Barbes et moustaches

 

This man is planning to swim across the entire Pacific Ocean

 

by Katie Medlock, 09/23/15 Anyone who’s ever goofed around with GoogleMaps to see how long it would take to swim across the Pacific Ocean need wonder no longer: Ben Lecomte is about to take on the 5,500 mile challenge, which is the world’s longest open water swim – without a kickboard. Beginning in Tokyo and ending in San Francisco, Lecomte hopes to inspire people to work together to combat climate change for the benefit of future generations. Lecomte is no stranger to vast, open water swims, as he was the first to traverse the Atlantic Ocean in 1998 without a kickboard – a trip which took 73 days. He hopes the notoriety gained from this accomplishment will bring more attention to his current cause, explaining “Rather than just an event, my swim is a platform to get people’s attention about growing environmental and sustainability issues, mobilize fans with emotion, and inspire them to become full-blown advocates.” The Longest Swim is partnered by Water Defense, the Mark Buffalo-founded organization who will attach a WaterBug sensor to Lecomte on his journey to collect water quality data. Not only will information be gathered about the surrounding sea, but also about Lecomte, himself. Using “remote guidance echo” technology – used in monitoring cardiovascular changes in astronauts – real-time echocardiogram information will be transmitted via satellite to record the effects of the journey’s demands on the swimmer’s body. Currently, the project has raised $8,000 of its $50,000 IndieGoGo campaign goals to help fund all of the voyage’s technical needs. The campaign explains that the first step is to get Lecomte’s boat, the Rolano, which will follow alongside him on his trek, to Japan in preparation for the swim. Stay tuned to see when Ben sets sail on this landmark journey. +The Longest Swim http://inhabitat.com/swimmer-who-traversed-the-atlantic-is-now-taking-on-the-pacific-in-the-longest-swim

Carregador de celular grátis

 

 

Não compres carregadores de celular. Se perdeste o teu, vai a um hotel e diz que o perdeste lá.  Carregadores são alguns  dos objetos mais esquecidos em hotéis,  por isso têm sempre um caixote cheio deles.

 

A Crow Riding Atop a Bald Eagle

 

Posted: 14 Jul 2015 12:00 PM PDT

Le photographe Phoo Chan, basé en Californie, se passionne pour la photographie d’oiseaux. A force de les contempler, il est récemment tombé sur une scène amusante, pas loin de Kitsap à Washington : il a pu voir un corbeau se faire balader sur le dos d’un pygargue à tête blanche. En réalité, le corbeau tentait d’attaquer l’autre volatile qui volait sur « son » territoire. Ce n’est donc pas une tendre scène d’amitié.

He Demanded His Wife To Bury Him With All Of His Money…

 

July 10, 2015 He worked hard every day of his life, which left him feeling entitled to the money he had earned. He felt no desire to give it away. He wanted to keep it to himself. Guided by that line of thinking, when it came time for him to ask a dying wish, he asked his wife to bury him with the remainder of his money. She wasn’t into the idea of granting him his miserly wish, so she came up with another brilliant idea. “There was a man who had worked all of his life and has saved all of his money,” his widow wrote. “He was a real cheapskate when it came to his money. He loved money more than just about anything, and just before he died, he said to his wife, ‘Now listen, when I die I want you to take all my money and place it in the casket with me. Because I want to take all my money to the after life.’ She promised him that she would bury him with all his money in the casket with him. And then he died. As the ceremony was coming to a close, the undertakers began to close his casket. Before they could his wife yelled out “Wait a minute!” She had a shoebox with her, which she placed in his casket. The undertakers locked the casket and rolled it away. Her friend said to her, ‘I hope you weren’t crazy enough to put all that money in there with that stingy old man.’ She said, ‘Yes, I promised. I’m a good Christian, I can’t lie. I promised him that I was to put that money in that casket with him.’ ‘You mean to tell me you put every cent of his money in the casket with him?’ ‘I sure did,’ said the widow. ‘I got it all together, put it into my account and I wrote him a check.’ Clever! source : www.higherperspectives.com

Uma mansão dentro de um Boeing 747.

Fatos que talvez desafiem a sua lógica!

 

Você sabia que: Há bastante ferro no corpo humano para se fazer um prego de 3 polegadas. A torre Eiffel fica 15cm mais alta no verão. Dentes de castores nunca param de crescer. A maior sentença de prisão imposta a alguém foi de 10.000 anos. Se tubarões ficarem de "ponta a cabeça" entram em coma. O cérebro dos Neandertais era maior que o nosso. O cavalo marinho é o mais lento dos peixes. Hitler foi votado como homem do ano pela TIME de 1938. Sua pupila se dilata 45% quando seus olhos vêem algo agradável. São necessárias 595 laranjas para carregar um único iPhone. As girafas limpam suas orelhas com sua língua de mais de 18 polegadas. Minhocas têm até 9 corações. Colombo pensava que a Terra tinha forma de pera. A Nintendo era dona de uma frota de táxis. O cão mais velho de que se tem registro morreu aos 29 anos. Homens estão mais propícios a ser atingidos por raios que as mulheres. Dentes são as estruturas mais fortes do corpo humano. Clinofobia é o medo de ir para a cama. O mel é o único alimento que não apodrece. O filme Titanic custou mais que o navio Titanic. O io-io era usado originalmente como arma. Podemos entender uma sentença misturada, desde que a primeira e a última letras de cada palavra estejam em seus lugares corretos. Vênus é o único planeta do sistema solar que gira em sentido horário. Elvis era naturalmente loiro. a mentira mais falada no mundo é "Eu estou bem". Mulheres choram 4 vezes mais que os homens. Coalas dormem 22 horas por dia. Um coração bate em média 3 bilhões de vezes durante uma vida. O Fusca foi concebido por Hitler. O maior título de um livro continha 670 palavras. Haja criatividade! Humanos e bananas compartilham 50% do mesmo DNA. O maior coral já formado tinha 160.000 pessoas. Mageirocofobia é o medo de cozinhar. A guerra mais curta da história durou 38 minutos. Uma pessoa normal irá comer 35 toneladas de comida durante a vida. Se você gritar por 8 anos, 7 meses e 6 dias irá produzir energia suficiente para aquecer uma xícara de café. Em porções iguais, um limão e um morango têm a mesma quantidade de açúcar. Se não tivesse mudado de nome, o buscador mais famoso dos dias de hoje se chamaria Back Rub. Créditos: Mind Junker