The village looks nice from the outside and seems to be ok but appearances may be deceptive. After team Australia moved into their living quarters, they were faced with electricity, gas and plumbing problems and the overall cleanness was unsatisfactory. This caused them to move out and look for the hotels to stay at. There was a fire in the Dutch building and only 12 of the 31 buildings have passed safety inspections. And it is less than two weeks before the opening ceremony on August 5. Rio’s officials promised to do the necessary improvements before the games start.
Let’s take a tour of the village and see what it looks like now.
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Blaire Haney from Connecticut who is now 23, hit almost 140 kg (308lbs) by the time she was 19. She said she often kept eating until she “passed out.” For her 4 burgers and a large portion of fries were just a snack she would take every day. She also confessed that at the peak of her unhealthy food obsession she heard voices in her head telling her to “go to McDonalds.”
Apparently, original Greek statues were painted with bright colors. Scientist used ultraviolet light, infrared and X-ray spectroscopy that revealed how these ancient statues looked like thousands of years ago. And the results are amazing. Have a look.
A couple who has recently moved into their new house found a trapdoor. They opened it and found something really great and unexpected…
Graham is a product of a joint work of a sculptor, a trauma surgeon, and a road safety engineer, who designed him as a part of a new Australian road safety campaign. The three worked together to create a projection of the kind of body that humans would need to have in order to withstand a car crash. This is what they have come up with.
McDonalds in New Zealand launched their new “Create Your Taste” campaign. They created a website, where internet users could design their own burgers, and instantly regretted it. And this is why…
Taylor Gleason from California had never been to any other country except for Mexico. But this changed after he went on a school trip to Italy. He got infatuated with travelling and ever since has been to 65 countries, 50 of which he visited in just 2 years. Taylor’s Instagram account with the photos he’s been sharing from different countries already has over 64,000 followers.
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