Elephant polo
Elephant polo is a variant of polo played whilst riding elephants. It is played in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Rajasthan, and Thailand.
Colors
Colors is a movie by Dennis Hopper. An experienced cop and his rookie partner patrol the streets of East Los Angeles while trying to keep the gang violence under control.
Ecological dead zones
Dead zones are low-oxygen areas in the world's oceans, the observed incidences of which have been increasing since oceanographers began noting them in the 1970s. There are 146 dead zones in the world's oceans where marine life can't be supported due to depleted oxygen levels. Some of these are as small as a square kilometre, but the largest dead zone cover 70,000 square kilometres.
Theodore Judd Serios
Theodore Judd Serios was a Chicago bellhop, who became known in the 1960s by producing "thoughtographs" on Polaroid film. He claimed these were produced using psychic powers.
I, a Woman
This classic Swedish erotic gem stars Essy Persson as Siv, a young, sexy nurse who tries to bed every man who crosses her path. Siv uses her raw sexuality to entice, seduce and eventually desert every man who loves or desires her.
At Swim-Two-Birds
At Swim-Two-Birds is widely considered to be Flann O'Brien's masterpiece, and one of the most sophisticated examples of metafiction.
Peter Doig
Peter Doig is one of the absolute best painters working today.
Chartreuse
Chartreuse is a French liqueur composed of distilled alcohol flavored with 130 herbal extracts. The liqueur is named after the Grande Chartreuse monastery where it was formerly produced, located in the Chartreuse Mountains. The liqueur is nowadays produced in a factory in the nearby town of Voiron under the supervision of monks from the monastery.
Runit Island
Beneath this concrete dome on Runit Island, part of Enewetak Atoll, built between 1977 and 1980 at a cost of about $239 million, lie 111,000 cubic yards or radioactive soil and debris from Bikini and Rongelap atolls.
Liar’s Poker
Liar's Poker is a non-fiction, semi-autobiographical book by Michael Lewis describing the author's experiences as a bond salesman on Wall Street during the late 1980s.