What is the oldest undisturbed and untouched forest in the world?

 Mount Lico, a mountain in northern Mozambique, Africa, stands 1,100 meters high with sheer cliffs reaching 700 meters. This makes Mount Lico extremely difficult for humans to climb. Who would want to climb a mountain that's 1,100 meters high when you could climb something higher but easier?

Mount Lico supports the growth of old-growth rainforest on its summit:

The forest has actually been untouched by humans. In 2018, a team of researchers and expert mountain climbers visited the forest (detected by Google Earth for scientific advancement) for exploration*. They discovered small animals that may or may not have been known to science (including a new butterfly species). Curiously, they noticed mysterious clay pots near a small stream located at the top of the mountain, and they assumed they were placed there for religious ceremonies. The most convincing perception of all the news about the Mount Lico rainforest is that it is untouched, inaccessible, and fortunately undisturbed for a very long time.

*For more information and photos of the Mount Lico Expedition and its exploration:

How Google Earth led a team of scientists to discover an untouched mountaintop rainforest

Translator's Note: I'll add some photos to show how great Mount Lico is:

Mount Lico from a distance.

The dense forest of Mount Lico when photographed from the air.

It takes a struggle to get to the top of the mountain.

This is the condition of the Mount Lico forest.

A new species of chameleon was discovered on Mount Lico.

A species of frog, breviceps, was found on Mount Lico.

A mysterious pot found in the rainforest of Mount Lico.

Documentation from National Geographic about the Mount Lico Expedition

What are some of the best ICC World Cup photos?

 

• The 1983 World Cup: Team Photograph

• Gatting’s fatal reverse sweep in the 1987 World Cup Final: So the story was that England were marching onto victory when, in a moment of madness, captain Mike Gatting decided to employ a high-risk reverse sweep against the left arm spin of his opposite number, Allan Border. England then collapsed from a position of strength with the fall of this wicket and handed an unexpected win to the Aussies.

• 1992 World Cup: The First Colored jersey and white ball World Cup

• 1996 World Cup: Vinod Kambli walking off the field In the semi-final against Sri Lanka, the crowd at Eden Garden lost their cool after India were on the verge of losing the match against Sri Lanka, the eventual winners.

• 1999 World Cup: South Africa officially becomes the Chokers.

• 2003 World Cup: Shoaib Akhtar bowls the fastest delivery recorded in a cricket match.

• 2007 World Cup: A World Cup whose final was played in the dark because both teams didn’t want to come on reserve day as Sri Lanka was 99.9% ceratin to lose the cup and their were no light towers in the stadium ( For more info: Devraj Bhattacharjee's answer to In Which Year Cricket World Cup Final "Ended Twice" and why? )

• 2011 World Cup: The Dhoni Six.

• 2015 World Cup: Another South African heartbreak in a semi-final

• 2019 World Cup: The throw from long on hits the bat of Ben Stokes and goes for four. ( for more info: Devraj Bhattacharjee's answer to Which was one of the best cricket world cup matches ever (for ODI's)? )

What country is way bigger than what the average person thinks it is?

 It's Russia. It's way too big. Let's see some intresting facts.

1. Russia is the only country in the world where you can have 11 consecutive New Year parties, birthdays, or Christmases because it spans 11 time zones! When the sun rises in the west of Russia, at the same time it’s setting in the east.

2. Russia has been the biggest country in the world since the 16th century when Russian Cossacks conquered lands on the other side of the Ural Mountains in Siberia and the Far East. These regions account for 77 percent of Russia’s total area.

3. Russia is not so big as it is often shown on geographical maps. The Mercator projection used to show the surface of the Earth on a flat sheet of paper distorts the size of the land mass as the latitude increases from the Equator to both poles. So Russia is almost twice (53 percent) smaller than shown on maps.

4. People from Kaliningrad can watch the President’s New Year address to the nation on YouTube 9 hours before New Year starts – when the President addresses people of Kamchatka. That’s the span of territory and time zones in Russia.

5. Russia borders more countries than any other country in the world: 18. Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, China, Mongolia, North Korea (water border). Japan (water border), and the U.S.(water border).

6. It takes about six days to travel by Trans Siberian railroad from Moscow to Vladivostok. The current length of this railroad is 9,288 km. Before railroads appeared in Russia, it took approximately six days to travel from Moscow to St. Petersburg (now, it only takes three hours by Sapsan train).

7. Russia is the biggest country in the world, with 17,125,191 km2. Its Asian part makes it the largest country in Asia, and its European portion makes it the largest country in Europe.

8. Russia can accommodate India five times, France - 26 times, Germany - 47 times, England - 70 times. Also, Russia’s area is bigger than the surface of Pluto (which is just 16.6M km2).

9. Russian land makes up 10.995 percent of the world’s landmass.

It's too much big.

What are some rare photos of world history?

 (These all photos and facts are copied and taken from various related websites found in google.)

Following are some rare photographs taken in world history,

1)Aldolf Hitler with his Beloved,Eva Braun in 1943

2)Civilians of America celebrating the end of world war,the most horrific disaster that has ever broke out in this earth

3)Steve jobs returning from a visit to the new factory ,California in 1985

4)Current US president Donald Trump with Famous singer & dancer Michael Jackson in 1990

5)German Chancellor Angella Merkel with her first husband Ulrich Merkel in 1975

6)Bill Gates & Steve Jobs in 1985

7)Soldiers preparing a gift for the then German chancellor Adolf Hitler

What are some unseen photos of world history?

 The history of the world is indeed intriguing. There have been events and personalities that have changed its course over time. We can't really go back and witness everything that happened.Some of these images are sad, some as random as they be, but many are shocking and surprising. But the rarity will keep you spellbound till the very end of the list.Like some of you, I’m also a rabid history buff who loves to collect the most interesting rare historic photos. I only curate the rare ones that have a significant impact on the history of the world.

Below are some of the most fascinating rare historical photos ever captured on camera. Thanks to these great images, we now have before us a rare window to some of the most interesting moments of our world history.

1. Earliest known photograph of the Taj Mahal, 1850s

Earliest known photograph of the Taj Mahal taken by Dr. John Murray of East India Company in the 1850s.

2. Female prisoners at the Andaman Cellular Jail, 1860

We see a rare picture of female prisoners being held in the infamous Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands circa 1860.

3. Brighton Swimming Club in 1863

4. Samurai warriors taken between 1860 and 1880

5. The only photograph of a living Quagga (now extinct) from 1870

6. construction of the Eiffel Tower tower, 1880.

7. Execution by cannon in Iran, circa 19th century.

8. Construction of the Statue of Liberty in 1884

9. Construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1888

10. One of the unseen picture of Mahatma Gandhi.

11. The Gare Montparnasse train derailment in Paris, France, circa 1895.

12. A boxing match on board the USS Oregon in 1897

13. Times of India office in Bombay on its Diamond Jubilee, 1898

We see a rare picture of the Bombay office of Times of India celebrating its Diamond Jubilee in November, 1898.

14. Construction of the Manhattan Bridge in 1908

15. Leo Tolstoy telling a story to his grandchildren in 1909

16. The 1912 World Series

17. The first photo following the discovery of Machu Pichu in 1912.

18. Titanic leaves port in 1912.

One of the last known photos of the Titanic before it sank.

19. The founders of Harley Davidson Motorcycles; William Harley and Arthur Davidson, pictured in 1914.

20. Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial.

21. Winston Churchill out for a swim

22. Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Warren G. Harding (29th president of USA), and Harvey Samuel Firestone (founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.) talking together

23. Adolf Hitler practicing for his speech, 1925.

24. Construction of Christ the Redeemer in Rio da Janeiro, Brazil

25. C V Raman with his Spectrograph

A rare picture of Nobel laureate C V Raman with his spectrograph which helps by acting as a fingerprint in identifying molecules.

26.British man gets a pedicure from his Indian servant

We see the royal treatment the British were subjected to by their Indian servants during the British Raj, in this case a pedicure.

27. Two geniuses in their own fields: Charlie Chaplin and Albert Einstein.

28. Indira Gandhi in her younger days

Unseen picture of Indira Gandhi in her childhood.

29. Howrah Bridge under construction, 1930s

We see a picture of the iconic Howrah bridge under construction in the mid 1930s in Calcutta.

30. Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore, 1930

In a rare picture we see Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein together during the former's visit to Galerie Pigalle, Paris in 1930.

31. India's first Test Cricket Team touring England, 1932

We see a portrait of India's first Test Cricket Team on its maiden tour to England in 1932.

32. Ferdinand Porsche (yeah, that Porsche) showing a model of the Volkswagen Beetle to Adolf Hitler in 1935

33. The first McDonald's, circa 1937.

34. A liberated Jew holds a Nazi guard at gunpoint.

35. Albert Einstein enjoying a summer day at Nassau Point, Long Island, New York in 1939

36. Rare letter from Gandhi to Hitler, 1939

We see the photograph of a rare letter written by Gandhi to Hitler pleading him to stop reducing humanity to a 'savage state'.

37. Old picture of the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun

We see an old picture of the Indian Millitary Academy as Gentlemen Cadets sit down for a meal at the mess.

38. The construction of Mount Rushmore, 1939.

39. The London sky after a bombing and dogfight between British and German planes in 1940

40. German air raid on Moscow in 1941

41. A shell-shocked reindeer looks on as war planes drop bombs on Russia in 1941.

42. Japanese troops using Indian POWs for target practice, 1942

This is a picture of Japanese Army personnel who blind-folded Indian POWs (Prisoner of War) and used them for target practice.

43. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose meets Hitler in May, 1942.

44. A Japanese plane is shot down during the Battle of Saipan in 1944.

45. Adolf Hitler's pants after the failed assassination attempt on him in 1944.

46. An aircraft crash on board during World War II

47. And this is Nagasaki 20 minutes after the bomb was dropped on 9th August, 1945.

48. The last picture and the much debated 'death certificate' of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, 1945

Here we see the last picture of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose on a plane, and along with it his much debated death certificate.

49. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose toasts to Japanese Emperor, 1945

A rare picture of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose toasting to the Japanese emperor in 1945.

50. Hitler's bunker called Führerbunker, after the fall of Berlin and Hitler's death, 30th April, 1945.

The room was partially burnt and stripped of evidence before the Russians invaded.

51. Graham Jackson Sr playing his accordion during the funeral procession of his friend, President Franklin D Roosevelt.

52. One of first computers ever made, the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer). Made in USA.

53. First Day of Constituent Assembly in India, 1946

The first day Indian Constituent Assembly on 11th Dec, 1946. We see Sardar Patel in the foreground.

54. The first photo taken from space in 1946

55. Last Nizam of Hyderabad greets Sardar Patel after Operation Polo, 1948

The last Nizam of Hyderabad greets Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel at the Begumpet airport after the success of Operation Polo.

56. Last glimpse of the Father of the Nation, 1948

People climbed on electricity poles, trees to get one last glimpse of Mahatma Gandhi during his funeral procession.

57. Dubbed as the 'Most beautiful suicide', this is a picture of Evelyn McHale, 23, who jumped from the Empire State building and landed on a limousine.

58. Tata launches its first Mercedez Benz Telco, 1954

A rare picture that captures the launch of Mercedes Benz Telco in 1954, in Mumbai.

59. Jawaharlal Nehru showing off his swordsman skills

We see the country's first prime minister show off some of his swordsman skills circa 1955.

60. Albert Einstein's study on the day of his death, 18th April, 1955.

61. Elvis Presley serving for the American Army in 1958.

62. Queen Elizabeth & Maharani Gayatri Devi after a tiger hunt

We see a rare picture of Queen Elizabeth and Maharani Gayatri Devi posing for a picture after a tiger hunt.

63. The construction of Disneyland

64. Walt Disney on the day they opened Disney Studios

65. Martin Luther King Jr with 'The Godfather', Marlon Brando.

66. Martin Luther King, Jr removes a burned cross from his yard in 1960. The boy is his son.

67. Construction of the Berlin Wall in 1961

68. The original Ronald McDonald played by Willard Scott

69. A young Bill Clinton meets John F. Kennedy.

70. Stephen Hawking pictured on his wedding day with his wife, Jane Wilde on 14th July, 1965.

71. The crew of Apollo 1 practicing their water landing in 1966. Unfortunately, all of them were killed on the launch pad in a fire.

72. George Harrison's selfie on his trip to India, 1966

We see one of the selfies by Beatle George Harrison on his trip to India in 1966. This one's way before 'phonecams' or 'point & shoots' were invented.

73. An airman being captured by Vietnamese in Truc Bach Lake, Hanoi in 1967. The airman is John McCain.

74. California lumberjacks working on Redwoods

75. Jayalalithaa with MGR

Here's a photograph of Jayalalithaa with M G Ramachandran in her hey days as an actress doing the song-and-dance routine.

76. Narayana Murthy in IIT Kanpur, 1969

In another rare picture, we find the co-founder of Infosys during his days at IIT Kanpur in 1969.

77. Vladimir Putin photographed as a teenager. He's the one wearing a cap.

78. Osama Bin Laden with his family in Sweden, circa 1970. Osama is standing 2nd from right in green and blue.

79. Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee.

80. Apollo 16 astronaut Charles Duke left this family photo behind on the moon in 1972.

81. Steve McQueen and James Coburn serving as pallbearers at Bruce Lee’s funeral on 20th July, 1973.

82. Mohammad Rafi and Muhammad Ali in Chicago, 1975

One of India's greatest Indian playbacks - Mohammad Rafi sharing a momentary laugh with one of his favourite sportsmen Muhammad Ali in Chicago, 1975.

83. The original 'Star Wars' cast before they started shooting for the films.

84. Mohammed Ali convinces a man against committing suicide, circa 1981.

85. A R Rahman and friends

This extraordinary photograph shows a young A R Rahman along with a few extraordinary artistes. He is accompanied by Ustad Zakir Hussain, Siva Mani, Resul Pookutty and Akon.

86. Shahrukh Khan, Kapil Dev and Sohail Khan in a match of football

A rare moment captured where we see cricketer Kapil Dev and movie stars Shahrukh Khan and Sohail Khan fight it out in a match of football.