“blackwater photographers dive at night into icy, pitch-dark depths.”
(https://mymodernmet.com/wu-yung-sen-blackwater-photography/)
Author: danelabonte
“The Rockin’ 1000 is a group of rock musicians primarily from Italy. Over a thousand musicians play and sing simultaneously at their concerts.”
“In 2020, 47% of Americans said they belonged to a church, synagogue or mosque, down from 50% in 2018 and 70% in 1999.”
(https://news.gallup.com/poll/341963/church-membership-falls-below-majority-first-time.aspx)
“Experts think climate change is to blame”
“Diarists have keenly chronicled the comings and goings of cherry blossoms for centuries—records from Kyoto, the old capital, date back 1,200 years. This precious, ancient data set reveals a disturbing trend: in recent decades, the blossoms have emerged much sooner than they once did.”
“The cause is little mystery. In deciding when to show their shoots, cherry trees rely on temperatures in February and March.”
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Elton John creating a song on the spot
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Termites & Ants
“Termites and Ants, both protected by a row of their soldiers in a stand-off, without fighting”
(https://reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/liuvpt/termites_and_ants_both_protected_by_a_row_of/)
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Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge
San Diego County, CA.
The world’s largest all-wood trestle.
Built in 1933. Discontinued 2008.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_Canyon_Trestle)
(https://reddit.com/r/AbandonedPorn/comments/kzjgpe/16_mile_hike_to_an_abandoned_train_track_bridge)
“The door to the dining area of the Alcobaça Monastery in Portugal was made narrow so that monks who got too fat were forced to go into fasting.”
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The Trump Tape
“US has almost twice as many confirmed coronavirus cases as the next worst-hit country, India, and almost 350,000 have died.”
“More than 10,000 Americans died in the last three days of 2020”
(https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/01/us-surpasses-20m-coronavirus-cases-on-new-years-day)
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