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6 Fictional Places You Didn’t Know Actually Existed

adriancb — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:56:52 +0000

Part of what makes fantasy and sci-fi appealing is that it’s not just a bunch of characters — it’s a whole world. One you want to live in.

That’s true even if it’s an objectively bad place — Gotham City looks like a shithole, but who wouldn’t trade their current life with a chance to go there and fight supercriminals with Batman? Of course, that’s part of the frustration, too — we’ll never actually see the Shire or Mordor firsthand. But you can come pretty close, because it turns out a lot of these fantasy settings were based on real places. For instance …

5 Most Bizarre Year 2012 Predictions

adriancb — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 09:21:49 +0000

p>As the clock ticks closer to the year 2012 — and, to be more specific in many cases, Dec. 21, 2012 — discussion regarding what exactly will happen to the world and human civilization continues to heat up. While the most popular and widely discussed theories stem from the Mayan calendar, and predictions generally involve great societal upheaval, astronomical alignment or terrifying doomsday scenarios, the rumor mills keep churning as the planets line up.

10 countries with perfect climates

adriancb — Tue, 10 May 2011 10:02:01 +0000

When it comes to defining the perfect climate, a multitude of factors have to be considered Do you prefer rain or snow? Are you a sunbather or a snowboarder? Do you enjoy the sauna-like heat of the desert? Or would you prefer that your hair poof out like a cloud every time you walk outside?

20 Surprising Species of the Past 20 Years

adriancb — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 06:20:56 +0000

From the “Yoda bat” to a Composting “Cockroach” – checkout 20 new and rare species spotted during two decades of “ecological SWAT team” expeditions.

40 Free Dual Screen Nature

adriancb — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:58:21 +0000

With our previous posts on free wallpapers for your desktop, today, we bring you a wide array of another type of wallpapers that you can also download for free… These wallpapers are mostly themed around amazing nature images that will surely take your breath away. The wallpapers are created for dual screens users with astonishing effects…

15 Terrifying and Little Known Prehistoric Monsters

adriancb — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:25:45 +0000

Who hasn’t heard of a tyrannosaurus Rex or a velociraptor thanks to movies like Jurassic Park? When we think of dinosaurs, we almost all think of a very small subset of these giant creatures from history. But perhaps more interesting are those which are far less familiar to us all. This list is just a small selection of monstrous or weird-looking creatures from ancient times, most of which are little known to the public.

10 Interesting Facts about the Caribbean

adriancb — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:54:28 +0000

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts but it’s also much more than white sands and azure-blue seas.

Top 6 most lethal deserts in the world | BoGoBoo – Funny People, Photos, And more Stuff

adriancb — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:39:46 +0000

Planet Earth, although I think the people that our home that we all took and still won a dangerous place to live, especially some of her extreme and unexplored parts.

10 Possible Resting Places of the Holy Grail

adriancb — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:53:08 +0000

The Holy Grail is a sacred object figuring into literature and certain Christian traditions, most often identified with the dish, plate, or cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper and said to possess miraculous powers. Conspiracy theories abound on the nature of the grail and the final location. This list looks at ten of the possible resting places of this mysterious object

10 Geological Wonders you didn’t know – Oddee.com

adriancb — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:11:05 +0000