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On the daily basis interesting and strange events
occurs around the World and some of these events get status of World
records. In this article we mention some of those events that emergence
took place is in recent days. We believe that after reading them you may
not stay without enjoying.
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Fracking in Alberta: daily quakes and thirsty
residents
One earthquake is recorded on average each day in a western Canadian
region where companies extract oil by fracking, according to statistics
published by the Canadian province's energy regulatory agency. The
Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) said Friday that in the last year alone,
there were 363 tremors in and around Fox Creek, a small town of 2,000
inhabitants located 260 kilometers (160 miles) northwest of Edmonton.
Some days, seismic activity is higher, such as on September 11, 2015,
when a record 18 earthquakes were felt. |
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Richest 62 people as wealthy as half of world's
population
The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a
new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much
wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population. Timed to coincide
with this week’s gathering of many of the super-rich at the annual World
Economic Forum in Davos, the report calls for urgent action to deal with
a trend showing that 1% of people own more wealth than the other 99%
combined. |
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The scooter - the short history of a cultural icon
The scooter was invented in 1947 as a low cost alternative to the
automobile in war-ravaged Europe – it was designed as transport for the
masses and it caught on so quickly that it became one of the great
transport phenomena to sweep the world in the 20th century. The Vespa
(which means “wasp” in Italian) was the result of Enrico Piaggio’s
determination to create a viable alternative to the automobile for the
masses. As the war drew to a close, Enrico studied every possible
solution to get production in his plants going again. |
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Finland plans to give every citizen 800 euros a
month and scrap benefits
Finland's government is drawing up plans to give every one of its
citizens a basic income of 800 euros (£576) a month and scrap benefits
altogether. A poll commissioned by the agency planning the proposal, the
Finnish Social Insurance Institute, showed 69% supported the basic
income plan. |
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Concept can 'drop' passengers to safety using
built-in parachutes
Engineers have revealed a radical new way to save plane passengers in
the event of an emergency. The design shows an aircraft with a
detachable cabin that releases in emergency situations. During take-off,
landing or flight, the redesigned cabin detaches from the plane and
safely lands on the ground or water– saving everyone's lives on board.
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It's so cold you can build a MOSQUE out of snow
In Bradford, West Yorkshire, 31-year-old Ayub Bismillah took the
opportunity to express his creative side as he built a giant mosque out
of snow on the pavement next to his brother's shop. 'Our imaginations
just began to run away with us and what started as a snowman turned into
a mosque,' he said. 'The minaret would have been over six foot and it
would have been two metres wide and about a metre deep. We had to
collect a lot of snow to finish it.' The structure, which is complete
with a dome, minaret and crescent, took about two and a half hours to
build - but it soon started to crumble as the snowfall died away.
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