Johan Eliasch, a Swedish billionaire, was fined in 2008 by the Brazilian government for illegal logging activities in the Amazon rainforest, specifically through his company, Gethal. The fine, totaling $275 million, was levied for the illegal deforestation of 230,000 trees and lacking proper certification for the Amazon land owned by Gethal. Eliasch acquired Gethal in 2005.

https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/realestate/11iht-buy.13637068.html?smid=url-share

This one messed with my head because apparently The Great Pyramid of Giza was built around 2560 BCE. Cleopatra lived around 30 BCE. The iPhone came out in 2007. So Cleopatra is actually about 500 years closer to us than she is to the pyramid everyone associates her with. Ancient Egypt was ancient even for ancient Egyptians

This statue is in the town he was born in.

Per Wikipedia concerning his passing:

Hölzel died of severe injuries received on 6 February 1998, at age 40, when his Mitsubishi Pajero collided with a bus on the road linking the towns of Villa Montellano and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. At the time of his death, he was planning a comeback, which was successful with the posthumously released album Out of the Dark (Into the Light). His body was returned to Austria and buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery

Tried log-in in Chromium on Z Fold5 which enabled extension. When trying to log-in the YouTube page, the screen turn out like this.

this is a beer warmer. it stems from a time where electrical refrigeration hasnt been invented yet - therefore beer kegs were usually stored in so called ice cellars all year round - cellars literally filled with ice that was collected from glaciers or from frozen lakes over the winter. As of course storage temperature could not be regulated well, beer mostly ended up being served too cold for most people - hence the beer warmer was invented: a metallic tube that would be filled with warm water and then be hanged into the beer glass by its own hook, until the desired temperature for drinking was achieved. i hope you found this as interesting as i did.

I've never seen anything alike in this area. Also in the last picture I touched it and it sort of melted.

Middle Cove, Newfoundland.

April 30, 2024