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Top 10: Moustache-Dense Countries - AskMen.com
“For centuries, the moustache has played a vital societal role. Moustache functions include a display of virility and a method of attracting a mate (best used in conjunction with a chest wig), a means of communication between men, a storage device for food particles, and a way of proclaiming proudly to the world that the shackles of youth have been shed.”
An invasive species on the Illinois River lures a fisherman who chases the flying fish with his bow and arrow.
In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built - they’re grown.
The living bridgesof Cherrapunji, India are made from the roots of the Ficus elastica tree. This tree produces a series of secondary roots from higher up its trunk and can comfortably perch atop huge boulders along the riverbanks, or even in the middle of the rivers themselves.
Cherrapunji is credited with being the wettest place on earth.
Whenever and wherever the need arises, they simply grow their bridges.The War-Khasis, a tribe in Meghalaya, long ago noticed this tree and saw in its powerful roots an opportunity to easily cross the area’s many rivers.
The root bridges, some of which are over a hundred feet long, take ten to fifteen years to become fully functional, but they’re extraordinarily strong - strong enough that some of them can support the weight of fifty or more people at a time.Because they are alive and still growing, the bridges actually gain strength over time - and some of the ancient root bridges used daily by the people of the villages around Cherrapunji may be well over five hundred years old.
One special root bridge, believed to be the only one of its kind in the world, is actually two bridges stacked one over the other and has come to be known as the “Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge.”(source)
So cool and so beautiful. There are a million things that I didn’t get to see in India, for every one thing that I did see.
Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world
The main tank called the ‘Kuroshio Sea’ holds 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish species in the main tank.
