands of Shekhawati, and some like Malji ka Kamra, Koolwal Kothi and Castle Mandawa have been turned into heritage hotels.<br />
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Ruled by a dizzying array of kingdoms and empires over the centuries – from the Byzantines to the Ottomans – the city of Ani once housed many thousands of people, becoming a cultural hub and regional power under the medieval Bagratid Armenian dynasty. Today, it’s an eerie, abandoned city of ghosts that stands alone on a plateau in the remote highlands of northeast Turkey, 45km away from the Turkish border city of Kars. As you walk among the many ruins, left to deteriorate for over 90 years, the only sound is the wind howling through a ravine that marks the border between Turkey and Armenia.<br />
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Visitors who pass through Ani’s city walls are greeted with a panoramic view of ruins that span three centuries and five empires – including the Bagratid Armenians, Byzantines, Seljuk Turks, Georgians and Ottomans. The Ani plateau was ceded to Russia once the Ottoman Empire was defeated in the 1877-78 Russo-Turkish War. After the outbreak of World War I, the Ottomans fought to take back northeast Anatolia, and although they recaptured Ani and the surrounding area, the region was given to the newly formed Republic of Armenia. The site changed hands for the last time after the nascent Turkish Republic captured it during the 1920 eastern offensive in the Turkish War of Independence.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">A hotly contested territory</span><br />
The ruins of an ancient bridge over the Akhurian River, which winds its way at the bottom of the ravine to create a natural border, are fitting given the vexed state of Turkish-Armenian relations. The two countries have long disagreed over the mass killings of Armenians that took place under the Ottoman Empire during World War I, and Turkey officially closed its land border with Armenia in 1993 in response to a territorial conflict between Armenia and Turkey’s ally Azerbaijan.<br />
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Although the focus on Turkish-Armenian tension preoccupies most discussion of Ani, there’s an ongoing effort by archaeologists and activists to save the ruins, which have been abandoned in favour of more accessible and less historically contested sites from classical antiquity. Historians have long argued for Ani’s importance as a forgotten medieval nexus, and as a result, Ani is now on a tentative list for recognition as a Unesco World Heritage Site. With some luck and careful restoration work, which has begun in 2011, they may be able to forestall the hands of time.<br />
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‘<span style="color: blue;">The City of 1,001 Churches’</span><br />
At its height during the 11th Century, scholars estimate that Ani’s population reached as high as 100,000 people. Artistic renderings based on the site’s archaeological findings show a bustling medieval centre crowded with myriad homes, artisanal workshops and impressive churches scattered throughout.<br />
Known as “The City of 1,001 Churches”, Ani’s Armenian rulers and city merchants funded an extraordinary number of places of worship, all designed by the greatest architectural and artistic minds in their milieu. Although the nickname was hyperbole, archaeologists have discovered evidence of at least 40 churches, chapels and mausoleums to date.<br />
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A rust-coloured brick redoubt, the Cathedral of Ani looms over the now-abandoned city. Although its dome collapsed in an earthquake in 1319 – and, centuries later, another earthquake destroyed its northwest corner – it is still imposing in scale. It was completed in 1001 under the reign of Armenian King Gagik I, when the wealth and population of Ani was at its peak. Trdat, the renowned Armenian architect who designed it, also served the Byzantines by helping them repair the dome of the Hagia Sophia.<br />
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Only one half of the Church of the Redeemer remains – a monument to both the artistic prowess of the Armenian Bagratid Dynasty and the inevitability of time. Propped up by extensive scaffolding now, the church was an impressive architectural feat when it was built. It featured 19 archways and a dome, all made from local reddish-brown volcanic basalt.<br />
The church also housed a fragment of the True Cross, upon which Jesus was crucified. The church’s patron, Prince Ablgharib Pahlavid, reportedly obtained the relic during a visit to the Byzantine court at Constantinople.<br />
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Built sometime in the late 10th Century, the Church of St Gregory of the Abughamrentsis a stoic-looking, 12-sided chapel that has a dome carved with blind arcades: arches that are purely for embellishment instead of leading to a portal. In the early 1900s, a mausoleum was discovered buried under the church’s north side, likely containing the remains of the church’s patron, Prince Grigor Pahlavuni of the Bagratid Armenians, and his kin. Unfortunately, like many of the sites at Ani, the prince’s sepulchre was looted in the 1990s.<br />
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Opposite the Church of St Gregory of the Abughamrentsare a series of caves dug out of the rock, which some historians speculate may predate Ani. The caves are sometimes described as Ani’s “underground city” and signs point to their use as tombs and churches. In the early 20th Century, some of these caves were still used as dwellings.<br />
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The Church of St Gregory of Tigran Honents is one of Ani’s best preserved buildings, adorned with remnants of paintings depicting scenes from the life of Christ and St Gregory the Illuminator. Detailed fresco cycles did not ordinarily appear in Armenian art of the era, leading scholars to believe the artists were most likely Georgian.<br />
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The Seljuk Empire – a Turkish state in Anatolia that drove out the Byzantines and eventually gave way to the Ottoman Empire – controlled the greater area of what is today northeast Turkey and Armenia beginning in the mid-1000s. However, in 1072, the Seljuks granted control of Ani to an Islamic dynasty of Kurdish origin, the Shaddadids. The Shaddadids, in turn, left their mark on Ani with buildings like the mosque of Manuchihr, which is perched precariously on the edge of the cliff. Its minaret is still standing from when the mosque was constructed in the late 1000s; the rest of the mosque is most likely an addition from the 12th or 13th Centuries.<br />
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The original purpose of the mosque of Manuchihr is debated on both the Turkish and Armenian sides. Some contend that the building once served as a palace for the Armenian Bagratid dynasty and was only later converted into a mosque. Others argue that the structure was built as a mosque from the ground up, and thus was the first Turkish mosque in Anatolia. From 1906 to 1918, the mosque served as a museum of findings from Ani’s excavation by the Russian archaeologist Nicholas Marr. Regardless of the building’s origins, the mosque’s four elegant windows display spectacular views of the river and the other side of the gorge.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Once formidable city walls</span><br />
Ani’s city walls may seem ready to crumble, but when they were constructed in the 10th Century, they made for a formidable defence. The Bagratid family of kings built them in order to fortify their new capital and, over the centuries, they protected the city’s occupants against siege after siege by various armies. These ramparts, along with Ani’s inhabitants, witnessed bloody conflicts between the Bagratids and the Byzantines, and the Byzantines and the Seljuks.<br />
Despite Ani’s history as a field of warfare, the ruins also represent many periods throughout history where the city saw a remarkable interchange of cultures, religions and artistic motifs.</div>
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Spain’s cave country is the unspoilt Altiplano de Granada – a mountainous region of northern Andalusia, between the Sierra Nevada and the Sierra de Castril. In the market towns of Guadix, Baza and Huescar, there are entire districts of caves; in some of the surrounding villages, they are the only form of housing.</div>
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They owe their existence to the region’s peculiar geology – eruptions of rock formed from the sediments of a prehistoric sea. The region’s cave-dwelling tradition began with the Moors, but most were built (or carved) in the 19th century by peasant farmworkers. And thanks to the user-friendly nature of underground life in a hot, dry climate, it’s a tradition that’s never died out. The number of modern cave-dwellers in the Granada province runs into the thousands.</div>
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Upon arrival at the bus station, Guadix looked like any other small Andalucían town, with whitewashed townhouses and charming, shaded plazas. But when we climbed to the top of the hill, a strange Martian-like landscape will appeare before us.</div>
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Russet-coloured craggy hills punctuated the skyline and vast desert-like plains were framed by the soaring Sierra Nevada mountain range. Upon closer inspection, I could see small white chimneys poking out of the hills and front doors cut into the side of the rock, like Hobbit homes.</div>
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At the Barrio de Cuevas or the Neighbourhood of Caves, where much of the town’s population lives underground. Known as the trogloditas (troglodytes), locals have been living in these caves for hundreds of years..</div>
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Cave dwellings are among some of the oldest accommodations known to man. Usually they envisage a cramped, damp, and cold space that at most could serve as protection form the element until something better could be found or constructed. Well, the times have definitely changed.</div>
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Spain has thousands of modern-day “cave-dwellers” who call these literal holes in the wall their home. From Guadix to Galera and all across the Altiplano area, there are some incredibly beautiful houses carved out of the Andalucian mountainous rocks although there are many other areas throughout Spain which also advertise cave living as a viable option.</div>
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In Granada, there are numerous areas where cave dwelling is the norm. For example, the Albaycin and Sacromonte area of Granada City contain many cave homes and interestingly enough form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Alhambra Palace. The mountainsides of the Baza region are dotted with doors to leading to these cave homes. The mountainous region Guadix is another famous area for cave construction with a hundreds of dwellings.</div>
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Most of these regions have long histories in terms of cave settlement, some which can trace their early days to Arab Spain, over 500 years ago. In fact, cave dwelling has been a tradition in North Africa for over 1000 years. People in these regions have become experts in all facets of cave construction with many people having generations of expertise within their family.</div>
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What makes living in a cave so attractive? Well, first of all, it has to be said that cave-dwelling is not for everyone. Cave communities tend to be in small villages where stimulating entertainment might be difficult to find. It is definitely a rural lifestyle.</div>
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However, cave houses offer a number of distinct advantages. Damp, dark, cluttered, and claustrophobic areas they are not. Certain cave dwellings can have 8 or more bedrooms and gigantic living space as well.</div>
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Cave houses are also easier to heat in the winter and cool in the summer. Being constructed in stone, their temperature does not reflect the sometimes violent temperature changes can occur in Andalucia. In fact, the average ambient temperature usually stays around 20 degrees Celsius. While the weather outside does its thing, cave homes stay stable.</div>
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Cave houses can also cost a fraction to construct when compared to other types of homes on the market. Usually a viable cave which is also licensed to be modified is set upon by people who have a long background in cave house renovations. They excavate the interior taking great care to preserve any little features that exist that will add to the maintaining each caves special feel. The construction can reasonably rapid and the result will be a cave dwelling that is not only new but unique. No two cave houses are the same, which adds to their charm.</div>
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Once you are inside a cave house, you will probably find yourself surprised with how open it feels. </div>
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There is no sense of being underground or cooped up – instead, it feels warm and cosy. The sound is softened and almost muffled and the lighting belies conventional wisdom.</div>
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Builders of cave dwellings work wonders with light because they have to. Most cave homes are oriented to take advantage of the natural light that exists, often facing southward and the building layout also allows for the natural light to penetrate into the home as much as possible. However, there is also ingenious use of artificial light as well. Lighting might be disguised as a false window or emanate from a specially-carved place in the wall like a fountain. The creativity of these artists is depthless.</div>
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Specially constructed light ducts can also be made to allow the access of natural light into the home. Often the builders utilise drilling equipment use to make wells for this use. The light is then reflected through duct work to ensure the most light possible reaches the home. The typical white matte finish of cave homes also does much to transmit light throughout the building.</div>
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Cave dwelling is safe. They are not prone to collapse, fires, or earthquakes. Their number one enemy can be an accumulation of water or excess moisture. Caves survive earthquakes and fires. They can also be reinforced if the need be but once again, this is usually not a problem. A cave that can breathe is a healthy one. Ventilation is important, especially with the use of gas appliances. As a rule of thumb, gas should be avoided as much as possible, especially gas heaters. Constructors will usually take into account the use of gas in the layout of the home, with any such appliances being toward the front of the cave.</div>
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If cave living seems like it might be an option to you, why not look for a place to rent and see how you enjoy the experience? There are numerous companies especially in the province of Granada that rent cave homes by the day, week, or even for the long term. Give it a try and see if it is for you. Even if you are not planning to buy one, staying a while in a cave house can be a fantastic experience. It would definitely classify as a different type of vacation and due to their locations, it will afford you a chance to experience real village life in Spain as opposed to a glitzy vacation in some coastal resort.</div>
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This lower cost of a cave home makes them attractive to those people who might want to enter into the housing market but are not afforded many options. Their layouts are as variable as there are caves. Moreover, by their very nature, they are energy-efficient dwellings, making the most of nature. For those of you who take pride in being “green” and care about reducing your carbon footprint, a cave house might just be the thing for you.</div>
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If you want to know more about buying or building a cave house, there are many specialist estate agents dealing in this type of property, both in the Huescar and Baza area of the Altiplano region of Granada, as well as in the town of Guadix.</div>
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The Terracotta Army is one of the top attractions in China. It is significant because the hundreds of detailed life-size models represent the army that triumphed over all other Chinese armies in the Warring States Period, and who ushered in the united imperial China era 2,200 years ago.<br />
It is considered one of the greatest archaeological sites in the world, and one of the greatest discoveries of the 20th century.<br />
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In March 1974, a group of peasants digging a well in drought-parched Shaanxi province in northwest China unearthed fragments of a clay figure—the first evidence of what would turn out to be one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of modern times. Near the unexcavated tomb of Qin Shi Huangdi—who had proclaimed himself first emperor of China in 221 B.C.—lay an extraordinary underground treasure: an entire army of life-size terra cotta soldiers and horses, interred for more than 2,000 years<br />
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The site, where Qin Shi Huangdi's ancient capital of Xianyang once stood, lies a half-hour drive from traffic-clogged Xi'an (pop. 8.5 million). It is a dry, scrubby land planted in persimmon and pomegranate—bitterly cold in winter and scorching hot in summer—marked by dun-colored hills pocked with caves. But hotels and a roadside souvenir emporium selling five-foot-tall pottery figures suggest that something other than fruit cultivation is going on here.<br />
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Over the past 35 years, archaeologists have located some 600 pits, a complex of underground vaults as yet largely unexcavated, across a 22-square-mile area. Some are hard to get to, but three major pits are easily accessible, enclosed inside the four-acre Museum of the Terracotta Army, constructed around the discovery site and opened in 1979. In one pit, long columns of warriors, reassembled from broken pieces, stand in formation.With their topknots or caps, their tunics or armored vests, their goatees or close-cropped beards, the soldiers exhibit an astonishing individuality. A second pit inside the museum demonstrates how they appeared when they were found: some stand upright, buried to their shoulders in soil, while others lie toppled on their backs, alongside fallen and cracked clay horses. The site ranks with the Great Wall and Beijing's Forbidden City as one of the premier tourist attractions within China.<br />
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For those unable to make the journey to Xi'an, some of the choicest specimens unearthed there form the centerpiece of two successive traveling exhibitions that survey the reign of Qin Shi Huangdi (221 B.C.-210 B.C.). "The First Emperor," organized by the British Museum, debuted in London before moving to the High Museum in Atlanta. A second show, "Terra Cotta Warriors," then opened at the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California. It is now at the Houston Museum of Natural Science through October 18, and then moves to the National Geographic Society Museum in Washington, D.C. for display from November 19 to March 31, 2010.<br />
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In addition to showcasing recent finds, the exhibitions feature the largest collection of terra cotta figures ever to leave China. The statuary includes nine soldiers arranged in battle formation (armored officers, infantrymen, and standing and kneeling archers), as well as a terra cotta horse. Another highlight is a pair of intricately detailed, ten-foot-long bronze chariots, each drawn by four bronze horses. (Too fragile to be transported, the chariots are represented by replicas.) The artifacts offer a glimpse of the treasures that attract visitors from around the world to the Xi'an museum site, where 1,900 of an estimated 7,000 warriors have been disinterred so far.<br />
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The stupendous find at first seemed to reinforce conventional thinking—that the first emperor had been a relentless warmonger who cared only for military might. As archaeologists have learned during the past decade, however, that assessment was incomplete. Qin Shi Huangdi may have conquered China with his army, but he held it together with a civil administration system that endured for centuries. Among other accomplishments, the emperor standardized weights and measures and introduced a uniform writing script.<br />
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Recent digs have revealed that in addition to the clay soldiers, Qin Shi Huangdi's underground realm, presumably a facsimile of the court that surrounded him during his lifetime, is also populated by delightfully realistic waterfowl, crafted from bronze and serenaded by terra cotta musicians. The emperor's clay retinue includes terra cotta officials and even troupes of acrobats, slightly smaller than the soldiers but created with the same methods. "We find the underground pits are an imitation of the real organization in the Qin dynasty," says Duan Qingbo, head of the excavation team at the Shaanxi Provincial Research Institute for Archaeology. "People thought when the emperor died, he took just a lot of pottery army soldiers with him. Now they realize he took a whole political system with him."<br />
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Qin Shi Huangdi decreed a mass-production approach; artisans turned out figures almost like cars on an assembly line. Clay, unlike bronze, lends itself to quick and cheap fabrication. Workers built bodies, then customized them with heads, hats, shoes, mustaches, ears and so on, made in small molds. Some of the figures appear so strikingly individual they seem modeled on real people, though that is unlikely. "These probably weren't portraits in the Western sense," says Hiromi Kinoshita, who helped curate the exhibition at the British Museum. Instead, they may have been aggregate portraits: the ceramicists, says Kinoshita, "could have been told that you need to represent all the different types of people who come from different regions of China."</div>
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<b>Are You Adventurous!....then packup your bags to Siachen..</b>.</h3>
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Nothing compares to this chilling giant in the Himalayas that is named Siachen Glacier. Siachen is more commonly known as the highest active battlefield in the world. The glacier is one of the coldest region on earth but the name 'Siachen' means 'places of the wild roses'. The glacier probably got the name because of the high number of wild flowers that are found in the valley below the glacier.<br />
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With more than 2 trillion cubic feet of ice, Siachen glacier is the largest glacier in the world outside the Polar Region. The glacier is located on the northern slopes of the Karakorum Range, which is near the India -Tibet border. Siachen Glacier is around 72 km (45 miles) in length and is more than 2 km (1.2 miles) in width. There are more than 45 peaks that rise above 18000 feet within the 25 km range of Siachen Glacier. Not more than 16 have been named and only six have been climbed till now. The water from the melting Siachen glacier is source to many rivers in India and Tibet. Shaksgam River and Mutzgah River that run parallel to the mountain before cruising into Tibet are fed by the water from the glacier. Rocks and boulders are scattered on the sides of the glacier but in center there is a gigantic open area covered with few inches of snow.<br />
As far as adventure is concerned, Siachen Glaciers is a dream for mountaineers. Every adventurer considers a step on the top of Siachen Glacier as the greatest trophy he can get. There are many ranges around Siachen that are still to be conquered. Probably because the area is always having a large army presence in the area. Most of these ranges, just like Siachen Glacier are extremely tough to negotiate, but then that is what all dare devils crave for.</div>
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<b> <a href="http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/photos-of-alaska/" target="_blank">http://www.movoto.com/blog/opinions/photos-of-alaska/</a></b><br />
<a href="http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/alaska-the-last-frontier/photos/alaska-nature/" target="_blank">http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/alaska-the-last-frontier/photos/alaska-nature/</a><br />
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<i><b> A bridge from a home to its island backyard is said to cross over the US/Canadian border</b></i><br />
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The story of Zavikon Island goes back to the late 19th century with the tiny bridge between the two islands said to be the shortest international crossing in the world. Connecting United States and Canada.<br />
However, some sources indicate that both islands are in fact in Canada. Nevertheless, the story endures, with the diminutive bridge's charm supplanting geographic facts. The bridge is just 32 feet long, stretching from one island to the next in the Saint Lawrence River. The whole area has clusterings of hundreds of small islands in a 50-mile-long archipelago split between New York in the United States and Ontario in Canada, with the boundaries sometimes murky in the waters.</div>
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Step by step someone walks – seemingly without effort – across the African sky on an exposed thin strip. The view of the steep rock and scree slopes and the swelling cloud layers far below does not quite fit a walk and yet the scene resonates with ease when Stephan Siegrist crosses a highline. The Swiss professional mountaineer has already crossed highlines on Alpine mountains such as the Matterhorn and Dufourspitze, adding to the amazing natural landscapes the surprising element of an almost playful balancing act. The highline, which is a good 20-m long and stretches between two rock towers on Kilimanjaro, is where Siegrist achieved a new record at 5,700 m above sea level: no-one has ever walked a highline at such a height. The previous world record was set in 2015 by Bence Kerekes of Hungary with a highline at 5,322 m above sea level in Ladakh, India. Siegrist has exceeded this by several hundred meters.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">As an experienced alpinist, Siegrist is familiar with the challenges of height, but he could not predict how difficult it would be to keep his balance at 5,700 m above sea level. “Despite acclimatization, it was difficult to find my balance,” he says. “At this altitude, everything is slower – and that goes for balance too.” The low oxygen content of the air not only makes breathing difficult, but it also means that you feel dizzy more quickly. Placing one foot on the highline to begin the crossing was particularly difficult. “It was interesting to see how the highline responded to the slightest tension,” says Siegrist. “When I wasn’t completely relaxed, the webbing immediately trembled a bit.”</span></span><br />
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