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These are the top ten tallest waterfalls in the world.
10. Browne Falls – 2,744 feet (836 meters)

Browne Falls are located in New Zealand and are 2,744 feet (836 meters) high



Browne Falls - 2,744 feet (836 meters)




9. James Bruce Falls – 2,755 feet (840 meters)

James Bruce Falls are located in Canada and are 2,755 feet (840 meters) high



James Bruce Falls - 2,755 feet (840 meters)




8. Pu’uka’oku Falls – 2,756 feet (840 meters)

Pu’uka’oku Falls are located in the United States and are 2,756 feet (840 meters) high



Pu'uka'oku Falls - 2,756 feet (840 meters)




7. Balåifossen – 2,788 feet (850 meters)

Balåifossen are located in Norway and are 2,788 feet (850 meters) high



Balåifossen - 2,788 feet (850 meters)




6. Vinnufossen – 2,822 feet (860 meters)

Vinnufossen are located in Norway and are 2,822 feet (860 meters) high



Vinnufossen - 2,822 feet (860 meters)




5. Catarata Yumbilla – 2,938 feet (896 meters)

Catarata Yumbilla are located in Peru and are 2,938 feet (896 meters) high



Catarata Yumbilla - 2,938 feet (896 meters)




4. Olo’upena Falls – 2,953 feet (900 meters)

Olo’upena Falls are located in the United States and are 2,953 feet (900 meters) high



Olo'upena Falls - 2,953 feet (900 meters)




3. Cataratas las Tres Hermanas – 3,000 feet (914 meters)

Cataratas las Tres Hermanas are located in Peru and are 3,000 feet (914 meters) high



Cataratas las Tres Hermanas - 3,000 feet (914 meters)




2. Tugela Falls – 3,110 feet (948 meters)

Tugela Falls are located in South Africa and are 3,110 feet (948 meters) high



Tugela Falls - 3,110 feet (948 meters)




1. Angel Falls – 3,212 feet (979 meters)

Angel Falls are located in Venezuela and are 3,212 feet (979 meters) high



Angel Falls - 3,212 feet (979 meters)




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Top 10 Countries with the most mobile phones

Top 10 Countries with the most mobile phones


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The number of mobile phones being sold are now listed in the hundreds of millions. These are the top ten countries with the most mobile phones.
10. Nigeria



Number of mobile phones in Nigeria: 90,583,306

Ratio of population using mobile phones in Nigeria: 64.7%
9. Germany



Number of mobile phones in Germany: 107,000,000

Ratio of population using mobile phones in Germany: 131%
8. Pakistan



Number of mobile phones in Pakistan: 106,894,518

Ratio of population using mobile phones in Pakistan: 65.4%
7. Japan



Number of mobile phones in Japan: 107,490,000

Ratio of population using mobile phones in Japan: 65.4%
6. Indonesia



Number of mobile phones in Indonesia: 168,264,000

Ratio of population using mobile phones in Indonesia: 73.1%
5. Brazil



Number of mobile phones in Brazil: 217,300,000

Ratio of population using mobile phones in Brazil: 111.6%
4. Russia



Number of mobile phones in Russia: 220,550,000

Ratio of population using mobile phones in Russia: 151.9%
3. United States



Number of mobile phones in the United States: 302,947,098

Ratio of population using mobile phones in the United States: 96%
2. India



Number of mobile phones in India: 840,280,000

Ratio of population using mobile phones in India: 70.23%
1. China



Number of mobile phones in China: 1,341,000,000

Ratio of population using mobile phones in China: 67.1%
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Top 10 Longest road tunnels

Top 10 Longest road tunnels






10. Folgefonn tunnel – 11.15 kms

The Folgefonn tunnel is located in Norway and is 11.15 kilometers (6.9 miles) long.



Folgefonn tunnel - Odda - Gjerde, Norway - 11.15 km (6.9 miles)




9. Gudvangen tunnel – 11.43 kms

The Gudvangen tunnel is located in Norway and is 11.43 kilometers (7.1 miles) long.



Gudvangen tunnel - Gudvangen - Flåm, Norway - 11.42 km (7.1 miles)




8. Mt. Blanc tunnel – 11,61 kms

The Mont Blanc bridge is located between France and Italy and is 11.61 kilometers (7.2 miles) long.



Mt. Blanc tunnel - Alps, France - Italy - 11,61 km (7.2 miles)




7. Maijishan tunnel – 12.29 kms

The Maijishan tunnel is located in China and is 12.29 kilometers (7.6 miles) long.



Maijishan Baoji tunnel - Tianshui, Gansu, People Republic of China - 12,29 km (7.6 miles)




6. Fréjus tunnel – 12.90 kms

The Fréjus tunnel is located between France and Italy and is 12.90 kilometers (8.0 miles) long.



Fréjus - France / Italy - 12,9 km (8.0 miles)




5. Hsuehshan tunnel – 12.94 kms

The Hsuehshan tunnel is located in Taiwan and is 12.94 kilometers (8.0 miles) long.



Hsuehshan tunnel - Taiwan - 12,94 km (8.0 miles)




4. Arlberg tunnel – 13.97 kms

The Arlberg tunnel is located in Austria and is 13.97 kilometers (8.7 miles) long.



Arlberg tunnel - Vorarlberg - Tyrol, Austria - 13,97 km (8.7 miles)




3. St. Gotthard tunnel – 16.91 kms

The St. Gotthard bridge is Switzerland and is 16.92 kilometers (10.5 miles) long.



St. Gotthard tunnel - Uri - Ticino, Switzerland - 16,92 km (10.5 miles)




2. Zhongnanshan tunnel – 18 kms

The Zhongnanshan tunnel is located in China and is 18.04 kilometers (11.3 miles) long.



Zhongnanshan tunnel - Xi'an - Zhashui, People Republic of China - 18,04 km (11.3 miles)




1. Lærdal tunnel – 24.51 kms

The Lærdal tunnel is located in Norway and is 24.51 kilometers (15.2 miles) long.



Lærdal tunnel - Lærdal - Aurland, Norway - 24,51 km (15.2 miles)

 

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The top ten causes of death

The top ten causes of death according to the World Health Organization are responsible for 52% of the all deaths in the world; that is 30 million deaths per year.

• 10. Road traffic accidents
  Road traffic accidents cause 1,210,000 deaths per year, that is 2.1% of all deaths
• 9. Diabetes
  Diabetes causes 1,260,000 deaths per year, that is 2.2% of all deaths
• 8. Tuberculosis
  Tuberculosis causes 1,340,000 deaths per year, that is 2.4% of all deaths
• 7. Lung Cancer
  Lung cancer causes 1,390,000 deaths per year, that is 2.4% of all deaths
• 6. AIDS
  AIDS causes 1,780,000 deaths per year, that is 3.1% of all deaths
• 5. Diarrhoeal diseases
  Diarrhoeal diseases cause 2,460,000 deaths per year, that is 4.3% of all deaths
• 4. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease causes 3,280,000 deaths per year, that is 5.8% of all deaths
• 3. Lower respiratory infections
  Lower respiratory infections cause 3,460,000 deaths per year, that is 6.1% of all deaths
• 2. Stroke and other cerebrovascular disease
  Stroke and other cerebrovascular diseases cause 6,150,000 deaths per year, that is 10.8% of all deaths
• 1. Ischaemic heart disease
  Ischaemic heart disease causes 7,250,000 deaths per year, that is 12.8% of all deaths

 

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Top 10 Smallest countries in the world

Top 10 Smallest countries in the world



10. Maldives



Area of Maldives: 297.85 (km2) / 115 (sq. miles)
The 2000 islands forming Maldives are located in the Indian Ocean and are home to 340,000 residents.
9. Seychelles



Area of Seychelles : 277.13 (km2) / 107 (sq. miles)
The Seychelles islands are located in the Indian ocean and is home to 81,00 residents.
8. Saint Kitts and Nevis



Area of Saint Kitts and Nevis: 269.36 (km2) / 104 (sq. miles)
Saint Kitts and Nevis are two islands in the Caribbean. It is home to 39,000 residents.
7. Marshall Islands



Area of Marshall Islands: 181.30 (km2) / 70 (sq. miles)
Marshall Islands was once administered by the United States until it gained independence in 1986. Marshall Islands is home to 58,000 residents.
6. Liechtenstein



Area of Liechtenstein: 160.58 (km2) / 62 (sq. miles)
Liechtenstein is located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland and is home to 34,000 residents.
5. San Marino



Area of San Marino: 66.16 (km2) / 24 (sq. miles)
Located in Italy, San Marino is home to 29,000 residents. San Marino is supposedly the oldest state in Europe.
4. Tuvalu



Area of Tuvalu: 23.30 (km2) / 9 (sq. miles)
The nine atolls of Polynesia are home to 12,000 residents.
3. Nauru



Area of Nauru: 22.01 (km2) / 8.5 (sq. miles)
Formerly known as Pleasant Island, Nauru has a population of 13,000
2. Monaco



Area of Monaco: 1.81 (km2) / 0.7 (sq. miles)
The population of Monaco is around 32,000
1. Vatican City



Area of Vatican City: 0.52 (km2) / 0.2 (sq. miles)
Vatican City has a population

 

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Top 10 Tallest bridges in the world

Top 10 Tallest bridges in the world



10. Runyang Bridge – 215 meters

The Runyang bridge is located in Jiangsu, China and is 215 meters (705.38 feet) tall.



Runyang Bridge - China - 215 meters




9. Pont de Normandie – 215 meters

The Pont de Normandie bridge is located in Le Havre, France and is 215 meters (705.38 feet) tall.



Pont de Normandie Bridge - France - 215 meters




8. Tatara Bridge – 220 meters

The Tatara bridge is located in Imabari, Japan and is 220 meters (721.78 feet) tall.



Tatara Bridge - Japan - 220 meters




7. Foresthill Bridge – 223 meters

The Foresthill bridge is located in Auburn, United States and is 223 meters (731.62 feet) tall.



Foresthill Bridge - United States - 223 meters




6. Golden Gate Bridge – 227.4 meters

The Golden Gate bridge is located in San Francisco, United States and is 227.4 meters (746.06 feet) tall.



Golden Gate Bridge - 227.4 meters




5. Great Belt East Bridge – 254 meters

The Great Belt East bridge is located in Slagelse, Denmark and is 254 meters (833.33 feet) tall.



Great Belt East Bridge - Denmark - 254 meters




4. Stonecutters Bridge – 298 meters

The Stonecutters bridge is located in Hong Kong, China and is 298 meters (977.69 feet) tall. It is still under construction.



Stonecutters Bridge - China - 298 meters




3. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge – 298.3 meters

The Akashi-Kaikyo bridge is located in Kobe, Japan and is 298.3 meters (978.67 feet) tall.



Akashi Kaikyo Bridge - Japan - 298.3 meters




2. Russky Island bridge – 320.9 meters

The Russky Island bridge is located in Vladivostok, Russia and is 320.9 meters (1 052.82 feet) tall. It is still under construction.



Russky Island Bridge - Russia - 320.9 meters




1. Millau Viaduct – 343 meters

The Millau Viaduct bridge is located in Millau, France and is 343 meters (1 128.60 feet) tall.



Millau Bridge - France - 343 meters

 

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Top 10 Most indebted countries in the world

Top 10 Most indebted countries in the world



10. Spain



Spain’s external debt: $2,166,000,000,000
Spain’s debt per capita: 47,069$
Spain’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 154%
9. Italy



Italy’s external debt: $2,223,000,000,000
Italy’s debt per capita: 36,841$
Italy’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 108%
8. Norway



Norway’s external debt: $2,232,000,000,000
Norway’s debt per capita: 454,768$
Norway’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 538%
7. Ireland



Ireland’s external debt: $2,253,000,000,000
Ireland’s debt per capita: 503,914$
Ireland’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 1,103%
6. Japan



Japan’s external debt: $2,441,000,000,000
Japan’s debt per capita: 19,148$
Japan’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 45%
5. Netherlands



Netherlands’s external debt: $3,733,000,000,000
Netherlands’s debt per capita: 225,814$
Netherlands’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 471%
4. France



France’s external debt: $4,698,000,000,000
France’s debt per capita: 74,619$
France’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 182%
3. Germany



Germany’s external debt: $4,713,000,000,000
Germany’s debt per capita: 57,755$
Germany’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 142%
2. United Kingdom



United Kingdom’s external debt: $8,981,000,000,000
United Kingdom’s debt per capita: 144,338$
United Kingdom’s debt-to-GDP ratio: 400%
1. United States (USA)



United States’ external debt: $14,300,000,000,000
United States’ debt per capita: 45,097$
United States’ debt-to-GDP ratio: 95%

 

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Top 10 Most populated countries

Top 10 Most populated countries



10. Japan



Population of Japan: 126,475,664
9. Russia



Population of Russia: 138,739,892
8. Nigeria



Population of Nigeria: 155,215,573
7. Bangladesh



Population of Bangladesh: 158,570,535
6. Pakistan



Population of Pakistan: 187,342,721
5. Brazil



Population of Brazil: 203,429,773
4. Indonesia



Population of Indonesia: 245,613,043
3. United States of America



Population of the United State of America (USA): 313,232,044
2. India



Population of India: 1,189,172,906
1. China



Population of China: 1,336,718,015

 

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Top 10 Biggest countries in the world

Top 10 Biggest countries in the world



10. Algeria



Area of Algeria: 2,381,741 (km2) – Algeria is the largest country in Africa and in the Arab World
9. Kazakhstan



Area of Kazakhstan: 2,724,900 (km2) – Kazakhstan is the largest landlocked country in the world
8. Argentina



Area of Argentina: 2,780,400 (km2)
7. India



Area of India: 3,287,263 (km2) – India is the largest country of South Asia
6. Australia



Area of Australia: 7,692,024 (km2) – Australia is the largest country in Oceania and the largest borderless country
5. Brazil



Area of Brazil: 8,514,877 (km2) – Brazil is the largest country in South America and the Southern Hemisphere
4. China



Area of China: 9,596,961 (km2) – China is the largest country wholly in Asia
3. United States of America



Area of the United State of America (USA): 9,629,091 (km2)
2. Canada



Area of Canada: 9,984,670 (km2) – Canada is the largest country in North America and the Western Hemisphere
1. Russia



Area of Russia: 17,098,242 (km2) – Russia is the largest country in the world and covers almost 12% of the world’s total area

 

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Top 10 Most populated cities

Top 10 Most populated cities



10. Jakarta, Indonesia



Population of Jakarta, Indonesia: 9,588,198
9. Seoul, South Korea



Population of Seoul, South Korea: 10,575,447
8. Sao Paulo, Brazil



Population of Sao Paulo, Brazil: 11,244,369
7. Moscow, Russia



Population of Moscow, Russia: 11,551,930
6. Beijing, China



Population of Beijing, China: 11,716,000
5. Mumbai, India



Population of Mumbai, India: 12,478,447
4. Delhi, India



Population of Delhi, India: 12,565,901
3. Istanbul, Turkey



Population of the Istanbul, Turkey: 12,946,730
2. Karachi, Pakistan



Population of Karachi, Pakistan: 12,991,000
1. Shanghai, China



Population of Shanghai, China: 17,836,133

 

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Top 10 Most Commonly Used Words in the English Language

Top 10 Most Commonly Used Words in the English Language

• 1. THE (56,271,872 occurrences per billion words)
• 2. OF (33,950,064 occurrences per billion words)
• 3. AND (29,944,184 occurrences per billion words)
• 4. TO (25,956,096 occurrences per billion words)
• 5. IN (17,420,636 occurrences per billion words)
• 6. I (11,764,797 occurrences per billion words)
• 7. THAT (11,073,318 occurrences per billion words)
• 8. WAS (10,078,245 occurrences per billion words)
• 9. HIS (8,799,755 occurrences per billion words)
• 10. HE (8,397,205 occurrences per billion words)

 

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Top 10 Deadliest earthquakes

Top 10 Deadliest earthquakes



10. 1703 Genroku – 108,800 deaths

The 1703 Genroku earthquake occurred on December 31, 1703 in Edo, the forerunner of present-day Tokyo, Japan. It shook Edo and killed an estimated 2,300 people. Genroku is a Japanese era spanning from 1688 through 1704. The earthquake is thought to have been an interplate earthquake whose focal region extended from Sagami Bay to the tip of the Bōsō Peninsula as well as the area along the Sagami Trough in the open sea southeast of the Boso Peninsula. This earthquake then resulted in a tsunami which hit the coastal areas of the Boso Peninsula and Sagami Bay. This caused more than 6,500 deaths, particularly on the Boso Peninsula. The Habu Pond on Izu Ōshima was collapsed and it rushed into the sea. The tsunami was reported to have caused more than 10,000 fatalities.



9. 1948 Ashgabat – 110,000 deaths

The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake, at a magnitude 7.3M, occurred on 6 October 1948 near Ashgabat, Turkmenistan (then Soviet Union). The earthquake is considered to be the 6th deadliest earthquake in the history of humankind. Due to censorship by the national government, the Ashgabat Earthquake was not much reported in USSR media. The earthquake struck at 2:17 in the morning on 6 October 1948. The epicenter of the earthquake was located near the small village Gara-Gaudan, 25 kilometers southwest of Ashgabat. The earthquake caused extreme damage in Ashgabat and nearby villages, where almost all brick buildings collapsed, concrete structures were heavily damaged, and freight trains were derailed. Surface rupture was observed northwest and southeast of Ashgabat. Media sources vary on the number of the casualties from 10,000 to 176,000. A news release on 9 December 1988 advised that the correct death toll was 110,000, equivalent to almost 10% of the Turkmen SSR’s population at the time. A 2007 report by the State News Agency of Turkmenistan gives a total number of up to 176,000.



8. 1923 Great Kanto – 142,000 deaths

The 1923 Great Kantō earthquake struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 11:58:44 am JST on September 1, 1923. Varied accounts hold that the duration of the earthquake was between 4 and 10 minutes. The quake had a magnitude of 7.9 on the Richter scale, with its focus deep beneath Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay. This earthquake devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kantō region. The power and intensity of the earthquake is easy to underestimate, but it managed to move the 93-ton Great Buddha statue at Kamakura which was over 60 km away from the epicenter. The statue slid forward almost two feet. Casualty estimates range from about 100,000 to 142,000 deaths, the latter figure including approximately 40,000 who went missing and were presumed dead.



7. 2010 Haiti – 222,570 deaths

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 M earthquake, with an epicentre near the town of Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. The earthquake occurred at 16:53 local time on Tuesday, 12 January 2010. By 24 January, at least 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater had been recorded. An estimated three million people were affected by the quake; the Haitian government reported that an estimated 230,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured and 1,000,000 made homeless. They also estimated that 250,000 residences and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged.



6. 2004 Indian Ocean – 230,000 deaths

The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea megathrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday, December 26, 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean, killing over 230,000 people in fourteen countries, and inundating coastal communities with waves up to 30 meters (100 feet) high. Indonesia was the hardest hit, followed by Sri Lanka, India, and Thailand. With a magnitude of between 9.1 and 9.3, it is the third largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.4 inches) and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska. Its hypocenter was between Simeulue and mainland Indonesia.



5. 1138 Aleppo – 230,000 deaths

The 1138 Aleppo earthquake was an earthquake that was located near the town of Aleppo in northern Syria on 11 October 1138. The United States Geological Survey lists it as the third deadliest earthquake in history. However, the figure of 230,000 dead is based on a historical conflation of this earthquake with earthquakes in November 1137 on the Jazira plain and the large seismic event of 30 September 1139 in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja. The first mention of a 230,000 death toll was by Ibn Taghribirdi in the fifteenth century.



4. 1920 Haiyuan – 235,502 deaths

1920 Haiyuan earthquake was an earthquake that occurred on December 16, 1920. The epicenter was in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Province, Republic of China. The earthquake hit at local time 20:06:53, reportedly 7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, followed by a series of aftershocks for three years. Chinese media claim the earthquake as of magnitude 8.5, although the official scale is not specified. About 200 km (125 mi) of surface faulting was seen from Lijunbu through Ganyanchi to Jingtai. There were large numbers of landslides and ground cracks throughout the epicentral area. Some rivers were dammed, others changed course. Total casualty was reported as 200,000 in a summary published by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 240,000 according to Ningxia Daily, a Chinese publication in the current administrative area, and 235,502 according to the Catalog of Damaging Earthquakes in the World (Through 2008) maintained by the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering.



3. 526 Antioch – 250,000 deaths

In 526 during late May, probably between the 20th and the 29th, a major earthquake hit Syria and Antioch in the Byzantine Empire, killing approximately 250000 people. The earthquake was followed by a fire that destroyed most of the buildings left standing by the earthquake. Damage estimates on the Modified Mercalli scale are; VIII Antioch, VII Dafna & Seleucia Pieria. In the port of Seleucia Pieria an uplift of 0.7–0.8 m has been estimated, and the subsequent silting up of the harbour left it unusable. It was the 3rd most deadly earthquake of all time.



2. 1976 Tangshan – 242,419–779,000 deaths

The Tangshan Earthquake was a natural disaster that occurred on July 28, 1976. It is believed to be the largest earthquake of the 20th century by death toll. The epicenter of the earthquake was near Tangshan in Hebei, People’s Republic of China, an industrial city with approximately one million inhabitants. The number of deaths initially reported by the Chinese government was 655,000, but this number has since been stated to be around 240,000 to 255,000. A further 164,000 people were recorded as being severely injured. he earthquake hit in the early morning, at 03:42:53.8 local time and lasted 23 seconds. Chinese government official sources state a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter magnitude scale, though some sources listed it as high as 8.2. It was followed by a major 7.8 magnitude aftershock some 16 hours later, increasing the death toll.



1. 1556 Shaanxi – 830,000 deaths

The 1556 Shaanxi earthquake was a catastrophic earthquake and is also the deadliest earthquake on record, killing approximately 830,000 people in China. It occurred on the morning of 23 January 1556 in Shaanxi, during the Ming Dynasty. More than 97 counties in the provinces of Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Gansu, Hebei, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu and Anhui were affected. An 840-kilometre (520 mi)-wide area was destroyed, and in some counties 60% of the population was killed. Most of the population in the area at the time lived in yaodongs, artificial caves in loess cliffs, many of which collapsed during the catastrophe with great loss of life.

 

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Top 10 Weirdest Fruit

Top 10 Weirdest Fruit





If you grew up American, like me, then your typical idea of “Tropical Fruit” was bananas and the occasional kiwi. When I was a kid, Pineapples were something you rarely saw in a grocery store and mangos were something mentioned in movies or songs and I just assumed they didn’t exist for real and I just assumed Sesame Street and Don Ho were lying to me.

The intenet has effectively erased the borders when it comes to things like a country’s native foods, and the global distribution of goods has brought the weird to our neighborhood food dispensaries. Here are 10 bizarre fruits that people actually eat, that we otherwise never would have heard of.
10. Kiwano


Kiwanos are a strange melon/cucumber relative originally from New Zealand. The outside looks more like something from an 80s side-scroller than a fruit, and the inside is even more bizarre. Usually when something is that green, it is oozing out of a dead alien, and to be honest, isn’t real. But they are. When I was a kid, the commissary (the grocery store if you grew up on a military base) had them once and I talked my mother into buying one. I then spent 2 weeks staring at it, wondering if it was going to scream at me and club me to death if I tried to cut it (it didn’t).
I eventually sliced it open, and as is the case with most tropical fruit, I decided I preferred apples. They are apparently pretty popular, though and work okay in fruit salads.
9. Dragon Fruit


Also known as Pitaya, the dragon fruit lives up to its name in appearance. From the outside, it looks like a decorative modern art flame, and on the inside, well, that is what I figured a dragon must look like on the inside. They originally come from Mexico and New Mexico, but are pretty popular in the eastern world now and grown heavily in the islands of Indonesia, up across South East Asia, in Australia and even as far as Israel.
It is the fruit of a cactus, and is described as having a very watermelon like taste, despite looking like vanilla ice cream studded with dead fruit flies.
8. Durian


Ahh, durian. Alternately known as “The King of Fruit” and “The fruit that smells like rotting garbage and onions.” My favorite description is from Richard Sterling and quoted on Wikipedia as this:
“Its odor is best described as pig-sh*t, turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock. It can be smelled from yards away.”
The same page also mentions that they have also been described as smelling like civet, sewage, stale vomit, skunk spray and used surgical swabs. Yum. Some people are absolutely in love with it, and apparently a variety of animals including tigers can’t get enough of stale vomit encased in a fruity hedgehog, but the people in Singapore seem to have the right idea; the fruit is banned from all public transportation.
7. Buddha’s Hand


Buddha’s hand is a citrus fruit with little real “fruit” to it, being mostly citron scented rind, in the form of awful looking yellow fingers. It is easily the most horrible looking thing bearing the name “Buddha” unless some sick bastard named a rotting carcass after Siddhartha.
People don’t generally eat them, because of the lack of actual fruit in it, but they use them to perfume rooms because they put out a pretty powerful citrusy fragrance, however since their pith (the bitter white part of the citrus peel) is actually not bitter, the “fingers” are sometimes cut off and used in fish dishes or salads.
6. Passion Fruit


While passion fruits aren’t exactly rare these days, they still kind of freak me out, and they are odd looking. They are originally South American and the skins have been shown to contain trace amounts of cyanogenic glycosides, which is to say microscopic amounts of really nasty poison, but then again so do apple seeds, so don’t sweat it.
People are almost as psycho about passion fruit as they are durian, although not smelling like a corpse suggests that they may be on to something. Here’s a fun bit of trivia: Guess how the Passion Fruit got its name? Well, before the fruit was named, the flower was called the “Passion Flower”. Do the flower and fruit inspire lust? Do they keep couples together through tough times? Or rather, did the flowers remind the first Europeans to discover them think of Jesus being tortured (the Passion)and named them after that? Hint, it had nothing to do with love.
5. Screw Pine


I love anything where the name could get a kid in trouble for saying it in school, which includes the word “screw” and anything that sounds like “ass.” Screw pines also go by the more boring name of Pandanus… okay, so “Panda anus” is a winner too. The fruit is used for everything from dyes to food. Not the most exciting thing on the list, but it certainly has the most fun name.
4. Rambutan


I’ll be honest with you; rambutan reminds me of a vegetarian testicle. Sorry for that, but I aim for honesty in my writing and it looks like some weird critter from Australia carries them around to make babies and possibly drink from. It hails from Southeast Asia and is popular for jams and jellies, and the mildly poisonous seeds are sometimes roasted and eaten (roasting them apparently makes them safe).
3. Akebia Quinata


These fruit look like they are just as likely to eat you as you are it. The sausage shaped pods are filled with edible goo that looks like it should be bursting with flies, but they come from chocolate scented flowers, which means they may not be half bad. The stem of the plant is used as a diuretic because it contains 30% potassium salts, and New Zealand has banned the sale of the plant because it is apparently a virulent pest that likes to squeeze out competing flora.
2. Atemoya


Atemoya are a hybrid made from Sugar Apples and Cherimoya. Much like the durian, they look like you could shove it onto the end of a stick and smite foes with them, but they are actually smooth and soft like the sherimoya. They are described as tasting like a pina colada with vanilla, which actually sounds quite delightful. Oh, and because nothing tropical seems to be without a horrific dark side, the seeds are inedible and poisonous. Also, the flowers have a weird behavior; from 2 to 4 PM, they are female, and on alternating days, from 3 to 5 they are male. This fruit is a lot like Cillian Murphy in Peacock.
1. Snakeskin Fruit


Some fruit names are deceptive; Breadfruit tastes nothing like bread, and road apples couldn’t look less like a road if they tried. (They taste awful, too.) This one pretty much hits the nail on the head. I will take my vegetable matter without disturbing scales, thank you very much. Pinching the end of the fruit causes the skin to slough off, and the pieces of fruit resemble garlic. The flavor is described as sweet and acidic, that is if you can get past the fact that it looks like garlic from the plant the lizard people in V came from.

List by: David Dietle

Read more: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-weirdest-fruit.php#ixzz1lNHIqLXm
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Top 10 Incredibly Rare Flowers

by Christine Vrey
When spring is in full swing, there is no denying how beautiful the world looks. The trees get new leaves and with them come an array of colorful flowers. Butterflies and hummingbirds are everywhere as the sombre winter mood lifts. It’s my personal favorite time of the year. In this list we will take a look at some amazing flowers which, sadly, you probably won’t see this coming spring. These are the rare, endangered and in some cases extinct in the wild flowers. The reason most of these carry the title of rare, is because humans do not have the ability to work in perfect harmony with nature. For example, Humans build a dam, the dam prevents a specific river from flowing freely, which prevents a specific frog or fish from breading, which results in a specific kind of bird not getting food, which results in a specific kind of flower not being pollinated, which can eventually lead to the extinction of that plant. In that one scenario of building a dam humans have basically killed off three species, and history is filled with hundreds of similar occurrences. Regardless of what drove them to become rarities, the following plants are far and few between, and having the opportunity to see one for yourself should be a celebrated occurrence.

10 Jade Vine
Strongylodon macrobotrys

The jade vine is a rare woody vine native to the tropical rainforests of the Philippines. It is a member of the pea and bean family and is closely related to kidney beans. The plant carries claw shaped flowers which grow from hanging trusses; they can reach up to three meters in length. The flower’s color can vary from blue green to mint green. The species has proven extremely difficult to propagate, and is considered an endangered species due to the destruction of its habitat and a decrease in natural pollinators.

9 Corpse Flower
Rafflesia arnoldii

This fascinating flower is found mainly in low lying tropical rainforests of Indonesia. This is one of the world’s rarest, most endangered and largest flowers and it can reach a total width of over a meter. The Rafflesia’s survival is totally dependent on a specific vine called the Tetrastigma vine. As the Rafflesia is a bodiless, stemless, leafless, rootless parasite, it requires the vine for nourishment and support. It is also a carrion plant, which means that it releases a pungent rotten flesh smell when in bloom to attract flies and carrion beetles to aid in pollination. Once in bloom, the flower will only last about a week before dying.

8 Gibraltar Campion
Silene tomentosa

This species of Campion is particularly rare and is only found on the high cliffs of Gibraltar. This plant was believed extinct by the entire scientific community outside Gibraltar in the 1980s but the Gibraltar botanical section knew there were a few specimens left. Sadly, by 1992 all traces of the plant had vanished and it was declared extinct. In 1994 a single specimen was discovered by a climber on the inaccessible cliffs and the species came back to life. It was propagated at the millennium seed bank and specimens are grown at The Almeda Gibraltar Botanic Gardens as well as the Royal Botanic Gardens in London.

7 Franklin Tree
Franklinia alatamaha

This tree is a part of the tea family but is the sole species in its genus and a very rare flowering plant. The tree is native to the Altamaha river valley in Georgia, but has been extinct in the wild since the early 19th century. In fact this beautiful tree is only known today because of the Bartram family, who were avid horticulturists and propagated the tree before its extinction in the wild. The plant, which has fragrant white blooms and leaves that turn into a bright red color in fall, is now a popular ornamental plant. All the examples of this tree today stem from one of the trees propagated by the Bartram’s.

6 Parrot’s Beak
Lotus berthelotii

This is a beautiful flower that has been classed as exceedingly rare since 1884. It is believed to be completely extinct in the wild, but a few individuals might have survived. This stunning plant is endemic to the Canary Islands and is believed to have originally been pollinated by sunbirds, which have long since become extinct in the Canary Islands. This could help to explain the scarcity of the plant. Experiments have been undertaken to find new pollinators for the flowers, in hopes that they can successfully be reintroduced to the Islands, but as of 2008, no fruit had been successfully produced. The Parrot’s beak is however cultivated in the horticulture trade, which can allow even you to own one!

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5 Chocolate Cosmos
Cosmos atrosanguineus

This is a dark red to brown species of Cosmos, native to Mexico. Sadly it has been extinct in the wild for over a hundred years. The species survives today as a single non fertile clone, which was created in 1902 by vegetative propagation. The flowers which are produced by the plant are a rich deep red to brown color and grow to about 3-4 cm in diameter. The flowers have a lovely vanillin fragrance in the summer (also found in vanilla beans, some coffee beans and some cacao beans), which also makes it a wonderful ornamental plant.

4 Koki’o
Kokai cookei

This is an extremely rare tree, endemic to Hawaii. It was discovered in 1860, at which time only three specimens could be found. The tree proved difficult to propagate, and by 1950, after the last seedling died, it was deemed extinct. In 1970 a sole survivor was found, which was sadly destroyed in a fire in 1978. Luckily one of the branches of that last remaining tree was saved, and grafted into 23 trees that exist today, all of which are situated in various places in Hawaii. The Kokai is a small tree that grows to about 10-11 meters high. Their most striking feature has to be the hundreds of bright red flowers that mature trees produce annually. Sadly that is a rarity which few will be privileged to see.

3 Yellow and Purple Lady Slippers
Cypripedium calceolus

This is an extremely rare type of wild orchid found across Europe. Britain’s only example of this plant, which used to be more common and widespread, can be found on a golf course and has been under strict police protection since 1917. A single cutting can be sold for US$5000, which is shocking as the plant is very difficult to propagate. Its seeds bear no nourishment for the growing plant, so it lives in a symbiotic relationship with a specific type of fungus, which provides it with nourishment, until the adult leaves can produce enough nourishment for the plant, at which time the fungus will also live off it. There are many types of Lady slipper orchids, many of which are rare. This specific type, has dark purple to almost red brown tendrils with a bright yellow “slipper or moccasin.”

2 Ghost Orchid
Epipogium aphyllum

The Ghost orchid is a fascinating rare plant that was presumed extinct for almost 20 years, only recently did it rear its head again. The plant is so rare because it is basically impossible to propagate. It has no leaves, does not depend on photosynthesis and does not manufacture its own food. Like the Lady slipper, it needs a specific fungus in close contact with its root system, which feeds it. The Ghost orchid never grows leaves, and will therefore always depend on the fungus for its nourishment. The Ghost orchid can live underground for years, without showing any external signs and will only bloom when all conditions are optimum. This explains why some orchid enthusiasts search for years and years just to have a glimpse of this elusive flower.

1 Middlemist Red
Middlemist camellia

This is probably the rarest flowering plant in the world as there are only 2 known examples. One can be found in a garden in New Zealand and the other is situated in a greenhouse in Britain. The plant was originally brought to Britain from China by John Middlemist (after whom the plant was named) in 1804. It has since been completely wiped out in China. The plant in Britain remained barren for years and only started bearing flowers recently. The flowers are, contrary to its name, bright pink in color and look almost rose like. It is believed to be highly possible that more examples of this species has survived in people’s gardens, unbeknown to them, as it was once sold directly to the public by John Middlemist.

 

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