"The world’s biggest flower, Rafflesia arnoldii, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
Indeed the largest flower but also the smelliest! And, to the human nose, not in a good way: its gigantic petals emit a putrid scent like rotting flesh to attract…"
"Fairy Inkcap (Coprinellus disseminatus)
This fungi is also known as "trooping crumble cap" and is a species of agaric fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae. Unlike most other coprinoid mushrooms, the Fairy Inkcap does not dissolve…"
"Dar al-Hajar, also known as the Imam's Rock Palace, is a remarkable architectural marvel in the Wadi Dhahr Valley in Yemen.
Built in the 1930s by Imam Yahya, a key figure in Yemen's history, the palace served as his summer residence. The…"
"Castellfollit de la Roca is a picturesque village in Catalonia, Spain, perched dramatically atop a 50-meter-high basalt cliff formed by ancient volcanic eruptions.
With origins dating back to the 10th century, this medieval village played a crucial…"
"A woman from the Musgum tribe, Cameroon.
The musgum, an ethnic group in far north province in cameroon, created their homes from compressed sun-dried mud. the tall conical dwellings, in the shape of a shell (artillery), featured geometric raised…"
A letter from Albert Einstein to his daughter: Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) is perhaps best known for being a theoretical physicist and for receiving the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics". A lesser known fact about arguably one of the most intelligent men of modern times is that he was also a prolific sender of personal notes and letters upon his own personalised letterhead. In the late 1980s, Einstein's…