With a 8.0 L W16 quad-turbocharged engine, maximum output of 1,200 hp (882 kW) and a maximum torque of 1,500 Nm, the Bugatti Veyron accelerates from 0 - 62mph (100km/h) in just 2.5 seconds, top speed of 268mph (431 km/h).
While the rabbit cooks, I grind up part of a charred branch and set about camouflaging my orange pack. The black tones it down, but I feel a layer of mud would definitely help. Of course, to have mud, I’d need water . . .
Last year, a group of activist cartographers started walking around the Nairobi city slum Mathare typing landmarks into hand-held GPS devices. The idea is to make slums a reality for people who would never set foot in one.
Norilsk was settled in the 1920s after the discovery of rich mineral deposits. The USSR built a metallurgical complex to extract the materials, and manned it with prisoners condemned to a living death in the Arctic Circle.
Roughly the same goes for Gliese 581d, which has a stronger presence in the habitable zone on its far side, but may not be hot enough for liquid water - opinion is not 'completely settled' on this matter.
Many of these settlements were built later than 650 AD. Clearly the weather hadn't been the cause of the Moche’s demise. Also, instead of constructing huacas, the Moche started building fortresses. They had been at war.
The sacrifices were about making an unpredictable world more predictable. A harsh environment had moulded a harsh civilization with an elaborate set of rituals designed to ensure its survival.
Evidence of drought was discovered. Huge sand dunes appeared to have drifted in and engulfed a number of Moche settlements around AD 600 to AD 650. The story all fitted together.
Sunday’s 8-hour “Breaking Bad” session proves that Netflix is doing something right. But streaming video still lacks the numbing bliss of TV channel surfing -- settling for whatever's on, the human need to completely veg out.
Sunday’s 8-hour “Breaking Bad” session proves that Netflix is doing something right. But streaming video still lacks the numbing bliss of TV channel surfing -- settling for whatever's on, the human need to completely veg out.
Sunday’s 8-hour “Breaking Bad” session proves that Netflix is doing something right. But streaming video still lacks the numbing bliss of TV channel surfing -- settling for whatever's on, the human need to completely veg out.
For this famous stunt in Safety Last (1923), they built a set on the roof of the actual building. They copied the top two floors of the building and laid down mattresses in case Harold Lloyd fell the 20 feet or so.
'London has Fallen' was shot at Nu Boyana, a large film studio in Bulgaria that's gaining popularity for movie-makers worldwide. They built an incredible London set including St. Paul’s cathedral.
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
Metropolis II, a moving sculpture at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, is an interwoven set of tracks and circuits with a fleet of Hot Wheels. Does it represent the rat race of life today?
A. Look at that tangled knot of telephone wires!B. That's more tangled than my brother's shoelaces!C. That settles it, it's the most tangled knot ever!
3 words sound like /yor/; 3 words sound like /we(?)r/-- EXCEPT one word in one of the sets sounds a little different (it's the odd 1 out)1. Find the word that's different.2. Create new vocablets for the other five.
Ship designers set sail, turning back to wind to help propel boats across the sea. The new vessels, mainly still on drawing boards, look nothing like the graceful schooners and galleons of the past.
Ship designers set sail, turning back to wind to help propel boats across the sea. The new vessels, mainly still on drawing boards, look nothing like the graceful schooners and galleons of the past.