Did you know that London once had the tallest building in the world? The spire of Old St Paul's was the Burj Khalifa of its day, until the completion of slightly loftier Lincoln Cathedral in the early 1300s. No
They introduced their songs with details (which I love), sincerely thanked us for being there, and even remembered the woman dressed up like a zebra at their first-ever show in Maine a couple of Octobers back. She was right there in the front row, and loved hearing that they remembered ...
As always, even a seated show for a folk duo had at least one major concert etiquette issue. A woman sitting in the very front row on the upper level adjacent to the stage (and directly between me and the stage) was whispering loudly into her girlfriend’s ear throughout the entire ni...
Since opening in May 2024, Hyperia atThorpe Park Resortis currently the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the UK, reaching speeds of 81mph and a maximum height of 236ft. Before this, The Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach was the tallest roller coaster in the UK at 235ft and Stealt...
When we think of idolatry and paganism,non-Christianreligions are likely the first to come to mind. However, idolatrous practices exist in every religion—including various branches of Christianity. But to put this into perspective, let’s first examine some of the tallest pagan idols in the wo...
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The people of the Dinaric Alps are on record as being the tallest in the world, with an average adolescent height of 185.6 cm (6 ft 1.1 in). The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina have the highest recorded average of any single country, with 183.9 cm average for men and 172.72 cm for ...
It is the tallest water feature in the Grand Canyon, rising 190 feet above the surface. Named after an explorer in the 1800s, Mooney Falls is accessible only by crawling(爬) through 2 underground passages and then climbing down sheer cliff(峭壁)face with just a couple of chains to hold ...
Things do not get either better or worse in pretty much any aspect of life, they just get different and there comes a time when it is best to recognise the fading of one’s ability (or desire) to keep up. However, one of the books I read in the course of the year had an impact...
During that last mini-Ice Age, a glacier estimated to be 3,000 feet thick covered much of North America and the area where Chicago is now. That would be a covering of ice and snow more than twice the height of the tallest skyscrapers in Chicago. Image the effect if that happened today...