For the next article in this series we find ourselves in Bucharest (Romania) where the House of the Republic - nowadays the seat of the Romanian parliament - can be admired as another madman’s achievement. For a long time this enormous building held the title of largest building in the world and nowadays it still is the world’s largest parliament building and it’s name has been changed to Palace of the Parliament. Read more…
Beating the most optimistic of my expectations Yofavo has managed to attract over 100,000 visitors since it’s launch less than 1 year ago. Like the earlier posted 50,000 visitor article this will be an overview of visitor numbers, visitor nationalities and simply put, how people got here! Enjoy.
Raw statistics (25-12-2009)
Page views : 153,547
Visits: 101,317
Comments: 3,292 out of which 3,240 were spam! Read more…
Dominating the Warsaw skyline for more than 50 years and no competition in the foreseeable future the Jozef Stalin Palace of Culture and Science is a good place to start our tour of totalitarian architecture’s highlights. Measuring almost 240 meters in height this 42 floor skyscraper was Europe’s tallest building upon it’s completion in 1955. Currently Europe’s 8th tallest building the palace houses cinemas, museums, a conference hall, offices, a swimming pool, a university, shops and many more facilities. Read more…
While British divers invented underwaterhockey to spend the winter months their continental nemesis - Germany - found diving at winter temperatures equally unpleasant resulting in the invention of underwater rugby. Simply exercising to maintain your physical fitness for only a few months of actual diving a year gets boring eventually, a problem solved creatively by inventing an underwater ball game combining the same physical exercise with team sport. Read more…
Hello dear reader, if you find yourself browsing my blog there’s a good chance you’ve been redirected here via google. With this being the first post in a while it seemed nice to produce a small overview with blog statistics which can help you find the articles other people found to be worthwhile and next to that you get to see some background information on this blog and blogging in general. Read more…
50 years ago, nuclear power was the answer… to everything! As soon as scientists got nuclear reactors working a wave of bizarre concepts appeared on the drawing board. Ranging from aircraft to lighthouses, jamming a nuclear reactor into them was the future! This is a story of an age in which anything was possible, as long as you didn’t mind a little radiation. Read more…
What might seem like the descending of heavenly paradise on earth turned out quite differently for Londoners in the fall of 1814. Following an accident at the Meux’s Horse Shoe Brewery a tidal wave of beer washed down the streets of Tottenham bringing death and destruction. Read more…
Measuring at a staggering 35 cm (14”) the Scolopendra Gigantea - more commonly known as the Giant Centipede - is the biggest insect in the world. In addition to it’s unlikely size this insect hunts for what is probably an even more unlikely prey, namely bats. Read more…
