Washing machine in a backpack
For backpackers and computers
long trips can mean a lot of dirty laundry and many trips to public
Laundromats. Australian climber, Ash Newland created an amazing invention known
as the Scrubba Wash pack
Both a backpack and a portable
washing machine, needs no electricity and little water. The bag needs a little
storage space and is easy to transport.
How does it work? Dirty clothes
are placed in the bag along with 2-3 liters of water and a few splashes of
detergent the bag is then shut tightly so all the air is squeezed out while the
user squeezes the clothes for a few minutes before rinsing. Thereafter simply
hang the cloths up to dry.
Extinct
the Judean date palm tree was one of the most recognizable trees
in the Middle East, loved for the sweet fruit and cool shade it provided. As a
valuable plant to those of the kingdom of Judea, they were targeted by the
Roman empire when the kingdom was invaded. The tree became extinct around 500
AD until now!
Archaeologists found a pile of seeds inside the site of
Herod the Greats Palace in Israel in the 1960s. the seeds were found in a clay
jar dating back 2000 years. Until 2005 the seeds were kept at Tel Aviv’s
Bar-Ilan University until one was planted to see if anything would grow. It
became the oldest known tree seed to sprout.
Flying solo
When Nigel Sort boarded an international flight from
Johannesburg, South Africa to Victoria Falls , Zimbabwe he was surprised to
find that he was the only passenger! Earlier, Niger was told that he couldn’t
be late for the flight because there would only be for passengers flying. When
the Air Zimbabwe flight crew arrived and no other passengers boarded they
announced that Nigel would be flying alone.
Despite having the whole plane to himself, Nigel didn’t
choose to move to first class but did shift to a window seat. He made it to the
Victoria falls, the world’s widest waterfall and one of the seven wonders of
the world. Nigel says the falls were great but the flight experience turned
into the biggest story of his trip!
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