The Amazing World

To the delight (or dismay) of millions, the school season is beginning in many countries throughout the world. But it’s important not to forget that, in some parts of the world, school can be a hard-won luxury. Many children throughout the world have to take the most incredible and unimaginable routes in order to receive the education that some of us may take for granted. This list we collected will show you just how determined some children can be when it comes to getting an education. According to UNESCO, progress in connecting children to schools has slowed down over the past five years. Areas that lack suitable school routes can often flood, making it even harder for kids to commute. Dangerous paths are one of the main reasons why many children decide to quit school. The solution might seem easy: build roads and bridges, buy buses and hire a driver. However, the lack of funds and recurring natural disasters in many countries make it difficult to provide children with the s...

Photographer describes assignment that "will stay with me forever." Brian Clark Howard National Geographic PUBLISHED MARCH 11, 2014 While documenting leopard seals in Antarctica for a 2006 National Geographic  magazine story , photographer Paul Nicklen had an experience that he says " will stay with me forever " ( see Nicklen's photos ). That experience has recently resurfaced and gone viral on the Internet, thanks to remixing and postings on Facebook and other outlets. "Leopard seals are the most incredible animals I've ever had the pleasure of photographing," he said. "When you get in the water with a wild animal, you're essentially giving yourself to that animal because, as humans, we're quite helpless and vulnerable in the water. You're at the seal's mercy. You're at the predator's mercy. "Not only did the leopard seals not attack as some predicted they would, they fed me penguins, fol...

This is a list of top ten strange military vehicles of second World War (WWII 1939 to 1945). Here’s another list:  . 1. Rhino Heavy Armoured Car Rhino, was an armoured car designed in Australia during the Second World War. Due to enemy action and design problems the project never got beyond a prototype stage. The vehicle was completed by a welded turret with 30 mm all-round protection similar in design to that of the Crusader tank. The armament consisted of a QF 2 pounder Mk IX gun and a coaxial .303-inch Vickers machine gun. 2. Fox Armoured Car The Fox Armoured Car was a wheeled armoured fighting vehicle produced by Canada in the Second World War. Built by General Motors, Canada, based on the British Humber Armoured Car hull on a CMP chassis. The turret was manually traversed and fitted with 0.303 and 050 in machine guns. The four man crew consisted of the vehicle commander, the driver, a gunner and a wireless operator. 1506 vehicles were manufactured. 3. Humber LRC Mk...

Hurricanes are threatening the U.S. as long as anyone will remember, however the financial damages the storms have caused has augmented in recent years.The devastation from Hurricane Sandy — later named a “Superstorm” — rang in at $68 billion, leaving 286 people dead and more than 6 million homeless. Below is a list of ten most destructive hurricanes in U.S. history. The hurricanes on the list depict the severity of the damage the system has caused. 10.  Hurricane Rita Season: 2005       Category 5 hurricane  Areas affected: Cuba, United States Gulf Coast The most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Hurricane Rita on September 20, at its peak intensity, attained 180 mph (285 km/h) winds. Coming so soon after Hurricane Katrina, Rita is often forgotten, but it caused $11.8 billion in damages and 120 deaths in four U.S. states. 9.  Hurricane Hugo Season: 1989 ...