Monthly Archives: June 2014

FABULOUS PHOTOS!

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 CHICAGO FROM AFAR

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/12/chicago-from-afar-mount-prospect/

A DESERT OASIS IN LIBYA

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/12/desert-oasis-in-libya-wau-al-namus-george-steinmetz/

THE ALPINISTS

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/11/the-alpinists-aiguille-du-midi-france/

INSIDE THE OLD METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/11/inside-the-old-metropolitan-opera-house-nyc/

TITANIC’S ENGINES UNDERWATER

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/11/titanics-engines-underwater/

SUNRISE OVER LONDON ’S TOWER BRIDGE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/11/sunrise-over-tower-bridge-london/

OUR SUN ERUPTS

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/11/eruption-on-the-sun/

SNOWMOBILING THE NORWAY-SWEDEN BORDER

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/11/snowmobiling-the-norway-sweden-border/

A TINY HERMIT CRAB CLOSE-UP

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/tiny-hermit-crab-close-up-macro/

THE COCONUT OCTOPUS

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/the-coconut-octopus/

A CLOUD ILLUMINATED BY LIGHTNING

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/cloud-illuminated-by-lightning/

A TINY RIVER HOUSE IN SERBIA

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/tiny-river-house-in-serbia/

A SUBMARINE SURFACES THROUGH ARCTIC ICE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/uss-annapolis-submarine-surfaces-through-arctic-ice/

A WALL OF FALL

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/wall-of-fall-leaves-lone-window/

AN AIRPLANE CROSSES THE MOON

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/10/airplane-crossing-the-moon/

LIONESSES AT THE WATERING HOLE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/lionesses-at-the-watering-hole/

DEATH BEGETS LIFE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/bonsai-tree-on-log-fairy-lake/

  MOUNT FUJI FROM ABOVE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/picture-of-the-day-mount-fuji-from-above/

THE VENEZUELAN POODLE MOTH

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/picture-of-the-day-the-venezuelan-poodle-moth/

THE PERSEIDS METEOR SHOWER

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/the-perseids-meteor-shower/

AN X-RAY OF A STINGRAY

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/09/picture-of-the-day-an-x-ray-of-a-stingray/

MOTH TRAILS AT NIGHT

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/picture-of-the-day-moth-trails-at-night/

JUST A PINCH

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/clothespin-pinching-grass-art-sculpture/

EVOLUTION OF THE NEW YORK SKYLINE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/picture-of-the-day-evolution-of-the-new-york-skyline/

AN ELEPHANT MEETS A SEA LION

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/picture-of-the-day-an-elephant-meets-a-sea-lion/

AN OLYMPIC FULL MOON

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/08/picture-of-the-day-an-olympic-full-moon/

BASE JUMPING IN RIO

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/picture-of-the-day-base-jumping-in-rio/

THE BOMBING OF DRESDEN

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/picture-of-the-day-the-bombing-of-dresden/

WHERE THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA MEETS THE SEA

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/picture-of-the-day-where-the-great-wall-of-china-meets-the-sea/

THE CHICAGO SKYLINE FROM INDIANA

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/picture-of-the-day-the-chicago-skyline-from-indiana/

LIVING ON THE EDGE

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/picture-of-the-day-living-on-the-edge/

THE MOLOKINI CRATER IN HAWAII

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/picture-of-the-day-the-molokini-crater-in-hawaii/

IF JUPITER WAS THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE MOON

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/07/picture-of-the-day-if-jupiter-was-the-same-distance-as-the-moon/

A SEAHORSE INSPECTS A DIVER’S WATCH

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/06/picture-of-the-day-a-seahorse-inspects-a-divers-watch/

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/06/picture-of-the-day-everybody-was-kung-fu-fighting/

MOUNT RAINIER CASTING A SHADOW ON CLOUDS

http://twistedsifter.com/2012/06/picture-of-the-day-mt-rainier-casting-a-shadow-on-clouds/

interesting facts

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are gonna say “I didn’t know that!” at least 5 times.  Really neat stuff here:

 

 


Alaska

More than half of the coastline of the entire

United States is in Alaska. 

 

Amazon

 



The Amazon rainforest produces more than 20%
of the world’s oxygen supply.

The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean.  The volume of water in the Amazon river is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all rivers in the United States.

 

Antarctica

Antarctica is the only land on our planet

that is not owned by any country.
Ninety percent of the world’s ice covers Antarctica.
This ice also represents seventy percent

of all the fresh water in the world.  As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert;
The average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.
Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.),
Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
With an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil

Brazil got its name from the nut, not the other way around. 

 

 

 

Canada

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning ‘ Big Village’.

 

 

Chicago

Next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest

Polish population in the world.

 

 


Detroit

Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan,

carries the designation M-1.
So named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

 

 


Damascus, Syria

Damascus, Syria, was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was

founded in 753 BC making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

 

Istanbul, Turkey

 


Istanbul, Turkey, is the only city in the world
located on two continents.

Los Angeles

 


The full name of Los Angeles is:
El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de

Los Angeles de Porciuncula
— and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

 

 

New York City

 


The term ‘The Big Apple’ was coined
by touring jazz musicians of the 1930s
who used the slang expression ‘apple’ for any town or city.
 Therefore, to play New York City
is to play the big time – The Big Apple.

There are more Irish in New York City
than in Dublin, Ireland;
more Italians in New York City
than in Rome, Italy;
And more Jews in New York City
than in Tel Aviv, Israel.

 

 


 
Ohio

 


There are no natural lakes in the state of <u>Ohio . . .

every one is man-made.

 


Pitcairn Island

 


The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn
in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. miles/4,53 sq. Km.

 

 


Rome

 


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The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy (in 133 B.C.)
There is a city called Rome on every continent.

 

 


Siberia

 


Siberia contains more than 25% of the world’s forests.

 

 


S.M.O.M.

 



The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world
is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M).
 It is located in the city of Rome, Italy,
and has an area of two tennis courts.
And, as of 2001, has a population of 80
— 20 less people than the Vatican.
It is a sovereign entity under international law,
just as the Vatican is.

 

 

Sahara Desert

 


In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, Algeria, that did not receive a drop of rain for ten years.Technically, though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

 

 

Spain

 


Spain literally means ‘the land of rabbits’.

 

 


St. Paul, Minnesota

 


St. Paul, Minnesota</u>, was originally called Pig’s Eye
after a man named Pierre ‘Pig’s Eye’ Parrant
who set up the first business there.

 


Roads

 


Chances that a road is unpaved:
in the U.S.A = 1%;
in Canada = 75%

 


Russia

 


The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the
Kola Superdeep Borehole, in Russia.
It reached a depth of 12,261 meters
(about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles.)
It was drilled for scientific research
and gave up some unexpected discoveries,
one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen
– so massive that the mud coming from the hole
was boiling with it.

 

United States

 


The Eisenhower interstate system requires
that one mile in every five must be straight.
These straight sections are usable as airstrips
in times of war or other emergencies.

 

 


Waterfalls

 


The water of Angel Falls (the world’s highest) in Venezuela drops 3,212 feet (979 meters.)
They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.


 

 

 

I have always said, you should learn something new every day. Unfortunately, many of us are at that age where what we learn today, we forget tomorrow.


But, give it a shot anyway

 

 

 

 

 

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Where the Cashews Come From?

 

Who Knew?? 
 
 
  I did not know this guess you are never too old to learn something new!
 
 
Ever wonder where cashews come from?
You might think they grow inside a shell like any other nut,
But there true origins are far more bizarre.
 
First of all, cashews are not actually nuts, but rather fruits
From the cashew tree, a large evergreen tree that thrives in tropical climates.
The tree produces a red flower, which in turn produce yellow and red oval
Fruits resembling apples.
 
These so-called cashew apples are very juicy and pulpy, and their juice is often
Added to tropical fruit drinks.
 
 
The cashew apple and fruit.
However, cashew apples are not actually fruits in a scientific sense;
The real fruit of the cashew tree is the kidney-shaped formation growing
At the end.
 
 
These fruits, also called drupes, are harvested and become what we
Know as a cashew nut.
 
In their raw form, the other layer of the fruit contains multiple toxins,including
Anacardic acid, a powerful skin irritant similar to the toxin found in poison ivy
That must be removed prior to eating.
 
 
Roasting the cashews destroys the toxins, but roasting must be performed
Carefully outdoors because the smoke can irritate the lungs, sometimes to
A life-threatening degree.
 
 
When they are roasted, cashews change from their natural greenish-gray color
To the light brown nut sold in stores.
 
 
Next time you crack open a tin of cashews, take a moment to appreciate the
Long journey those little c-shaped nuts took from the tree to your table!

 

Unusual staircases

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This one would be confusing at first.
Start with the wrong foot and you are in trouble
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I love this one and the next one up has hinges for more storage
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Awsome I love this one

 

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Up. Thou shalt not waste space

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Same one looking down.


Wheeeeeeeeeeee……..

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Makes me seasick

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Well, maybe not

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Looking down                                    Looking up

This is another one that is confusing to navigate.

Never start off on the wrong foot.

 

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Now this I know I would get nauseous.

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What the……? (strong glue)

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This one looks like it should be musical or a giant blender

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Neat, but is it touching the ground?

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I guess not. This is an engineering marvel.

Where is this one?I want to see this.

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MICHIGAN state

Detroit is known as the car capital of the world.

Alpena is the home of the world’s largest cement plant.

Rogers City boasts the world’s largest limestone quarry.

Elsie is the home of the world’s largest registered Holstein dairy herd.

Michigan is first in the United States production of peat and magnesium compounds and second in gypsum and iron ore..

Colon is home to the world’s largest manufacturer of magic supplies….

The state Capitol with its majestic dome was built in Lansing in l879.
 

Although Michigan is often called the Wolverine State ,
there are no longer wolverines in Michigan .

(However, one was spotted in 2007, so there are some. )

Michigan ranks first in state boat registrations.

The Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit manufactured the first air-conditioned car in 1939.

The oldest county based on date of incorporation is Wayne in 1815…

Sault Ste. Marie was founded by Father Jacques Marquette in 1668.  It is the third oldest remaining settlement in the United States

In 1817, the University of Michigan was the first university
established by any of the states.  It was founded by priests.  Originally named Cathelepistemian and located in Detroit .  The name was changed in 1821.  The university moved to Ann Arbor in 1841.

The city of Novi was named from its designation as Stagecoach Stop #6 or No.VI.

Michigan State University has the largest single campus student body of any Michigan university.  It is the largest institution of higher learning in the state and one of the largest universities in the country.  Michigan State University was founded in 1855 as the nation’s first land-grant university and served as the prototype for 69 land-grant institutions later established under the Morrill  Act of 1862.   It was the first institution of higher learning in the nation to teach scientific agriculture..

The largest village in Michigan is Caro.

Michigan’s state stone, the Petoskey, is the official state stone.  It is found along the shores of Lake Michigan .

The Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan ….. It spans five miles over

the Straits of Mackinac, which is where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet.  The “Mighty Mac” took three years to complete and was opened to traffic in 1957.

Gerald R Ford grew up in Grand Rapids and became the 38th president of the United States .  He attended the University of Michigan where he was a football star.  He served on a World War II aircraft carrier and afterward represented Michigan in Congress for 24 years.  He was also an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in Boy Scouts.

The Kellogg Company has made Battle Creek the Cereal Capital of the World.  The Kellogg brothers accidentally discovered the process for producing flaked cereal products and sparked the beginning of the dry cereal industry.

The painted turtle is Michigan ‘s state reptile.

The western shore of Michigan has many sand dunes.  The Sleeping Bear Dunes rise 460 feet above Lake Michigan .
Living among the dunes is the dwarf lake iris the official state wildflower.

Vernor’s ginger ale was created in Detroit and became

the first soda pop made in the United States ….. In 1862, pharmacist James Vernor was trying to create a new beverage when he was called away to serve our country in the Civil War. When he returned, four years later, the drink he had stored in an oak case had acquired a delicious gingery flavor.

The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America to feature cageless, open-exhibits that allowed the animals more freedom to roam.

Michigan is the only place in the world with a floating post office…..The J. W. Westcott II is the only boat in the world that delivers mail to ships while they are still underway.  They have been operating for 125 years.

  Indian River is the home of the largest crucifix in the world. It is called the Cross in the Woods.

Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world

Michigan has more shoreline than any other state except Alaska .

The Ambassador Bridge was named by Joseph Bower, the person credited with making the bridge a reality, who thought the name, Detroit-Windsor International Bridge , as too long and lacked emotional appeal.  Bower wanted to symbolize the visible expression of friendship of two peoples with like ideas and ideals.

Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes and more than 36,000 miles of streams.

Michigan has 116 lighthouses and navigational lights.  Seul Choix Point Lighthouse in Gulliver has been guiding ships since 1895.  The working light also functions as a museum, which houses early 1900’s furnishings and maritime artifacts

Forty of the state’s 83 counties adjoin at least one of the  Great Lakes .

Michigan is the only state that touches four of the five Great Lakes .

Standing anywhere in the state a person is within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes ..

Michigan includes 56,954 square miles of land area, 1,194 square miles of inland waters, and 38,575 square miles of Great Lakes water area.

Sault Ste. Marie was established in 1668 making it the oldest town between the Alleghenies and the Rockies .

  Michigan was the first state to provide in its Constitution for the establishment of public libraries.

Michigan was the first state to guarantee every child the right to tax-paid high school education.

Four flags have flown over Michigan – French, English, Spanish and United States .

Isle Royal Park shelters one of the largest moose herds remaining in the United States …..

Some of the longest bulk freight carriers in the world operate on the Great Lakes .  Ore carriers 1,000 feet long sail Michigan ‘s inland seas.

The Upper Michigan Copper Country is the largest commercial deposit of native copper in the world.

The 19 chandeliers in the Capitol in Lansing are one of a kind and designed especially for the building by Tiffany’s of New York .  Weighing between 800-900 pounds apiece, they are composed of copper, iron, and pewter.

The first auto traffic tunnel built between two nations was the mile-long Detroit-Windsor tunnel under the Detroit River .

The world’s first international submarine railway tunnel was opened between Port Huron , Michigan , and Sarnia , Ontario , Canada in 1891.

The  nation’s first regularly scheduled air passage service began operation between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 1926.

In 1879, Detroit telephone customers were first in the nation to be assigned phone numbers to facilitate handling calls.

In 1929, the Michigan State Police established the first state police radio system in the world..

Grand Rapids is home to the 24-foot Leonardo Da Vinci horse, called Il Gavallo.  It is the largest equestrian bronze sculpture in the Western Hemisphere .

The State Motto (written in Latin) translates to: “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” 

  Was that interesting or what?

Southern Life

 

 Florida

A Florida senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the
dealership. Taking off down the road, he pushed it to 80 mph, enjoying the
wind blowing through what little hair he had left.

“Amazing,”
he thought as he flew down I-95, pushing the pedal even more.

Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a Florida State Trooper, blue lights
flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then
120.  Suddenly he thought, “What am I doing? I’m too old for this!” and
pulled over to await the trooper’s arrival.

Pulling in behind him, the trooper got out of his vehicle and walked up to the
Corvette. He looked at his watch, then said, “Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes.  Today is Friday.  If you can give me a new reason for speeding – a reason I’ve never before heard – I’ll let you go..”

The old gentleman paused then said, “Three years ago, my wife ran off with a Florida State Trooper.  I thought you were bringing her back.”

“Have a good day, Sir,” replied the trooper.

Georgia

The owner of a golf course in Georgia was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help.

He called her into his office and said, “Y’all graduated from the University of
Georgia and I need some help.  If I wuz to give yew $20,000, minus 14%,
how much would you take off?”

The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, “Everthang but my earrings.”

Louisiana

A senior citizen in Louisiana was overheard saying, “When the end of the world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana ..”

When asked why, he replied, “I’d rather be in Louisiana ‘cause everythang happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the world.”

Mississippi

The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to his
buddy, “Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!”

Bubba replied, “Did y’all see who it was?”

The young man answered, “I couldn’t tell, but I got the license number.”

North
Carolina

A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road,
and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait.

A passerby studied the scene as he drove by, and was so curious he turned
around and went back.  He asked the fellow what the problem was.

The man replied, “I got a flat tahr.”

The passerby asked, “But what’s with the flowers?”

The man responded, “When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back. I never did understand it neither.”

Tennessee

A Tennessee State trooper pulled over a pickup on I-65. The trooper asked,
“Got any ID?”

The driver replied, “Bout whut?”

Texas

The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, “Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch?
Don’t you see that sign right over your head.”

“Yep,” he replied. “That’s why I’m dumpin’ it here, ‘cause it says: ‘Fine For
Dumping Garbage.’”


Y’all kin say
whut y’all want ‘about the South, but y’all never heard o’ nobody retirin’ an’ movin’ North.

Giant Men….Incredible….

 

GIANT ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIND IN GREECE

These astounding photos are from a recent archaeological discovery in Greece; this totally unexpected find furnishes proof of the existence of “Nephilim”.   Nephilim is the word used todescribe the giants spoken of in Biblical times by Enoch as well as the giant that David fought against(Goliath).It is generally believed that most of these giants came about when the fallen angels had union with earthly woman.  Note the incredible size of the skull…

Gen 6:4There were giants on earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bear childrento them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
Num 13:33 – And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.














Just to show that the Bible is true with history lessons that are applicable both then and today.