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Like their Scandinavian neighbors, the people of Sweden inhabit one of the most beautiful, and most challenging regions on our vast planet.
Short, bright summers and long, dark winters make Swedish life interesting for sure.
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If you watch or listen to the news you’re probably amazed at some of the reports you hear about snow storms dropping massive amounts of snow in a short period of time.
And depending on where you live, you might even have your own “deep snow” stories to tell. [Read more…]
Living (and loving) Life
A while back I shared this video featuring what many consider to be the most dangerous road in the world.
I asked readers if they would feel comfortable travelling that road, and the responses I received ranged from “Not on your life!” to “In a heartbeat!“.
Today’s video features a virtual bus ride on one of India’s narrowest, and most dangerous one-lane mountain roads. [Read more…]
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Question from Jane: I recently saw on the news that two navy jets had crashed into each other.
One of the planes managed to land safely but the pilot of the other plane was violently ejected from his plane by the force of the crash.
He fell about 2,000 feet without his parachute ever opening. Sadly, he didn’t survive.
That got my husband to wondering if anyone has ever survived a fall from such great heights without using a parachute, and now I’m wondering the same thing.
Do you know if such a thing has ever happened? [Read more…]
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As you probably know, Florida is a pretty large state in terms of land area.
In fact, at 65,758 square miles, the Sunshine State is actually larger than over half of the other 49 US states.
But truth be told, as large as it is, the entire land mass of Florida is just barely sticking its “head” above the waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Yes, I know that’s an exaggeration, but just just barely. Consider this… [Read more…]