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Peak Walk Bridge

A trip across the world’s first peak-to-peak suspension bridge is by no means for the faint of heart. Strung up to connect Glacier 3000 to the Scex Rouge, the Peak Walk by Tissot stands 9,800 feet above sea level. Located in the Swiss Alps, the 351 foot-long walkway gives visitors a view of 24 surrounding peaks, including the Matterhorn, Mont Blanc and Jungfrau mountains.

If you’ve been paying attention on Facebook recently, you might have noticed a friend or two sharing a story about a phenomenon that would supposedly be happening in early January of 2015.

“Strange natural occurrences are happening in the world today. But nothing more magnificent than the one you will experience on January 4, 2015,” Daily Buzz Live’s story reads. “According to British astronomer Patrick Moore, at exactly 9:47 PST AM on January 4th, Pluto will pass directly behind Jupiter, in relation to Earth.”

The story, from Daily Buzz Live, stated that there would be a once-in-a-lifetime planetary alignment where Pluto would pass directly behind Jupiter, which would counteract Earth’s gravity for a short period of time, rendering everyone on the planet briefly weightless.

Sounds cool right? Sounds maybe a bit unbelievable?

If you saw this story and were sceptical, you had every right to be: it’s just not true.

The Daily Dot did a really great job at debunking this hoax that was shared over one million times on Facebook.

“If planetary alignments ever caused worldwide weightlessness, they would likely have heard about it more than a few weeks before the next one. They would likely have read about in their high-school science textbooks,” Aaron Sankin of The Daily Dot writes.

The Daily Dot continues,

Anyone who did a simple Google search for the Jovian-Plutonian Gravitational Effect would have found its Wikipedia page and learned from its first sentence that this particular scam has been repeated ad nauseam for four decades.

The story is fake, and Daily Buzz Live often posts fake stories, much like The Onion. But the difference is that The Onion is 100% satirical, while Daily Buzz Live publishes real stories alongside its fake stories.

“On Daily Buzz Live, meanwhile, the real and the unreal are intermingled, with no labels separating them. The planetary alignment story sits next to stories about factual events like “8 Photos Of Shocking Police Brutality On Peaceful Protesters and Civilians” and “Horrific Racist Song About Michael Brown At Charity Event ‘And He’s Dead, Dead, Michael Brown’“” The Daily Dot reports. “These are pieces that wouldn’t be out of place on real viral news sites.”

Meanwhile back on Facebook, the story is getting hundreds of thousands of shares, complete with this photo of what looks like a tweet from NASA.

The tweet, like the story, is fake and was created on a site called LemmeTweetThatForYou.com, says The Daily Dot.

So what happens to a publication when its satirical story, in an attempt to be passed off as real, ends up going massively viral on the world’s largest social network?

The answer is, absolutely nothing. But before you share a story that seems too good, or too bizarre to be true, it’s best to make sure that it actually is.

SOURCE::::Caroline Moss in http://www.businessinsider.com.au

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The first aircraft to land at the newly-launched Low Cost Carrier Terminal-KLIA (LCCT-KLIA) sits on the tarmac in Sepang outside Kuala Lumpur March 23, 2006.

An AirAsia plane went missing during a flight to Singapore shortly after asking to deviate from its planned flight path because of bad weather.

AirAsia flight QZ 8501 lost contact with air traffic control at about 6:17 a.m. on Sunday, about halfway through the flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore. The plane is thought to have crashed near the Indonesian island of Belitung, but search and rescue teams have yet to find any wreckage.

Satellite imagery from the area where the plane went missing showed severe thunderstorms around the time it disappeared:

CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam said “lines of very heavy thunderstorms” were present when the plane was in the air, but also pointed out that “turbulence doesn’t necessarily bring down aeroplanes.”

The search and rescue operation has been suspended overnight. Singapore’s air force and navy is helping with the operation to locate the plane.

Here’s where it lost contact with air traffic control:

155 Indonesians are on board the plane, along with three people from South Korea, and one from Singapare, Britain, Malaysia, and France. Of those passengers, 16 are children and one is an infant.

The missing plane is an Airbus A320-200, a popular and generally reliable model. The plane is about six years old and is operated by AirAsia’s Indonesian affiliate, which the Malaysia-based company holds a 48.9% stake in, CNN reports

SOURCE::: PAMELA ENGEL in http://www.busionessinsider.com.au

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The Racetrack, Death Valley National Park

A famous Death Valley sliding stone. The movement of these stones – and their long tracks across the desert floor – are an old mystery that’s now been solved.

Cat Connor captured this beautiful image of a sliding (or sailing or slithering) stone at Death Valley’s famous Racetrack Playa on Christmas Day – December 25, 2014. These stones are known to leave tracks in the desert floor. They clearly do move, but, until recently, no one knew what caused their movement. Want to know? Click here to find out and see a video of the sliding stones in motion.

What causes Death Valley’s sliding stones to move?

Sliding rock tracks, via PLOS ONE.

We start with Harsh Khakhi‘s picture of Rajkot’s Janmashtami Mela.

Chandrahas BC shares this picture shot at Kottayam, Kerala.

Seagulls by Ninad Sawarkar

Partha captured this show en route to the Bagini Glacier in the Gharwal Himalayas.

Sunset at Tajpur Beach near Digha in West Bengal captured by Ashim Cakravarty!

From one coastal state to another — Kalpesh Ajugia‘s picture of this young man has been shot at Baga Beach in Goa.

Shyamalkanti Ray shares this photograph of a scene near Sela Pass in Arunachal Pradesh.

This photograph has been shot at Gangotri in Uttranchal by Ketan Vasani.

Next is a scene at Godachinmalki Falls, situated about 40 km from Belgaum, Karnataka shot by Mallinath Kololgi.

Yet another photograph from Karnataka, this one’s of the Jog Falls shot by Chandrahas BC.

SOURCE:::: http://www.rediff.com

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NASA astronaut Terry W. Virts woke up to an incredible sight from space Thursday morning — one he said was “better than any present” he could ask for.

“Sunrise on Christmas morning- better than any present I could ask for!!!!” tweeted Virts, who is currently aboard the International Space Station.

The image was widely circulated on the social media platform, amassing nearly 3,000 retweets and more than 4,200 favorites.

“So awesome,” one person tweeted back at him.

“Astonishing,” echoed another.

“What a view,’ wrote one more.

SOURCE::: Oliver Darcy IN www.theblaze.com

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14 Foods that Can Replace Medicines ….

Whenever we start feeling ill, the first thing we do is reach for the medicine cabinet. The problem with taking pills is that even though they’ll probably help with your predicament, they’re also bound to have unwanted side effects. The best solution is to use these 14 natural remedies, which are just as efficient as drugs.

1. Bananas – Stress and anxiety

Next time you feel stressed, grab a banana! With an average of 105 calories and 14 grams of sugar, a banana will boost your blood-sugar levels and help combat hunger. Additionally, a banana contains 30% of your daily requirement of Vitamin B6, which helps your brain in the production of serotonin – a chemical that helps reduce stress.

2. Yogurt – Constipation and gas

One and a half cups of yogurt are packed full of probiotics that assist in digestion and improves the stomach’s ability to digest dairy and legumes – a major cause of gastric gasses.

3. Raisins – High blood pressure

A large handful of resins (approx. 60) contains over 200mg of potassium, as well as 1 gram of fiber. These are strongly recommended as part of a diet to help reduce blood pressure. Recent studies show that the polyphenols in grapes, raisins and wine, help maintain the circulatory system and reduce blood pressure.

4. Apricots – Kidney stones

4 dried apricots contain 2 grams of fiber, 235mg of potassium and just 3mg of sodium. This combination is highly effective at preventing minerals from getting trapped in your kidneys, which is the cause of the most common kidney stones.

5. Tuna – Foul mood

A can of tuna contains about 800mg of Omega-3, a fatty acid that is considered vital in the treatment of depression. Omega 3 is even an approved treatment for depression by the American Psychiatric Association.

6. Ginger tea – Nausea

A time-old proven treatment for nausea, ginger has also been scientifically proven to be helpful in dealing with nausea caused by motion sickness as well as morning sickness. It is as effective as anti-nausea medicine, but without the side effects (such as ‘cottonmouth’ and lethargy)

7. Basil – Indigestion

Studies suggest that the eugenol in basil is highly effective as a gastric painkiller, nausea reduction, cramping and diarrhea by eliminating bacteria like Salmonella and Listeria. Basil is also effective at preventing halitosis.

8. Pears – High cholesterol

The average pear contains 5 grams of the dietary fiber Pectin, which helps clear the body of ‘bad cholesterol’ (LDL).

9. Cabbage – Stomach ulcers

In a research published by the John Hopkins Medical School, it was found that the sulforaphane in cabbage helps battle the helicobacter pylori bacteria (a main cause for ulcers). It is believed that sulforaphane may also help prevent gastric tumors.

10. Figs – Hemorrhoids

Dried figs are rich in dietary fiber, which in turn, produce softer feces and aiding in reducing hemorrhoids and the likeliness of developing them.

11. Potatoes – Headaches

Amedium-sized potato contains 37 carbohydrates, which help reduce headaches by increasing serotonin production in the brain.

12. Garlic – Yeast infectionGarlic contains many essential oils that help prevent the development of yeast infections.

13. Chamomile tea – Heartburn

A great treatment for gastric inflammation, cramping, heartburn and gas, is mixing 2 teaspoons of chamomile tea in a cup of boiling water and brewing it for about 20 minutes and then drinking it.

14. Orange juice – Lethargy

The fructose in orange juice is a natural and fast-working stimulant, and research has proven the ability of Vitamin C to reduce damage caused by free radicals and provide the body with energy. Vitamin C is also a key factor in maintaining iron levels in our blood, which keeps it oxygenated.

SOURCE:::: http://www.ba-bamail.com

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These Baby Animals Are Just the Sweetest Thing.

Babies are cute, whether they are little humans or little animals, naked or furry. Let’s take a journey into the animal kingdom and find their greatest treasure – their young ones.

SOURCE:::: http://www.ba-bamail.com

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Forget the swans, this year babies are a-swimming.

Infants just a few months old have been photographed diving underwater in their Christmas outfits. With no armbands in sight, they grin for the camera and swim unaided towards their festive toys.

The adorable pictures have been produced for the holiday season by a swimming school for infants.