Fat Monkey made with 10,000 pairs of flipflops - by florentijn Hofman

• Dutch artistFlorentijn Hofman created this huge ape, called "Fat Monkey"for the city of sao paulo's pixel showin Brazil.
• The giant inflatable is covered with more than 10,000 pairs of flip-flops,each shoe representing one pixel. 
• Local students helped dress the creature in brazil's iconic footwear of choice.

50 Easy 28 Indian States GK Question & Answers - Indian States GK

Floating Post office - Floating Post office in India

                                  India's first floating Boat office in Dal Lake - Srinagar.

Dai - Haifei Egg House - Egg House

• Dai Haifeo couldn't afford to shell out for an apartment when he found a job in china's capital, beijing, so the 25 - year old built his own egg- shaped home for $1000.
• Egg-shaped abode is made of bamboo, wood and grass seed, and fits easily on a sidewalk. 
• A solar panel and rechargeable battery power the lights and an electric blanket.

 

Antartica

Antartica is the coldest and most desolate region on earth. The continent of Antartica is buried beneath a layer of ice and snow about 1 mile(1.6km) thick.

Facts

• Antartica is one and a half times the size of the united states.
• Antartica is so cold that nothing rots or decays there.
• Antartica is the driest continent.
• Antartica is the world's Windiest cotinent.The winds average 44 miles per hour(71 kph) and gust as high as 120 miles per hour(193 kph).
• The lowest temperature on earth, - 129 deg Fahrenheit(-89 deg C), was recorded at vostok station, antartica on july 21, 1983.
• As its thickest point, the ice over the Antartica is nearly 3 miles(4.8 km) deep ten times as high as the sears Towers in chicago,the tallest building in the United States.

World's Smallest Violin - Miniature Violin by Chen Lianzhi

Miniature Violin

• A violinist fro the south China city of Guangzhou has made a violin measuring fewer than two centimeters(0.7 inches).
• Chen Lianzhi used a 0.1 mm drill, maple wood as thin as a nail, and strings finer than a human hair to make the fiddly little fiddle.
• The violin has over 30 components and it can produce a sound, but it is very high - pitched because the strings are so short.

Penguins - Amazing Facts about Penguins

Penguins live in Antartica and along cold coastal areas of south America,New zealand,Australia and south Africa. Penguins spend most of their time in the icy waters of Antartica catching fish,squid, and krill. But they climb onto the land to breed and to raise their young.



Facts

• Emperor penguins journey up to 100 miles(160 km) across ice to their rookery.
• The male doesn't eat during the whole time he keeps the egg warm.He looses about 50 pounds(23kg) in weight.
• penguins cannot swim backward.
• penguins swim but don't get wet because they have two layers of thick, overlapping,oily feathers that keep out water.
• while under water, a penguin can hold its breath for up to six minutes.
• penguins are the very good swimmers and divers.