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World’s Oldest Confirmed Person, 116-Year-Old Kane Tanaka

At 116 years and 85 days old (as of March 28, 2019), Kane Tanaka from Fukuoka, Japan has been officially confirmed by Guinness World Records as the oldest person living.
Kane was born prematurely on 2 January 1903, the same year the Wright brothers became the first to achieve powered flight! Check out the video below from Guinness World Records.

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Charts of Post Workout Stretches to Prevent Injuries

Charts of Post Workout Stretches to Prevent Injuries

A gym freak, are you? Or a person who is a big fan of working out? Love yoga and all such stuff? Well, it’s the best thing for your health and body. But are you a fan of post-workout stretches? Hmm, didn’t think so. Lots of people hate those post-workout stretches and many of them skip it too. But believe me when I say it will do you a lot good if you are doing them after every workout session. Have a look at these Charts of Post Workout Stretches to Prevent Injuries.
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The 4-Ton Steel Ball That Produces Artificial Earthquakes


In the wooded hillside of Hainberg, near Göttingen, Germany, stands an old seismological station. The Wiechert Earthquake Station was built in 1902 by the noted German physicist and geophysicist, Emil Wiechert, to carry out research in the emerging field of geophysics. Wiechert built several seismographs there to record tremors. These instruments have been recording data uninterruptedly since then, becoming the world’s oldest, still functioning seismograph.
Emil Wiechert was interested in learning about the structure of the earth. A few years prior, he had published the first verifiable model of the Earth's interior as a series of shells. He argued that since the density of the Earth's surface rocks was different from the mean density of the Earth, the earth must be made of different layers of rocks of different densities. He concluded, correctly, that the earth has a heavy iron core.
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The Mintrop ball readying for a drop.
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Galileo’s Missing Fingers


Everybody in Florence knows where Galileo Galilei lies buried. His mortal remains are in a crypt inside the famous Basilica di Santa Croce, the principal Franciscan church of the city. The 16th century scientist shares this space with several of his illustrious fellow Italians, such as Michelangelo, Machiavelli, the poet Foscolo, the philosopher Gentile and the composer Rossini.

When Galileo died in 1642, the Grand Duke of Tuscany wanted to bury him in this very place next to the tombs of his father and other ancestors. But because Galileo was declared a heretic, an enemy of the church, the plans were dropped and he was instead buried in a small room next to the novices' chapel.
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Galileo's missing finger, found at last.
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People Who Deserve a Prize for Their Creativity

People Who Deserve a Prize for Their Creativity


Odd and eccentric people make this world brighter. For example, John Chapman, an American drifter who was known as Johnny Appleseed, wandered around the country for 40 years planting apple trees on 160 sq m of land. He wasn’t just throwing seeds on the ground — he took care of the trees. He wore a sack instead of a shirt and a cooking pot instead of a hat to cook food for himself. Over the course of time, he became a legendary character. Just as other characters from our collection, he wasn’t a fan of rules and expectations and wasn’t afraid to seem a bit ridiculous.
we wants to demonstrate that there’s nothing bad about being strange and having an alternative way of thinking.
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