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With gold prices skyrocketing by 400% over the past 10 years, do you ever find yourself wondering how much gold the world has produced so far? The best estimate as of 2011 would put the current amount of gold at a staggering 165,000 metric tons! More than half of the world’s entire gold reserve has Read more

Sailing is one of the most popular pastimes in the world, and affords its practitioners the opportunity to enjoy some of the most stunning sights that the world has to offer. As opposed to those who traverse waters in motor yachts or engine driven boats, traditional sailing provides a more tranquil experience and a complete Read more

[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hy are live web cams so fascinating to watch? Is it the voyeur in us, or is it just innocent curiosity? The internet has already made the world a little bit smaller, but with the availability of live feeds from all over the planet, you no longer have to travel the globe to visit far-off Read more

Would you Adam n’ Eve it! Often berated as the root of the world’s problems today, it’s about time the first two humans in The Garden of Eden got some credit. If it were not for Eve succumbing to the fruits of the forbidden tree, man would not have free will. This would most certainly Read more

1 The BIGGEST and BADDEST The Kockums Crane was originally put together in a Kockums shipyard in Sweden. This monster of a crane was painted orange and used up until 2002 to move giant objects round at will. The Kockums was capable of lifting up to 1,500 tons at one time and could accomplish this Read more

It says something about the human condition that we are prepared to pay good money to frighten ourselves half to death by being thrown around the breakneck curves and twists of a towering steel structure at high velocity while strapped into car shaped like an oversized bullet. Rollercoaster fanatics live for the adrenalin rush that Read more