Earlier today, I set out on a virtual road trip starting in Calais, France (personnerdy was with me, but he doesn’t seem to interested anymore), you may be asking how do you take a virtual road trip. Well, there is this wonderful thing called Google Maps, and with street view you can explore many of the world’s roads, especially in densely populated places such as … Continue reading A Virtual Road Trip
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation located of the coast of the United Kingdom in a place known as “Roughs Tower”. Roughs Tower is an old naval platform in the North Sea used by the British in WW2. The micronation has a interesting history, it was founded in 1967 by Roy Bates. On September 2nd, 1967 Roy Bates, family, and friends claimed Roughs Tower … Continue reading Principality of Sealand, W:UA #3
I was interested in learning more about this Pink Tax, which is a tax that supposedly makes woman pay more for services and goods. I don’t know where i stand in the issue so i googled “the pink tax”. The first result is for this website called, “Ax The Pink Tax”. The website says women are paying $1,351 extra for good because they are woman. … Continue reading The Pink Tax
The 11 foot 8 Bridge is a bridge located in Durham, North Carolina and unlike most train underpasses in the United States, it only has an 11 foot 8-inch clearance below. The bridge’s real name is Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass but is sometimes nicknamed “Can-opener Bridge” because of it’s the tendency to ruin tops of trucks. Nearby resident, Jürgen Henn started filming the bridge and … Continue reading 11 foot 8 Bridge, W:UA#2
There is a list of weird yet interesting articles on Wikipedia called Wikipedia: Unusual Articles, W:UA for short. Every week I will select and write about one of these articles. I did not think of this idea first, the Youtube channel Wendover Productions has done it previously. Kowloon Walled City used to be the most densely populated place on the planet, it was located in … Continue reading Kowloon Walled City, W:UA#1
You have probably heard of the term “micro-nation”, which by dictionary definition is “a small area or political entity that claims national sovereignty but is not recognized by other sovereign states.” Many examples can be found across the world such as The Republic of Molossia and Sealand. I became interested in this and created Barslow officially known as the Republic of Barslow. Barslow stakes a claim on … Continue reading The Republic of Barslow
There I sit on the cold hard concrete pondering through my thoughts trying to find a happy one with no result. It’s middle of Winter, a few days away from Christmas, usually my favorite time of the year, but this Christmas was different. My father died in a “work-related accident” earlier this year, and my mother hadn’t stopped crying since. She was devastated when it … Continue reading Why? Part 1
Dubai, one of the most futuristic cities in the world. From it’s huge skyline to indoor skiing every aspect of Dubai makes you think, Wow! The city located on the edge of the United Arab of Emirates is home to some of the world’s most interesting activities and architecture. Dubai’s amazing architecture includes the Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab Jumirah, and Dubai Mall (All pictured … Continue reading Dubai’s Future Projects
Want an extra $71 billion to help with the U.S’s current issues? All we have to do is tax churches in the United States, currently churches in the United States are not taxed. This doesn’t make sense however, because churches make money. They also don’t donate that much, with the Mormon church spending .7% of their annual income on charity. While the American Red Cross … Continue reading Tax the Churches
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