Hurricane IRMA

Irma broke a bunch of meteorological records

Here are few of the biggest records the giant storm(Irma) broke:

• Irma sustained 185-mph winds for 37 hours, the longest any cyclone on the globe has maintained that intensity.
• Irma's maximum sustained wind speed of 185 mph made it the strongest storm that's ever existed in the Atlantic outside the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. Including those regions, it's the second strongest (after Allen, which reached 190 mph).
• Irma tied an unnamed 1932 Cuba hurricane for the longest lifetime as a Category 5 storm: 3.25 days.
• Since 1966 (when the satellite era began), Irma spent more time as a Category 5 hurricane than any other storm.
• Irma generated the most Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) - a measure that takes into account hurricane intensity, size, and duration - of any cyclone on record in the tropical Atlantic. It had the second-highest cyclone energy of all recorded Atlantic hurricanes, trailing only Ivan.
• Irma also broke the record set by Hurricane Allen in 1980 for the most Accumulated Cyclone Energy in a 24-hour period.
• In fact, Irma generated enough cyclone energy on its own to satisfy the NOAA definition of an "average" hurricane season. Since 1966, there have been 18 entire hurricane seasons that didn't generate as much total energy as Irma did

What Is The Blue Whale Game?

The Blue Whale Game is said to have taken its name from the beaching of whales. In it, there are 50 challenging tasks that a player has to perform in as many days. The tasks increase in their extreme nature every day. While it may start with something uneventful like watching a scary video or listening to a song, a player is later asked to inflict self-harm. 

A list of the tasks doing the rounds on social media sites (the authenticity of this list is unknown) says the victims are asked to carve a whale on their arms, poke their own cheeks with needles, cut their lips and climb on top of a crane. For nearly twenty continuous days, they are asked to get up at ungodly hours and contemplate suicide. Finally, on the 50th day, the participants have to jump off a building.

A curator reportedly monitors the progress of a player and asks them to submit photographic evidence of the completion of each task. If a player tries to back out, they may threaten to harm them, their friends or family. How the curators manage to get details or have they ever threatened anyone has never been reported. 

History of the Cricket Bat

The cricket bat was originally shaped like a hockey stick (1624) as the batsman had to hit the ball out of the bowler’s hands. Then as cricket laws (1770) changed, the bat became straight. The bat is shaped like a paddle, with one side having a deep V (back) and the other side flat, called the blade. This allows for more air flow and greater power in the center where the ball will hit the bat. The bat has a shoulder (1860s) for the high pitched balls, where the handle is and a toe at the bottom.

The bat cannot be more than 38 inches or 965 mm long and 4.25 inches or 108 mm wide. The cricket bat weight varies from 1.1 to 1.4 kg.

When choosing a bat, see how it swings. Your hand should completely cover the handle made of soft rubber, or else you won’t be able to hit the ball effectively. Handles are covered with cricket bat grips.

Cricket bat stickers- Cricket bats are covered with various stickers representing the company the cricketer is advertising for.

Cricket bat wood

There is some chemistry involved behind the bat. The bat is made from cricket-bat willow which is light and sturdy. Linseed oil is rubbed over the bat to make the wood fibers come closer and make the bat stronger.

Dennis Lillee’s “combat bat” was made of aluminum in 1979.Cricket rules were then changed to allow wooden bats only.

Kookaburra cricket bats(2005) were initially used by Australian cricketer Ricky Pointing. A carbon fiber polymer additionally supported the bat. Since everyone did not have access to it, it was banned.

What is Bitcoin?

Bitcoin is a form of digital currency, created and held electronically. No one controls it. Bitcoins aren’t printed, like dollars or euros – they’re produced by people, and increasingly businesses, running computers all around the world, using software that solves mathematical problems.

What makes it different from normal currencies?

Bitcoin can be used to buy things electronically. In that sense, it’s like conventional dollars, euros, or yen, which are also traded digitally.

However, bitcoin’s most important characteristic, and the thing that makes it different to conventional money, is that it is decentralized. No single institution controls the bitcoin network. This puts some people at ease, because it means that a large bank can’t control their money.

World's most unique flag (Nepal)

The flag of Nepal is the only non-rectangular national flag in the world. It's believed the flag originated in the late 19th century from two triangular flags that were placed one above the other.

The flag of Nepal consists of a crimson/red base that is outlined in blue. The top triangle of Nepal's flag has a white emblem of the moon and the bottom triangle has a white emblem of the sun.

The crimson/red color is a traditional Nepalese color and the blue outlined edge represents the country's peaceful nature. The two triangular portions of the Nepalese flag represent the Himalayan Mountains and the two main religions of the nation - which are Buddhism and Hinduism. The moon and sun originally represented the royal family and the prime minister's family, the Rana family. They also represent the country's desire to live as long as the sun and moon.

Guitar Shaped Forest

A farmer created a stunning tribute to his late wife by planting 7,000 trees in the shape of a guitar. Pedro Martin Ureta's labour of love is a memorial to Graciela Yraizoz, who loved the guitar and asked him to design the instrument on their farmland in Laboulaye, Argentina.  But, tragically she died in 1977 while carrying their fifth child before it could come to fruition.

So, after her death, Mr Ureta and their four children planted every tree individually to create the stunning wood. The guitar stretches for two thirds of a mile and is so large that it has to be seen from the sky but Mr Ureta has never seen the full design because he is afraid of 

flying.

Spider man of india

Jyothi Raj- Indian Spiderman

A lot of us like to do various adventures. Rock climbing is one of the most performed adventure activity throughout the world. You might have heard and seen about a lot of well known climbers. Have you ever heard of a person who scales rocks like a monkey ! Yes, you read it right ! Meet “The Spiderman of India”– Jyothi Raj alias Kothi Raju aka “Monkey Man”, who scales high rocks and buildings just like monkeys.

Jyothi Raj is a native of Tamil Nadu but has been living in Karnataka since a long time. He performs his monkey-like stunts at the Chitradurga Fort in Karnataka and attracts huge amount of visitors there. Soon after climbing the fort in Chitradurga, Jyothi became quite popular in India after his videos were telecast on local channels and later became viral on Youtube as well.

Roger Federer - Most Tennis Grand Slam Titles Winner

In mens category Roger Federer has won 19 grand slam title by winning Australian open and Wimbledon 2017. His haul of record 19 titles include 8 wimbledon titles, 5 US Open, 1 french open and 5 Australia Open titles. Lets start our list with most successful men tennis players of all times.

Portraits Of Amazing People Of The World - Mursi Tribe

The Mursi tribe are an African tribe from the isolated Omo valley in Southern Ethiopia near the border with Sudan.

As seen in these stunning photographs, their trademark ‘saucer’ lip plate (dhebi a tugoin) has become the chief visible distinguishing characteristic of the Mursi and made them a prime attraction for tourists. A girl’s lower lip is cut, by her mother or by another woman of her settlement, when she reaches the age of 15 or 16. The cut is held open by a wooden plug until the wound heals. It appears to be up to the individual girl to decide how far to stretch the lip, by inserting progressively larger plugs over a period of several months. Some, but by no means all, girls persevere until their lips can take plates of 12 centimetres or more in diameter.

In Singapore, selling, importing or spitting out chewing gum is illegal.

In 1992, in an attempt to establish Singapore as an idyllic enclave, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew introduced a set of stringent laws — like banning chewing gum, according to the BBC.

The leader believed gum would sully the country’s pavement and subway carts.

As of 2004, pharmacists and dentists are allowed to sell “therapeutic” gum to patients with medical prescriptions for it.

Today, it is legal to transport a small amount of gum to the country for personal use, but the vending of it remains illicit, and leaving masticated gum as litter results in a hefty fine.