Wiki - Ice block expedition of 1959

That time that an insulation company drove a block of ice from Norway to the Equator. In Africa they met with Albert Schweitzer. Sometimes a publicity stunt is more than just that.

Wiki - Cloaca

 Cloaca.

Wiki - Morgan Munitions Depot explosion

Harrowing story of a munitions plant explosion in Sayreville in 1918. In the 1990s, some shells were found near an elementary school and the resulting search found another 5,000 unexploded shells. more than 100 years later, the local high school is still called...the Bombers.

Ancient Aquiry

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient city of Aquiry was very big. A new paper in Nature says that LiDAR has helped them identify 20,000 earthworks in the city. Seems like a lot.

Wiki - Steller's Sea Eagle

The Steller's Sea Eagle is a fascinating large bird. So large it can be a threat to bald eagles.

Rutgers' Irises

Great to see Danielle Lohrman (RULA '27) so involved with this special partnership at Rutgers Gardens:

Historic Iris Partnership Blooms at Rutgers Gardens

Wiki - Western Brook Pond

Western Brook Pond, inside Gros Morne National Park, is a freshwater fjord. The fishing isn't great because the lake is ultraoligotrphic; the water is so clean that it doesn't foster life. And that is despite the prominent contributions of Pissing Mare Falls. It had a 30m tsunami in the early 20th century.

Wiki - Well to Hell

 An urban legend about a very very deep well.

Wiki - Landlocked countries

Wikipedia has a lengthy entry on landlocked countries. It includes basic "records" like largest (Kazakhstan) and most populous (Ethiopia). Less basic, like the fact that Kyrgyzstan is the farthest landlocked country from any ocean. And a little odd was a list of countries that are landlocked by exactly two other countries.

But the truly unexpected section was about "double-landlocked" countries, which are countries surrounded by landlocked countries. In all the world, there are only two of these exist: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.