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Tourists flock to Chinese zoo to see ‘human-like’ bear

August 2, 2023875 Views

Visitors are thronging a zoo in eastern China's Zhejiang province after a video of one of its bears went viral with some netizens suggesting she looked so human that she might be a staff member in a bear suit, local media reported on Tuesday. Visitor numbers at Hangzhou Zoo have gone up by 30 percent to around 20,000 a day since a video of the Malayan Sun bear, named Angela, became a trending topic on Chinese social media over the weekend, Zhejiang province-based Chao News reported. "After seeing this bear standing up on the internet, I wanted to see how it looks in real life, so I came here," said a man surnamed You, who said he had only half-believed the video he saw online, Chao news reported. "After we saw the video on the Internet, we specially took the high-speed train ...

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The World’s Best Donut Tour launches its next

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July 28, 2023736 Views

Underground Donut Tour Launched in Brighton, UK The Underground Donut Tour, the World's Best Donut Tour, has launched their next tour within the UK, specifically, in "London-by-the-Sea", Brighton. The Underground Donut Tour has been running for 8 years across the US, Canada, Ireland, and the UK, including Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City, Portland, Seattle, Boston, Nashville, New Orleans, Miami, London, Dublin, Toronto, Vancouver and now adding Brighton to our roster. Hosting thousands of guests from around the world and showcasing the best doughnuts each city has to offer. "We've heard such great things about Brighton over the years and when we started to look at the incredible donuts, the charming city, and the ocean views, it was an easy choice to start a tour here," said Jef...

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A new bar in Dubai offers ‘gourmet water’

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July 18, 2023973 Views

AQUA by LUQEL presents mineral infused water cocktails to ‘suit your mood’ First, it was the banana-randomberry-wheat grass smoothies. Then the cold brew, triple-shot, something-milk lattes, the German-word craft beers, the small-batch, barrel-aged Prohibition cocktails. Now a new bar in Dubai, the Middle Eastern hub of all things cutting-edge, is serving “gourmet water.” Thirty varieties of it. The Aqua Water Bar by Luqel harvests its water the old-fashioned way — from the faucet. The government says tap water is safe to drink and meets international standards, though many Dubai residents prefer bottled water. Roia Jabari, managing director of AQUA Water Bar by LUQEL poses at her store in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Tuesday, July 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili) Th...

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Why there are no kangaroos in Bali (and no tigers in Australia)

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July 7, 2023743 Views

When you visit Bali, you won't come across a cockatoo, but if you venture to the nearby island of Lombok, you will spot one. A similar situation applies to marsupials: Australia harbors a variety of marsupial species like kangaroos and koalas. However, as you head westward, their presence diminishes. While Sulawesi, an Indonesian island, is home to only two representatives of these distinctively Australian mammals, you'll be disappointed in your search for them on neighboring Borneo. On the other hand, Australia doesn't host mammals that are typically found in Asia, such as bears, tigers, or rhinos. The striking shift in the animal population's composition in this region was noted by the renowned British naturalist Alfred Russell Wallace, who not only co-discovered the theory of evolut...

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Firewalkers in Greece honor Saint Constantine in mysterious, centuries-old rituals

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May 27, 2023971 Views

Sotirios Gkaintatzis danced across burning coals, his stomping bare feet raising sparks and puffs of smoke as he held aloft an icon of Saints Constantine and Helen. Gkaintatzis is the leader of a group of anastenaria -- the devotees of St. Constantine who celebrate these centuries-old rites in a smattering of small villages near Greece’s border with Bulgaria. Firewalking is the most spectacular and public of these annual rituals that include dancing, prayer, and shared meals in the konaki, a private dwelling where the icons are preserved for generations. Devotees of St. Constantine called "anastenaria" walk and dance across a bed of burning coals, carrying icons to celebrate the Orthodox saint's feast in Lagkadas, Greece, on Monday, May 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto) ...

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Europe’s rudest road trip

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May 26, 2023846 Views

Drivers looking for a giggle have been told how to take Europe’s rudest road trip as the glorious Summer weather approaches. From Condom in France to Middelfart in Denmark, holiday car rental experts at StressFreeCarRental.com have researched Europe’s most offensive place names to create the ultimate route for brazen travellers. With cheeky places dotted all over the old continent, the rude road trip takes drivers across several countries to catch a glimpse of all of Europe's crudest spots. France, Switzerland and Italy are just three countries motorists will tick off as they embark on the road trip to hunt down these wacky locations. As drivers make their way through Italy, they will travel to a beautiful seaside location, which boasts some of Europe's bes...

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Humanity’s earliest recorded kiss occurred in Mesopotamia 4,500 years ago

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May 22, 20231292 Views

Written sources document that kissing was practiced by the peoples of the ancient Middle East 4,500 years ago, conclude researchers from the University of Copenhagen and University of Oxford in a new article published in the journal Science. New research has postulated that the initial indications of human lip kissing emerged 3,500 years ago in a highly precise South Asian area. It is believed that this practice subsequently disseminated to various regions, thereby concurrently hastening the transmission of herpes simplex virus 1. As per the findings presented by Dr. Troels Pank Arbøll and Dr. Sophie Lund Rasmussen in a recent article published in the journal Science, they assert that based on an extensive examination of written sources from ancient Mesopotamian civilizations, the...

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7 Wonders of the World in less than 7 days

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May 16, 20231803 Views

Travelport and Adventureman set a new World Record # Travelport, a travel technology company, wanted to put its modern retail platform, Travelport+, to the test: could it make the world’s most complex trip simple? # Jamie McDonald, a British Adventurer better known as “Adventureman”, traveled to the Seven Modern Wonders of the World, using only public transport: the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, Petra, the Colosseum, Christ the Redeemer, Machu Pichu and Chichén Itzá # The trip was booked by the travel agency, Travelbag, a partner of Travelport, who has been utilizing Travelport+ since its inception # During the trip, Jamie traveled across 4 continents, landed in 9 countries, flew on 13 flights, and rode in 16 taxis, 9 buses, 4 trains and 1 toboggan to cover 22,856 mile...

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He likes to be, under the sea: Florida man sets record for living underwater

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May 15, 2023860 Views

A university professor broke a record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization this weekend at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers. Joseph Dituri’s 74th day residing in Jules’ Undersea Lodge, situated at the bottom of a 30-foot-deep lagoon in Key Largo, wasn’t much different than his previous days there since he submerged March 1. Dituri, who also goes by the moniker “Dr. Deep Sea,” ate a protein-heavy meal of eggs and salmon prepared using a microwave, exercised with resistance bands, did his daily pushups and took an hour-long nap. Unlike a submarine, the lodge does not use technology to adjust for the increased underwater pressure. In this photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, diving explorer and medical researcher Dr. Joseph Dituri, right, w...

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Chile’s firefighting goats protect a native forest from deadly blazes

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May 14, 2023829 Views

In the southern Chilean city of Santa Juana, hit hard by wildfires earlier this year, locals have a special taskforce helping fight blazes: a herd of goats. The goats have already saved the native forest of the Bosques de Chacay once, preventing the park from being consumed by February forest fires - fueled by heatwaves and a punishing drought - that left dozens dead, thousands injured and almost 440,000 hectares destroyed in south-central Chile. Rocio Cruces, founder of the "Buena Cabra" (Good Goat) project, an initiative that relies on goats to control dry pastures and other vegetation that fuel forest fires in the summer, feeds goats at her stable in a forest in Santa Juana, Chile, May 11, 2023. REUTERS/Juan Gonzalez "The park was surrounded by fires, but it ended up being the...