Funny or Interesting Things
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Octopus Wolfi
Known as the world’s smallest octopus, you can find this tiny octopus in the Indo-Pacific Ocean. But you might want to bring a magnifying glass.4 -
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Viganella is a small village in Italy located at the bottom of a deep valley some 130 km north of Milan. All seems fine in Viganella except that the village is located on the wrong side of a steep mountain. The valley is so deep that the surrounding mountains cast a long shadow over the entire village completely blocking the sun for three long months during the winter. On 11 November the sun disappears and does not reappear until 2 February. "It's like Siberia," one of the village's nearly 200 residents said.
For centuries, villagers have accepted their fate, until recently, when a local engineer and architect came up with a brilliant idea: use a mirror to reflect sunlight into the village.
In 2005, with the support of Pierfranco Midali, the mayor of Viganella, 100,000 Euros were raised and the construction of the mirror started. In November 2006, the 40 square meters mirror, weighting 1.1 tons, was installed on the opposite slope of the mountain at an altitude of 1,100 meters. Of course, the mirror is too small to light up the whole town so Viganella's main square in front of the church was chosen. The mirror is computer-operated that follows the sun's path throughout the day reflecting sunlight onto the village square half a mile away and lighting up an area of 300 square yards for at least six hours a day.8 -
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honeybee__12 wrote: »
Viganella is a small village in Italy located at the bottom of a deep valley some 130 km north of Milan. All seems fine in Viganella except that the village is located on the wrong side of a steep mountain. The valley is so deep that the surrounding mountains cast a long shadow over the entire village completely blocking the sun for three long months during the winter. On 11 November the sun disappears and does not reappear until 2 February. "It's like Siberia," one of the village's nearly 200 residents said.
For centuries, villagers have accepted their fate, until recently, when a local engineer and architect came up with a brilliant idea: use a mirror to reflect sunlight into the village.
In 2005, with the support of Pierfranco Midali, the mayor of Viganella, 100,000 Euros were raised and the construction of the mirror started. In November 2006, the 40 square meters mirror, weighting 1.1 tons, was installed on the opposite slope of the mountain at an altitude of 1,100 meters. Of course, the mirror is too small to light up the whole town so Viganella's main square in front of the church was chosen. The mirror is computer-operated that follows the sun's path throughout the day reflecting sunlight onto the village square half a mile away and lighting up an area of 300 square yards for at least six hours a day.
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Just a reminder, that when meme's are posted, it usually goes downhill fast. Since I've seen to many threads shut down because of this:Please post with these guidelines in mind.
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This thread is intended for humor and fun. Please enjoy.
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Fractals are objects in which the same patterns occur again and again at different scales and sizes. In a perfect mathematical fractal – such as the famous Mandelbrot set, shown above – this “self-similarity” goes infinitely deep: each pattern is made up of smaller copies of itself, and those smaller copies are made up of smaller copies again, forever.3 -
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The twelve-angled stone in Cuzco, Peru. The stone illustrates the great precision Inca masons employed in ensuring their stone blocks fitted so well together that no mortar was needed.
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Namba Park, a shopping mall in Osaka Japan.
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And also there's this
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Beautiful Tortoise Beetles
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I Googled “how to start a fire”
I got 48,500 matches9 -
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SnackherBarrell wrote: »
Well, Im half slytherin so they cant be alllll that bad
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East Beach Cafe, UK
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