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These mushrooms are called 'Dead man's fingers!''
Dead man’s fingers is a fungal pathogen that grows in small towering groups of three to six mushrooms and resembles fingers coming out of the ground. Each “finger” is about 1-3cm in diameter and can be between 3-8cm tall. When the fungus is young, it has a white color. Over time, it will turn black. This fungus is a very weak pathogen that only attacks stressed trees. The rot associated with this fungus is a soft rot, but usually is not cause for concern.
Dead man’s fingers are typically found on or near the stumps of dead wood. Decaying beech, apple, maple, locust and elm trees are the most common to host this fungus. However, it can also invade ornamental trees and shrubs that are stressed by other factors.

St Kilda, a remote island in Scotland, was home to a small community that thrived for centuries through unique practices like bird hunting and wool production. In 1930, facing food shortages and disease, the last residents requested evacuation.

It contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The largest island is Hirta, whose sea cliffs are the highest in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧

The entire archipelago is now owned by the National Trust for Scotland. Parties of volunteers work on the islands in the summer to restore the many ruined buildings that the native St Kildans left behind. They share the island with a small military base established in 1957

Have you heard about the Sharquf Mountain Fortress in Yemen? It's also known as Jabal Haraz, and it's seriously impressive. Picture this - it's built in a spot that looks like it's straight out of a "you shall not pass" kind of fortress scene! But people back in the day did manage to reach it somehow. This place was like a real-life tough nut to crack - a combo of a fortress and a safe haven. And let's not even get started on the incredible views it serves up. Those ancient Yemenis were quite the smart cookies, don't you think? How do you reckon they pulled off building this mega structure in such a crazy hard-to-reach spot? ????

Some facts about bamboo:
1.Fast Growth: Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant in the world. It has been recorded at growing 47.6 inches in 24 hours. Some species can even grow over a meter per day under optimal conditions. A new bamboo shoot reaches its full height in less than a year.
2. Oxygen Release: A grove of bamboo releases 35% more oxygen than any other tree out there.
3. Carbon Dioxide Absorption: Bamboo absorbs carbon dioxide at a rate of 17 tons per hectare every year. It can act as a valuable carbon sink given how fast the plant grows.
4. No Fertilizer Required: Bamboo doesn’t need fertilizer to grow. It can self-mulch by dropping its leaves and use the nutrients to grow.
5. Drought Resistance: Bamboos are drought-tolerant plants. They can grow in the desert.
6. Wood Replacement: Bamboos can be harvested in 3-5 years compared to the 20-30 years of most softwood trees.
7. Building Material: Bamboo is incredibly strong and sturdy. It has been used as support for concrete as well as scaffolding, bridges, and houses.
8. Soil Stability: Bamboo has a wide network of underground roots and rhizomes that prevent soil erosion.
9. Natural Air Conditioner: Bamboo cools the air surrounding it by up to 8 degrees in the summer.
10. Invasiveness: Some species of bamboo, especially ‘running’ bamboos, can be invasive due to their extensive root systems, which allow them to spread rapidly. However, not all species are invasive, and with proper management, the environmental impact can be minimized.

Vintage Muscle Beach - California...
Originally starting out in Santa Monica; it had shifted a bit south to Venice Beach, where it became the mainstay for men and women...
It's appeared in countless films through the years... and to this day, hosts some serious muscle!

Baatara Cave Waterfall (also known as Balaa Waterfall) is a waterfall that dives into a carc cave, located near the city of Tannourine (Lebanon 🇱🇧).
This cave, 250 m deep and 260 wide, was formed in a limestone from the Upper Jurassic.
The waterfall makes a jump of about 90 meters and begins its journey through the carcic cunicols of the cave.
In 1988 a test with fluorescent dye showed that waters reemerged 13 hours later at the Dalleh spring, near the village of Mgharet al-Ghaouaghir, 6 km north-west and 800 m further below.

Just to give you a perspective of the size of a Grizzly Bear🐻

It was in the heart of Châtillonnais, during the winter of 1953, that two archaeologists, Maurice Moisson and René Joffroy, made an extraordinary find: that of a princely tomb in Vix (Côte d'Or).
In this tomb rested, for eternity, a Celtic princess of the 6th century before our era belonging to some "barbarian" society, in connection with the Hellenistic and Etruscan worlds. Under the gigantic tumulus long leveled, the burial chamber contained disproportionate, unthinkable furniture. The central element was a crater, decorated with gorgonians and hoplite friezes: A gigantic bronze vase weighing more than 200 kilos, with a capacity of more than a thousand liters: the largest that Antiquity has bequeathed to us. Also present are a silver phiale (cup), an oenochoe, bronze basins, an exceptional golden torque. This tomb constitutes, in France, the greatest Celtic discovery of the 20th century.

1937: A woman wearing a special mask for fighting depression in a Smile School in Budapest. The school was set up in response to a "su***de craze".
When women used to be depressed or were not “taking care of their men” properly their husbands could send them to the psych ward for attitude adjustments. This was part of conditioning them to always wear a smile. They believed that if a woman saw herself smiling that it would become natural practice and that she would be “cured”. This often went along with shock therapies.

Baobabs (Adansonia grandidieri) is an endangered species of the genus Adansonia. It is considered the largest and most famous baobab species among the six endemic species of Madagascar in the Toliara Province, and certain individuals reach 40 m in height.