The Ivory Coast is the world’s largest producer and exporter of cocoa beans used in the manufacturing of chocolate. As of 2009 they supplied approximately 30% of the cocoa produced in the world [source]. Yet many of the cocoa farmers have never tasted the end result of their labour as a bar of chocolate…
Watch 7-week-old Fynn see himself in the mirror for the very first time. His reaction is priceless.
Photograph by NASA [Taken 20 July 1969] Earth Rise as Seen From Lunar Surface: This incredible image of the Earth rise was taken during lunar orbit by the Apollo 11 mission crew in July of 1969. The first manned lunar mission, Apollo 11 launched aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space…
At 168 ft and 7 inches, Verrückt (German for ‘insane’) is the world’s tallest waterslide. Set to open this month at Kansas City’s Schlitterbahn Waterpark, riders will have to climb 264 steps to reach the top of this 17-story behemoth. Four-person rafts will reach speeds in excess of 60 mph before ascending a second…
THE FIRST IMAGE OF EARTH FROM ANOTHER PLANET Photograph by NASA/JPL/Cornell/Texas A&M This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its…
THE ULTIMATE ESCORT Photograph by F-16 DEMO TEAM RNLAF Website | Facebook Last week two fighter jets escorted the Netherlands’ first commercial Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The country’s first Dreamliner was welcomed by two F-16’s from the Royal Netherlands Air Force Demo Team. The plane is owned and operated by Arkefly, the Dutch…
BATFLECK AND BATMOBILE UNVEILED Photograph by Zack Snyder Man of Steel 2: Batman vs Superman director Zack Snyder tweeted the above photo earlier today, unveiling the new Batman (played by Ben Affleck) costume and Batmobile for the very first time. In a likely partnership, Snyder also mentioned that he shot it with…
This is Ria. She’s 78-years-old and having the time of her life 🙂
This young lad is about to experience his very first car wash. When you’re that young there are so many first-time experiences! And in this age of smartphones, all parents are equipped to capture these special moments. Even the slightly scary ones 🙂
In 2013, photographers April Maciborka and David Wile collaborated on a studio project called Pucker. The goal was simple, capture babies tasting lemons for the very first time. While a hilarious series of portraits were published last year, April and David just posted the video footage to YouTube last week and the results are…
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