Before The Great Clean-Up Began, Here Is Another Side Of New York In The 1970s That You May Never Know
New York is the most populous city in the United States, and one of the most populous urban agglomerations in the world. A global power city, New York City exerts a significant impact upon commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and entertainment, its fast pace defining the term New York minute.
A street scene in Brooklyn, New York City, 1974:
Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy and has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world. Continue reading »
Drainage Canal In Japan Is So Clean They Yven Have Koi In It
This drainage canal in Japan is a living proof that not all canals are dirty, some can even be a habitat for animals.
Netizens have gone crazy about drainage canals in Japan that are so clean, Koi Fish live in them. These schools of fish living in what supposed to be a storage of waste water amazed everyone and became an instant trending topic. After the post went viral, the canals became a tourist spot for the locals and even to some foreigners. Continue reading »
Clean Portraits Of Tiny Pups In Big Places
Minimal Pup is an account created on Instagram by dog lovers who also accept posts from other pet owners provided that they involve photos of the animals with the proposed aesthetics. It is a kind of idea that deserves to be followed and appreciated. Continue reading »
Innovative Bike Doubles As Washing Machine To Clean Your Clothes As You Exercise
For anyone that loathes laundry but loves biking, the design students at Dalian Nationalities University in China have a compromise to make the chore more enjoyable. Their creation, aptly-called the Bike Washing Machine (or BiWa for short), combines the two activities into one stationary device. A washing machine drum is ingeniously integrated into the wheel of a bike that cleans your clothes as you pedal. Continue reading »
Cheerful Portraits Of Cats Shaking Themselves Clean
Want to know how to capture a wacky portrait of your cat? Shoot a photo while they’re shaking themselves clean (or dry). That’s what photographer Carli Davidson did for her new project titled Shake Cats. Continue reading »
Vote With Your Butt By Hubbub – A Smart Way To Keep Streets Clean
“Normally we encourage people to think outside the box, but not this time…” UK’s Hubbub writes on their website. Continue reading »
Glastonbury Festival Clean-up Begins
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For the past five days it has been home to some 175,000 people, but today the clean-up operation of Glastonbury Festival 2014 begins.
Highlights of the musical extravaganza have included Dolly Parton, Metallica and Arcade Fire, while Kasabian headlined the Pyramid Stage last night. Campers now have until 6pm to leave the site at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, while crew and stall holders are given a week to clear their property. Meanwhile, hours before they began to leave, organiser Michael Eavis revealed that the 44-year-old event could have a lifespan of just six more years.
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Taking a Bath is so Much More than Just Getting Clean
14,345 Chinese participants attempt to set a new Guinness World Record as they gather for a bath at a hot spring in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality at Ocrober, 30. The former world record was 10,121 people having a hot spring bath at the same time in China’s Hubei province. (STR/AFP/Getty Images) Click image to zoom.
