Check out the Most ISOLATED Homes Around The World! From living in the most secluded places on earth to some of the coolest remote locations, this top 10 list of strangest isolated houses will surprise you!
Most EXPENSIVE Fruits In The World!
Check out the Most EXPENSIVE Fruits In The World! From the rarest and bizarre looking food to some of the strangest edibles, this top 10 list of high priced fruit will amaze you!
8. BUDDHA-SHAPED PEARS
The Buddha-shaped pear is, perhaps, the most unique-looking fruit on Earth. Right down to the facial details, these pears look exactly like little Buddha figurines. Since the dawn of agriculture, humans have been experimenting with their fruits and vegetables.
7. SEKAI ICHI APPLES
In English, “Sekai Ichi” means “World’s Number One.” Sekai Ichi apples originated in Morioka, Japan in 1974, and are still primarily grown in Japan. They are round in shape and are one of the largest apples in the world, weighing up to two pounds each, and are a cross between Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples.
6. BIJIN-HIME STRAWBERRIES
Luxury fruit is popular in Japan because it connotes social status and is tied to cultural practices. In an interview with CNN, Soyeon Shim, dean of the School for Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explained that fruit plays an important role in Japanese gift-giving practices. It’s only natural, then, that Japan is home to some of the world’s most expensive luxury fruits.
5. DENSUKE WATERMELON
The ultra-rare Densuke watermelon is black-skinned and stripeless, and its flesh is known for being sweeter than other watermelon varieties. They are grown on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido. Only 100 are produced annually.
4. RUBY ROMAN GRAPES
Ruby Roman grapes are grown exclusively in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture. Each grape is around the size of a ping pong ball and has a distinctive red shade. There are strict rules for selling the Ruby Roman grape. Each grape is inspected, and must weigh at least 20 kg and have a sugar content of 18 percent or more.
3. SATO-NISHIKI CHERRIES
These bauble-shaped, shiny cherries are primarily cultivated in the Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, where 70 percent of the nation’s cherries are grown. When fully ripe, these small cherries are bright red. They’re in season during early summer and are carefully sorted and grated, like all Japanese fruit.
2. DEKOPON
The Dekopon is a hybrid between a mandarin and an orange, and it’s rumored to be the most delectable citrus fruit on Earth. It looks like an orange, but is larger and sweeter, and has a bump on the top.
1. LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN PINEAPPLE
In the county of Cornwall in southwestern England, there’s the Lost Gardens of Heligan, a set of botanical gardens where pineapples are grown far outside of their traditional environment.
8. BUDDHA-SHAPED PEARS
The Buddha-shaped pear is, perhaps, the most unique-looking fruit on Earth. Right down to the facial details, these pears look exactly like little Buddha figurines. Since the dawn of agriculture, humans have been experimenting with their fruits and vegetables.
7. SEKAI ICHI APPLES
In English, “Sekai Ichi” means “World’s Number One.” Sekai Ichi apples originated in Morioka, Japan in 1974, and are still primarily grown in Japan. They are round in shape and are one of the largest apples in the world, weighing up to two pounds each, and are a cross between Red Delicious and Golden Delicious apples.
6. BIJIN-HIME STRAWBERRIES
Luxury fruit is popular in Japan because it connotes social status and is tied to cultural practices. In an interview with CNN, Soyeon Shim, dean of the School for Human Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, explained that fruit plays an important role in Japanese gift-giving practices. It’s only natural, then, that Japan is home to some of the world’s most expensive luxury fruits.
5. DENSUKE WATERMELON
The ultra-rare Densuke watermelon is black-skinned and stripeless, and its flesh is known for being sweeter than other watermelon varieties. They are grown on Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido. Only 100 are produced annually.
4. RUBY ROMAN GRAPES
Ruby Roman grapes are grown exclusively in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture. Each grape is around the size of a ping pong ball and has a distinctive red shade. There are strict rules for selling the Ruby Roman grape. Each grape is inspected, and must weigh at least 20 kg and have a sugar content of 18 percent or more.
3. SATO-NISHIKI CHERRIES
These bauble-shaped, shiny cherries are primarily cultivated in the Yamagata Prefecture of Japan, where 70 percent of the nation’s cherries are grown. When fully ripe, these small cherries are bright red. They’re in season during early summer and are carefully sorted and grated, like all Japanese fruit.
2. DEKOPON
The Dekopon is a hybrid between a mandarin and an orange, and it’s rumored to be the most delectable citrus fruit on Earth. It looks like an orange, but is larger and sweeter, and has a bump on the top.
1. LOST GARDENS OF HELIGAN PINEAPPLE
In the county of Cornwall in southwestern England, there’s the Lost Gardens of Heligan, a set of botanical gardens where pineapples are grown far outside of their traditional environment.
HH Mahant Swami Maharaj Visits the Grand Mosque with HE Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan
HH Mahant Swami Maharaj Visits the Grand Mosque with HE Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 21 Apr 2019.
Congo: A journey to the heart of Africa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a vast, mineral rich country the size of Western Europe.
Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country.
In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
Alastair Leithead takes an epic journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the far reaches of the Congo river to explore how history has shaped the Congo of today and uncover the lesser told stories of this beautiful, if troubled country.
In the largest rainforest outside of the Amazon he comes face to face with its gorillas and hunts with pygmies, he travels into the heart of the Ebola outbreak with United Nations peacekeepers and explores the cobalt mines which will drive our electric cars of the future.
Extreme poverty in Hong Kong: homeless life on a footbridge
Nguyen Van Son and Eppie Yip were among the 17 homeless people who lived on a footbridge in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong’s poorest district. After packing up their shelters in mid-July, some of them have moved to a nearby park. But the homeless problem still persists in the neighborhood.
Hong Kong property is the most expensive in the world. The monthly rent for low quality subdivided flats even smaller than a car park space can cost more than HK$4,000 or US$509, while public housing has a five and a half year long waiting list. Soaring rents, and inadequate public housing force the city’s poorest inhabitants to sleep rough.
Hong Kong property is the most expensive in the world. The monthly rent for low quality subdivided flats even smaller than a car park space can cost more than HK$4,000 or US$509, while public housing has a five and a half year long waiting list. Soaring rents, and inadequate public housing force the city’s poorest inhabitants to sleep rough.
How Hong Kong is home to the crazy rich and the mega poor
Hong Kong has more ultra-rich people than any other country, yet 1 in 5 people still live in poverty. Dateline's Marc Fennell asks why the gap between rich and poor is so extreme.
Walk through Syria’s al-Hawl camp where thousands of Islamic State brides are held
The al-Hawl refugee camp in north-east Syria, home to at least 72,000 people – many of them women and children who were members of Islamic State.
The sprawling camp, controlled by the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF), is filthy and heavy rains have turned it to a morass of mud, dotted with filthy rain water, litter and human waste.
Infectious illnesses are rampant and many of the inhabitants are suffering not only from the long-term effects of starvation but also from dysentery and the skin disease, leishmaniasis, as well as a shocking list of wounds and injuries caused by the grinding Syrian civil war.
Some of the women have formed an unofficial Islamic State mafia, that police the camp and beat and harass women who don’t wear the niqab or do things considered un-Islamic by ISIS.
There are more than 10,000 foreigners in al-Hawl, including women from Europe, Asia, Russia, the US, Australia and dozens of other nations.
The sprawling camp, controlled by the Syrian Defence Forces (SDF), is filthy and heavy rains have turned it to a morass of mud, dotted with filthy rain water, litter and human waste.
Infectious illnesses are rampant and many of the inhabitants are suffering not only from the long-term effects of starvation but also from dysentery and the skin disease, leishmaniasis, as well as a shocking list of wounds and injuries caused by the grinding Syrian civil war.
Some of the women have formed an unofficial Islamic State mafia, that police the camp and beat and harass women who don’t wear the niqab or do things considered un-Islamic by ISIS.
There are more than 10,000 foreigners in al-Hawl, including women from Europe, Asia, Russia, the US, Australia and dozens of other nations.
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