Thursday, April 30, 2026

Why use coconut oil?

Dehradun to Mussoorie - 20minutes!

Uttarakhand is set to get India’s longest passenger ropeway, connecting Dehradun and Mussoorie 🚠🏔️ The 5.2 km ropeway is expected to reduce travel time from around 2 hours to just 20 minutes, bringing faster and smoother hill travel for visitors and residents. The project is being developed at an estimated cost of around ₹300 crore and reports say operations are targeted to begin in 2026 if work continues on schedule.

Small with big advantage!

After a powerful earthquake struck western Turkey in October 2020, rescue teams rushed to the devastated areas of İzmir Province to search for survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings. Among them was volunteer rescuer Rıdvan Çelik, who traveled from Istanbul to help with search and rescue efforts. He worked for days in heavily damaged neighborhoods, including the hard hit district of Bayraklı. Because of his small stature, he was able to enter narrow spaces within the rubble that larger rescuers could not reach. In dangerous conditions, he helped locate survivors and guided crews to areas where digging efforts were needed most. His efforts became part of the larger rescue response that followed one of Turkey’s deadliest recent earthquakes

Japan has 99,763 people aged 100 or older!

Japan just hit a number nobody in human history has ever hit before. As of September 1, 2025, Japan has 99,763 people aged 100 or older — a new national record for the 55th year in a row. To put that in perspective: in 1963, there were only 153 centenarians in the entire country. That's gone from 153 to nearly 100,000 in six decades. The oldest person in Japan right now? 114-year-old Shigeko Kagawa — a doctor who was still delivering babies past the age of 80. Her secret? "Walking extensively during house calls built strong legs, which are the source of my current vitality." She still reads the newspaper and does calligraphy every day. And here's the detail that stops you cold: 88% of Japan's centenarians are women. Scientists point to the usual suspects — a diet built around fish, vegetables, soy and green tea, lower consumption of red meat and sugar, strong community bonds, purposeful daily routines, and one of the world's best healthcare systems. But here's where it gets complicated. Japan's Prime Minister has called the country's demographic situation a "quiet emergency." The population of Japanese nationals fell by over 900,000 people in 2024 alone. More elderly people, fewer workers to support them, soaring medical costs — and a birth rate that shows no sign of recovering. The same country that figured out how to live the longest is struggling to survive as a society. Nearly 100,000 people over 100. And not enough young people coming up behind them. Two records. One country. A fascinating, uncomfortable question about what longevity actually costs. 🇯🇵

Chia seeds - wonder seeds!

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

How surprising!

Most expensive Aircraft!

It is an Airbus A380 — the same aircraft that carries 575 passengers in commercial service. Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal uses it for one. Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal's private Airbus A380 is valued at over $500 million, making it the most expensive celebrity or billionaire-owned aircraft currently flying. The A380's double-deck fuselage offers a combined floor area across two full levels — in commercial configuration it seats between 450 and 853 passengers. In Prince Al Waleed's private configuration, that space has been redeployed as full-length living quarters on both decks. Dailymotion Reported interior features include a throne room, a concert hall, a private master suite, Moroccan-style reception areas, a boardroom, and a retractable external compartment accommodating a Rolls-Royce automobile. The aircraft costs twice as much as Drake's Air Drake, more than three times the value of Kim Kardashian's jet, and more than the entire active fleet of several European low-cost carriers. Nothing currently on order or in development in private aviation appears likely to challenge it as a ceiling. RTÉ The aircraft represents the logical endpoint of a question that celebrity aviation has been asking for decades: if money is no object and the only limit is the size of the airframe, what does the ultimate flying experience look like? The A380 answers it with a throne room, a car garage, and a concert stage.