You mean they crashed safely. 
Cool History Stuff
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I thought there was something up with the map at first but then I checked the date. Haha
It's interesting to think that the chilli pepper didn't reach India until December 1500. It really took the place by storm. Can you imagine East Asian cuisine without it?
Wasn't until the mid-1500's the tomato came Italy.
Imagine Italilian food without the tomato.
Imagine Italilian food without the tomato.
It's amazing how many foods came from mostly Central and South America... maize, potatoes, avocados, chilis and peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes.
Chocolate too!
Read in a book on the history of food, that chili peppers were probably the one food plant that spread around the world the fastest ... so quick in fact, that people thought there were local varieties in places like East Africa -- but modern DNA testing proved it all originated from Central America.
Cool. I think it's pretty much decided even what ship it was first brought on and even the date it arrived. Some Portuguese traders, if I'm right.
Yeah, it took Asia by storm.
The tomato was a huge success too.
There was an idea that West African chilis and what is called peri peri in East Africa were local -- but turns out, nope -- all from Americas.
I found an old bridge while out on a walk near my village. It's in the Barranco del Cotobro, between Almuñecar and La Herradura.
thought to date from the 1st to 3rd centiry AD, it is near the remains of the old Roman settlement of Firmium Julium Sexi, now reduced to a few ruins in Almuñecar.
It's pretty cool to stand there for a while thinking how much traffic has passed by here over the centuries.
thought to date from the 1st to 3rd centiry AD, it is near the remains of the old Roman settlement of Firmium Julium Sexi, now reduced to a few ruins in Almuñecar.
It's pretty cool to stand there for a while thinking how much traffic has passed by here over the centuries.
Nice.
You have to love coming across hidden treasures like that.
You have to love coming across hidden treasures like that.
Yeah, I knew it was around but I hadn't properly looked for it so it was a pleasant surprise to just see it the other day on an old track off the highway. I knew what it was as soon as I saw it, having read about it. There are some old watchtowers around here, most date from the 16th century, when this coast was raided by pirates and Berber slavers pretty much constantly. I'll take a few pictures and post something about them soon. Something so old is pretty special though.
This iconic photograph is still considered one of the most-terrifying space photographs to date. Astronaut Bruce McCandless II became the first human being to do a spacewalk without a safety tether linked to a spacecraft. In 1984, he floated completely untethered in space with nothing but his Manned Maneuvering Unit keeping him alive.
That's incredibly brave but I guess for being an astronaut that's a requirement.
Fantastic pic Rico.
I found this on his wikipedia page
en.wikipedia.org
I found this on his wikipedia page
Bruce McCandless II - Wikipedia
This bronze age sword, extraordinarily well preserved despite being 3000 years old, was dug up by German archaeologists this summer.
Dazzling ancient bronze sword found in Germany
German archaeologists find a Bronze Age sword so new-looking it "almost shines".
www.bbc.com
That was an amazing find.
Nov 12 1918, the Netherlands grants asylum to German emperor Wilhelm II. In 1919 he would buy house Doorn from Dutch Baroness Ella van Heemstra-De Beaufort. She was the mother of actress Audrey Hepburn. Wilhelm lived in Doorn until he died in 1941. Today it is a museum.
Whoa, scrolling down past a severe looking emperor and then there's Audrey with those big brown eyes, big swing in emotions.