
Fakaofo
Fakaofo is a South Pacific Ocean atoll. The actual land area is only about 3 km².
Fakaofo is a South Pacific Ocean atoll. The actual land area is only about 3 km².
The Schienenzeppelin or rail zeppelin was an experimental railcar which resembles a zeppelin airship in appearance. Propulsion was by means of an airplane propeller located at the rear, and only a single example was ever built.
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table is a collection of essays written by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. The essays take the form of a chiefly one-sided dialogue between the unnamed Author and the other residents of a New England boarding house who are known only by their profession, location at the table or other defining characteristics. The topics discussed range from an essay on the unexpected benefits of old age to the finest place to site a dwelling and comments on the nature of conversation itself. The tone of the book is distinctly Yankee and takes a comic approach to the subject matter.
Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard was a French caricaturist.
Between 1985 and 1995 Helmut Newton published his most powerful pictures in his own magazine, Helmut Newton's Illustrated. Only four issues were ever published.
Westvleteren, a Belgium brewery founded by Trappist monks. The infamous Westvleteren 12 beer comes from here.
Lisa Larson is a Swedish ceramics artist.
Osmium is an extremely dense, blue-gray, hard but brittle metal that remains lustrous even at high temperatures. Due to its hardness, brittleness, and very high melting point (the fourth highest of all elements), solid osmium is difficult to machine, form, or work. Osmium is generally considered to be the densest known element, narrowly defeating iridium.
The Dyatlov Pass incident refers to an event that resulted in the deaths of nine ski hikers in the northern Ural mountains on the night of February 2, 1959. The lack of eyewitnesses and subsequent investigations into the hikers' deaths have inspired much speculation. Investigators at the time determined that the hikers tore open their tent from within, departing barefoot in heavy snow. Though the corpses showed no signs of struggle, two victims had fractured skulls, two had broken ribs, and one was missing her tongue. According to sources, four of the victims' clothing contained substantial levels of radiation. There is no mention of this in contemporary documentation; it only appears in later documents. Soviet investigators determined only that "a compelling unknown force" had caused the deaths.
Do the Right Thing is a movie by Spike Lee.