curiosity

tsunami Pisa

  from http://www.newsweek.com/2007/11/01/a-maritime-pompeii.html By Barbie Nadeau Newsweek Web Exclusive Updated: 1:06 PM ET Nov 1, 2007 The San Rossore train station on the edge of Pisa, Italy, is a lonely stop. Tourists who visit this city to see its famous leaning tower generally use the central station across town. But San Rossore is about to […]

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bins

  From http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2009/04/24/modern-trash-cans-and-recycling-bins/ All good ideas with a twist that tells us as much about ourselves and our relationships with waste: For those who must not have any contact with waste: Fabriano designed by Riccardo Nannini, Domenico Orefice and Emanuele Pizzolorusso Fabriano is a basket made entirely of recycled paper. The thin layers consist of

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Anchor graveyard

  The Cemitério das Âncoras (The Anchor Graveyard) on Ilha de Tavira (Algarve, Portugal) holds the remains of large anchors which apparently formed the weights for large nets (the technique of “armações de atum” invented by the Phoenicians). The nearby town of Tavira was historically devoted to tuna fishing before the industry’s declined and collapsed.

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