Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical...

Shrine of Sheikh Rukn-Alam   Shrine of Sheikh Rukn-Alam Shrine of Sheikh Rukn-Alam Rukn-ud-Din Abul Fatah 1251 to 1334 was a widely loved scholar and became head of Suhrawardiya Sufi sect founded by his father Baha-ud-Din Zakaria. The structure is built entirely of red brick and timber. The building...

Pakistan has many historic sites that are unknown to most Pakistanis. Noor Mahal Noor Mahal Noor Mahal The Noor Mahal is a beautiful palace built in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. It was built in 1872 like an Italian chateau on neoclassical lines, strangely at a time when modernism had set in. There are various...

Jesus Christ didn’t need fancy churches, but thank goodness that some people didn’t listen too well and built magnificent buildings to glorify God. Today, there are thousands of churches: some small and simple, whereas others are humongous and ornately decorated. Let’s take a look at...

World’s Weirdest Record Holders TONGUE AND CHEEK TONGUE AND CHEEK Brazilian Elaine Davidson, who holds the Guinness world record for being the woman with the greatest number of body piercings – 1903 altogether – pokes her finger through her tongue at the Tate Modern art gallery in London,...

The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace. AGLET - The plain or ornamental covering on the end of a shoelace. ARMSAYE - The armhole in clothing. CHANKING - Spat-out food, such as rinds or pits. COLUMELLA NASI – The bottom part of the nose between the nostrils. DRAGÉES - Small...

This is a masterpiece. If you have not read it, take the time to read it now. GEORGE CARLIN (His wife died a short time ago …..and George followed her, dying July 2008) George Carlin - comedian Isn’t it amazing that George Carlin – comedian of the 70’s and 80’s –...

Montana resident now world's oldest man GREAT FALLS, Mont. – Walter Breuning learned to read by kerosene lantern, remembers his grandfather telling him about fighting in the Civil War, and cast his first presidential ballot for Woodrow Wilson. The 112-year-old resident of Great Falls, Mont., apparently...

- By Martin Wrote for The Observer, January 16th 1994. LONDON — Noah’s Ark has been found on the Turkish-Iranian border, 32 kilometres from Mount Ararat, according to the leader of a team of scientists that has been investigating the site for six years. The Turkish government is so convinced...

`Extreme Weather Featured. Most people have experienced their fair share of “strange weather.” It may have been a snow flurry in May or 70-degree afternoon in December, but either way unnatural weather often catches us off guard. This is a list of ten cases of extreme weather, all of which resulted...