TOP TEN FACTS ABOUT BRAIN !!!!

1.80% of the brain is water.This means that it is

important that you remain properly hydrated for
the sake of your mind.
2.Our brain is more active at night as compared to
day.
3. Information travels along neurons at different
speeds. This is why sometimes you can recall
information instantly, and sometimes it takes a little
longer.
4.Our brain makes up only 2% of our body weight
yet it requires 20% of oxygen that enters our
bloodstream.
5. Alcohol interferes with brain processes by
weakening connections between neurons.
6. Laughing at a joke is no simple task as it require s
activity in five different areas of the brain.

7. Differences in brain weight and size do not equal

differences in mental ability. The weight of Albert
Einsteins brain was 1,230 grams that is less than
an average weight of the human brain.
8. A living brain is so soft you could cut it with a
table knife.
9. There are about 100,000 miles of blood vessels
in the brain.
10. The brain can live for 4 to 6 minutes without
oxygen, and then it begins to die. No oxygen for 5
to 10 minutes will result in permanent brain
damage

The Worlds First Heartless Man!!

Doctors from the Texas Heart Institute have
successfully replaced a patients heart with a
device that keeps the blood flowing, thereby
allowing him to live without a detectable heartbeat
or even a pulse. Heres how it works:
The turbine-like device, that are simple whirling rotors, developed by the doctors does
not beat like
a heart, rather provides a continuous flow like a
garden hose. Craig Lewis was a 55-year- old dying
from amyloidosis, which causes a build-up of
abnormal proteins. The proteins clog the organs so much that they stop working.


~~DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH~~

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up every morning.
Further more, scientific tests have proven its value.We publish below a description of
use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as
modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successful by a Japanese medical
society as a 100% cure for the following diseases: Headache, body ache, heart system,
arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis asthma, TB, meningitis,
kidney and urine diseases,vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes,
constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ear nose and
throat diseases.
METHOD OF TREATMENT
1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160ml glasses of
water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minute

3.. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal.

4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything for 2
hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the beginning
may
commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to 4 glasses per day.
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can enjoy a
healthy life.
The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce
main diseases:
1. High Blood Pressure (30 days)
2. Gastric (10 days)
3. Diabetes (30 days)
4. Constipation (10 days)
5. Cancer (180 days)
6. TB (90 days)
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the 1st week,
and
from 2nd week onwards daily..
This treatment method has no side effects,however at the commencement of treatment
you may have to urinate a few times.
It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life.
Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active. This makes sense .. The Chinese and
Japanese drink hot tea with their meals not cold water. May be it is time we adopt their
drinking habit while eating!!! Nothing to lose, everything to gain... For those who like to
drink cold water, this article is applicable to you. It is nice to have a cup of cold drink
after a meal. However, the cold water will solidify the oily stuff that you have just
consumed. It will slow down
the digestion. Once this 'sludge' reacts with the acid, it will break
down and be absorbed by the intestine faster than the solid food. It will line the
intestine.Very soon, this will turn into fats and lead to cancer. It is best to drink hot

soup or warm water after a meal. A serious note about heart attacks:
Women should know that not every heart attack symptom is going to be the left arm
hurting,
Be aware of intense pain in the jaw line.
You may never have the first chest pain during the course of a heart attack.
Nausea and intense sweating are also common symptoms.
60% of people who have a heart attack while
they are asleep do not wake up.
Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep.
Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know,the better chance we could survive...
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to everyone they know, you
can be sure that we'll save at least one life.
Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends you care about.
PLEASE DON'T IGNORE SHARE IT. THIS MIGHT SAVE
SOMEONE'S LIFE.

The Bugatti Veyron is a truly extraordinary car - here is the low down on the key facts
about this 840,000 hypercar... Here's what you need to know about the car:
Fact 1: The waste energy from running the 16.4 litre engine at full whack could heat 10
family homes in the winter.
Fact 2: It takes 15 hours to build one radiator for the Veyron each car has a total of
10.
Fact 3: The brakes can withstand heat of up to 1800C
Fact 4: When the air brake is at an angle of 55 degrees it generates 70% of the braking
force of an average car.
Fact 5: The Bugatti Veyron is split into three parts and only held together with 14 bolts.
Fact 6: The Veyron uses special Michelin PAX tires found on no other car. The rear
wheels are 14.5 inches wide, twice as wide as a normal car. If you require replacements
the car needs to be shipped to France, a process that costs $70,000.

Fact 7: It takes 8 days to weld a Bugatti Veyron fuel tank.

Fact 8: In a Veyron it is quicker to decelerate from 60mph to 0 than it is to accelerate
there. (It only takes 2.8 seconds to get to 60)
Fact 9: Once being road tested for 500 kilometres, each car is put in a light tunnel and
inspected and polished for two days solid.
Fact 10: A Bugatti Veyron uses fuel pumps that can pump fuel eight times faster than a
normal car.
THE LONELIEST WHALE IN THE WORLD !!!!

In 2004, The New York Times wrote an article about the loneliest whale in the world.
Scientists have been tracking her since 1992 and they discovered the problem:
She isnt like any other baleen whale. Unlike all other whales, she doesnt have friends.
She doesnt have a family. She doesnt belong to any tribe, pack or gang. She doesnt
have a lover. She never had one. Her songs come in groups of two to six calls, lasting
for five to six seconds each. But her voice is unlike any other baleen whale. It is
uniquewhile the rest of her kind communicate between 12 and 25hz, she sings at
52hz. You see, thats precisely the problem. No other whales can hear her. Every one of
her desperate calls to communicate remains unanswered. Each cry ignored. And, with
every lonely song, she becomes sadder and more frustrated, her notes going deeper in
despair as the years go by.

Just imagine that massive mammal, floating alone and singingtoo big to connect with
any of the beings it passes, feeling paradoxically small in the vast stretches of empty,
open ocean.

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Repeat for 2-3 minutes for 5 to 10 days. You will get relief....
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Doctors fight to save life of six-legged baby

A baby born in Pakistan's Sindh province has six legs, with a doctor assessing that the
removal of the parasitic limbs could be a "serious and time-consuming medical
exercise". Birth defects like the Mermaid syndrome, a deformity where the legs are
fused together, Craniopagus, a phenomenon where twins are joined at the head, and
Dicephalic parapagus, a condition of having two heads, occur rarely but prove
challenging to the medical world. Here are some instances of successful treatment of
congenital
l diseases.

The Largest Motif have been painted by 250 university students .That largest alpana
(motif) on both sides of the Manik Mia Avenue road in the capital. On the eve of Bangla
New Year, five eminent artists, Inset, coordinated the 350,000 square feet motif
representing the folk culture of Bangladesh.
They used 3600 liters (before mixing water ) of two-type color (Red and White ) in this
motif.

A MIRACULOUS EVENT THAT HAPPENED DURING THE FEAST DAY OF THE DIVINE
MERCY at Divine Mercy Hills, El Salvador. 4/15/2012
This is one of the 3 miraculous event that I have experienced during our visitation in
Divine Mercy hills. We were very amazed and touched of what our Lord Jesus has
shown to us.
The miraculous event that happened during our visitation were:
1. The dancing rising sun that appeared around 5:30 am before the 4am mass finished.
Dancing rising sun means that the sun blinked with many colors and moving up down
left right. You can also stare at the sun without hurting your eyes. All the people who
attended the mass have seen this.
2. The double rainbow the appeared during the appearance if the dancing rising sun.
3. The statue of Jesus ( the divine mercy statue ) that was closing his eyes. At first, I
did not believe what my mother had told me but when we compared the picture that
was taken by my mother the night before the feast and the picture that was taken by
my sister after the 4am mass, zooming into the face of the statue, we were very
amazed.
GOD IS GOOD! ALL THE TIME!
SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS!

THE STORY OF
BIRINGAN INVISIBLE CITY IN SAMAR, PHILIPPINES
Somewhere between the towns of Gandara, Tarangnan, and Pagsanhan, all of Samar,
lies an invisible metropolis. It is called Biringan City. Its a famous city, known to many
people in the area, yet it is nowhere to be found for interested visitors.
Why, its appearance had been limited to a small number of people. Not everyone could
see it. There seems to be a chosen few only who are allowed to behold the citys
grandeur. And these are usually ordinary folks doing ordinary chores. Moreover, those
who claim to have seen it were able to do so only in the dead of the night, not during
daytime.
Accordingly, this majestic metropolis is comparable to cities like New York, Hongkong,
Singapore, etc. but people would only talk of it in private, hushed like they have seen
witches or something. Just the name of it generates fear as though it were a horrible
place.
Because while it is said to be extremely beautifulconsisting of high-rise buildings,
cathedrals, elegant structures, magnificent edificespeople likewise know it is inhabited
by non-human beings, hence scary indeed.
Among those who claim to have seen it are fishermen, farmers, passers-by, and victims
of demon possessions. Those who have heard about it from far away places, on the
other hand, include car dealers, salesmen, and department store owners.

The fishermen who saw it spread the word that from the wide seas they were fishing,
they caught sight of this magnificent city, glowing in the dark, brilliant with multicolored lights, and equipped with sophisticated facilities, obviously enjoying highlyadvanced technology that may not be possessed by the most advanced cities in the
world. Such observation is echoed by the rest of those who got the chance to see it.
They have the same awed impressions of that city rising to the skies.
Those who simply heard of this place from afar are mostly businessmen who claim to
have had costumers buying their products, like cars, for delivery to a city whose name
they are not familiar with, and which they could not find in the countrys map. The
purchases had been voluminous yet the delivery had been to a place that exists only in
name.
Perhaps the majority of people testifying to have been there, right in this city, have
been the victims of demon possessions. While their bodies are indwelt and controlled by
evil spirits, their soul and spirit (entire consciousness) is being brought by demons
(appearing in human form) into this city, making it appear that this place is a city of
demons.
There, according to former victims, the peoples skin between the nose and the upper
lip is flat, unlike ours which has a miniature canal on it. The cars are colored black, and
so are the buildings. Their favorite food, too, is colored black. This is the food that
human visitors ought to avoid accordingly, or else they would become a citizen of this
city and would be unable to come home.
True or not, these stories form part of our folktales. The city of Biringan may just be a
product of imagination, but one is always welcome to investigate the reality. -Doms
Pagliawan

Largest Swimming Pool,

If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy
drinks before diving in to this one.
It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, had a 115 ft deep end and holds 66
milli...on gallons of water.
Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in
the world.
But if you fancy splashing out on one of your own - and you have the space to
accommodate it - then beware: This one took five years to build, cost nearly $1billion
and the annual maintenance bill will be $2million.
The man-made saltwater lagoon has been attracting huge crowds to the San Alfonso
del Mar resort at Algarrobo, on Chile's southern coast, since it opened last month.
Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep
end.
It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb -- nicknamed the Big Splash -- in
Morocco, which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympic size pool
measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.
Chile 's monster pool uses a computer-controlled suction and filtration system to keep
fresh seawater in permanent circulation, drawing it in from the ocean at one end and
pumping it out at the other.
The sun warms the water to 26c, nine degrees warmer than the adjoining sea.
Chilean biochemist Fernando Fischmann, whose Crystal Lagoons Corporation designed
the pool, said advanced engineering meant his company could build 'an impressive
artifici al paradise' even in inhospitable areas. 'As long as we have access to unlimited
seawater, we can make it work, and it causes no damage to the ocean.'

A man walked into his favorite diner that he had been going to for 15 years. He sat
down and said hi to the owner. He asked for the usual, a bowl of new england clam
chowder with some crackers on the side. Simple, just the way he liked it. The owner of
the shop looked at him with a familiar grin. "It's on the house today. How's that album
coming along?"
The man had been working on a blues album for 10 years, on and off. It was his
favorite thing to work on whenever he wasn't working as an architect. "It's almost
done," he said, calmly breathing in the aromas of the soup. "Just a few more tracks. I
have a good feeling about it."
The man went home and looked at his to do list. Right above the blues album was his
newest building project. He was running behind. The work was piling on. Looking at his
piano and microphone, he sighed and sat down at his office desk to work on his
architecture.
The next week his wife woke him up with breakfast in bed and asked him how he was
doing. "Great, but I can't find the time to work on my blues album." She set down the
breakfast tray, and said to him, "you'll finish it soon. I can tell. You always talk about
it." "I suppose you're right," he replied. "This album means everything to me."
That weekend, he set off to finish the album. As he tried to write, he couldn't keep
himself from crying. The last song on the album was about his sister, who died of
cancer the year before. He was deeply affected by it because he promised her that he
would write a song in her honor. She was his biggest fan, but he could never find the
perfect words to use, and she died before he was halfway through the song. He felt
crushed.

Unable to write, the man went down to the diner, and ordered the familiar clam
chowder he loved so much. The chowder was constant. People came and left in his life,
and the buildings he designed would be built and he would move on to other projects,
but the chowder was always the same. It was the one thing he new he could never
lose. The owner of the restaurant noticed the sadness on the man's face and asked him
what how he was holding up. "I know that it can be hard sometimes. Your sister was a
wonderful girl." But there was nothing that the owner could do to console the poor
man. He finished the soup and said thank you.
The more the man thought of his sister, the more the lump in his throat hurt. He knew
what he had to do. He had to finish the blues album. He had to write down all of the
pain that he felt, and the pain that she had gone through in her last few days.
Architecture suddenly meant nothing to him. He got up to leave and noticed that
behind him were 2 men yelling at each other. The man was so wrapped up in his
memories that he hadn't noticed the argument going on behind him. The yelling
became a fight, and the 2 started swinging fists. The man tried to yell, "Stop!" but the
words wouldn't come out. The lump in his throat was still there and his voice was
cracking.
He ran forward, and tried to pull the men apart. He didn't notice that one of them had
drawn a knife. In one quick jab, the knife sank into his chest, and he wailed in pain. He
doubled over and looked at his hands. They were covered in blood. The man passed
out in 5 seconds.
The owner called 911 and an ambulance arrived. They took him to the emergency room
and the doctor looked at him carefully. "I'm sorry. There's nothing we can do. The knife
went straight through his vital organs and the internal bleeding was too much." The
man died that night.
He never finished the song about his sister or the album because he always put work
first, and he always made excuses.
If you ever find something meaningful in life that you want to complete, prioritize it
high, because you might not have as much time to finish something as you may think
you have.
Please share if you know someone that may benefit from this story, and don't let this
man's story be in vein.
Ok, I totally made all of that up. I literally google image searched fake wounds, and
found this picture, then wrote a sad story to go with it. If you ever see a caption story
like this, check to see if there is a source, names, or real locations. I'm sick and tired of
seeing these fake stories on the internet. Oh yeah, but definitely share it, so that the
kind of people that keep sharing this kind of stuff get a wake up call.

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The largest flower was blossoming in RBlanco , Veracruz , Mexico .

2 metres high and weighing 75 kilos , it has the peculiarity of blooming only during
three days every 40 years .
The Amorphophallus titanum (Araceae) also called the cadaverous flower it has the
peculiarity of blooming only during three days every 40 years, a privilege bestowed on
the town of RBlanco in Veracruz Mexico

Is it true," says the woman who is proud of us, whether it is true, then why is she lit
every day in homes, they say the woman, mother, sister, wife, friend takes care of us in
all its forms; Is it true, then why is he hid his Asmt to save homes in May, say the
woman is a goddess of nature, whether it is true, then why the offense is in house,
they say that women's lives of happiness is, whether it is true, then why is crying in his

eyes every moment, the urge to say India has the status of the mother, whether it is
true, then why the massacre are made every day, people

Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge The world's longest cross-sea bridge, spanning 36.48
kilometers across the mouth of the Jiaozhou Bay in China's eastern Shandong province,
opened to traffic four years after construction started. Here's a peek into some of the
world's longest bridges

Must Read And Share this Story

Basketball Girl: The little girl who had to use a basketball as her prosthetic body.
Qian Hongyan, who was forced to use half a basketball as her prosthetic body, inspired
millions with her ambition to compete as a swimmer in the 2012 Paralympics in London.
In 2000, Qian Hongyan, was injured tragically in a car accident when she was only 3
years old. To insure

Volkswagen Aqua:
Chinese designer creates eco-friendly all-terrain car
for land, water and ice.
Created by Chinese designer Yuhan Zhang, the
Volkswagen Aqua would be powered by a hydrogen
fuel cell and would emit zero carbon dioxide.The all-terrain vehicle, which has a top
speed of 62mph
and works like a hovercraft, can move seamlessly
between different surfaces..

Worlds Stretchiest Skin,I Can't Believe It

On October 28, 1999, it was recorded that the worlds stretchiest skin belongs to a guy
named Gary Turner: Garry Turner, of Caistor, Lincolnshire, England, stretched skin of
his stomach to a distended length of 15.8 cm (6.25 in) on the set of Guinness World
Records: Primetime in Los Angeles, California. After examining Garys medical condition
it was discovered that he had a rare medical condition called Elhers Danlos Syndrome, a
disorder of the connective tissues.

They are suffering from a rare genetic disease called hypertrichosis. Statistics say
hypertrichosis, or the werewolf syndrome, is so rare that it occurs for 1 out of 10 billion
people, However there are 19 people alive diagnosed with this disease, out of 6.5 billion
people, so its more like 1 in 340 million.

How did this big rock end up on this strange terrain? One of the more unusual places
here on Earth occurs inside Death Valley, California, USA. There a dried lakebed named
Racetrack Playa exists that is almost perfectly flat, with the odd exception of some very
large stones, one of which is pictured here. Now the flatness and texture of large playa
like Racetrack are fascinating but not scientifically puzzling they are caused by mud
flowing, drying, and cracking after a heavy rain. Only recently, however, has a viable
scientific hypothesis been given to explain how 300-kilogram sailing stones ended up
near the middle of such a large flat surface...

AMAZING FRUIT CASTLE,hit "SHARE" if its AMAZING...)

A worker puts the final touches to a castle made from lemons and oranges during the
lemon festival in Menton, southern France. Some 145 metric tons of citrus fruits are
used to make displays during the 79th festival, which is themed "The Regions of
France", and runs from February 17 through March 7.

The Slauerhoffbrug is a fully automatic bascule bridge (aka tail bridge) in the city of
Leeuwarden in the Netherlands. It uses two arms to swing a section of road in and out
of place within the road itself. A tail bridge can quickly and
efficiently be raised and lowered from one pylon (instead of hinges). The lift bearing,
complete with asphalt and road markings, seamlessly disappears into the road when
lowered.

Searched the Internet Still,Information Lacking......But wherever it is....Really Beautiful

Place..I'll surely Visit this Place if its in this planet.
This is the world's largest digging machine, it was built by German manufacturer Krupp
and it is in an open air coal mine in Germany. It took more than 5 years and $100
million to design and manufacture.
...

"The World's Largest Digging Machine is almost 95 meters high and 215 meters long
which is just like almost 2.5 football fields in length with 45,500 tons in Weight.
Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute and it can move more than 76,000
cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day."

The Great Blue Hole at Lighthouse Reef

Found on both land and in the ocean throughout the Bahamas and the national waters
of Belize are deep circular cavities known as Blue Holes which are often the entrances
to cave networks, some of them up to 14 kilometres in length. Divers have reported a
vast number of aquatic creatures some of which are still new to science. In addition,
theyve recorded chambers filled with stalactites and stalagmites which only form in dry
caves. For the explorers this was proof that at one time, nearly 65,000 years ago, when
the world was in the grip of the last major ice age, the sea level of the Bahamas was up
to 150 metres lower than it is today. Over time the limestone of the islands was eroded
by water and vast cave networks created. When sea levels rose again about 10,000
years ago some of these collapsed inwards and the Blue Holes were formed.

Say cheese! Giant skate fish smiles for the camera after pulling fisherman two miles out
to sea

Here is a photo I would like to contribute to your Amazing Places on Earth album. Many
believe the Havasupai Falls photo was photoshopped, but it is real! I have been there,
my husband goes every summer for the last three years! Anyone who has the chance
should go.. it does require a LOT of hiking to get there, but worth it! And it's NOT
expensive!

Cactus House (Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Cool-looking would be a good enough reason for us, but this housing design was
created to maximize each apartments outdoor space and indoor sunlight. The splaying
stack of slabs creates big terraces for gardening and the irregular shape allows sun to
enter from multiple angles.

Facade Planning for the Hangzhou Congress Center, China..

After perennial design and construction phase the congress center of the new city
administration of Hangzhou, China is completed. The concept and design of the facade
was made by Peter Ruge Architekten in collaboration with Prof Wang Xiaosong from
DBH GmbH.
The new building ensemble is situated close to huge Qiantang River not far from the
city center. It will be the focus building of the new large business and administration
district of the city. The new fascinating complex consists of six office high-rise buildings
arranged in a circle and connect in the upper floors through a circular bridge building.
The high-rise buildings are flanked with flat multi-functional buildings including four
main entrances from all directions. As the new central form of the main administration
building of the City of Hangzhou the Congress Center resembles a large precious stone

WORLD'S HIGHEST WATERFALL: Angel Falls

Angel Falls (Spanish: Salto ngel; Pemon language: Kerepakupai Ven, meaning
"waterfall of the deepest place", or Parakup Ven, meaning "the fall from the highest
point", is a waterfall in Venezuela.
It is the world's highest waterfall, with a height of 979 m (3,212 ft) and a plunge of 807
m (2,648 ft). The waterfall drops over the edge of the Auyantepui mountain in the
Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima), a UNESCO World Heritage
site in the Gran Sabana region of Bolvar State. The height figure 979 m (3,212 ft)
mostly consists of the main plunge but also includes about 400 m (0.25 mi) of sloped
cascades and rapids below the drop and a 30-metre (98 ft) high plunge downstream of
the talus rapids.

The base of the falls feeds into the Kerep River (alternatively known as the Ro Gauya),
which flows into the Churun River, a tributary of the Carrao River

Photograph courtesy Jodie Bieber, Institute for Artist Management, shot for Time
A portrait of 18-year-old Afghan Bibi Aisha, whose nose and ears were cut off by the
Taliban husband she'd fled, is the subject of the World Press Photo organization's 2010
Photo of the Year. South African photographer Jodi Bieber's picture, made for Time
magazine, became controversial when it appeared on that publication's cover in July
2010.
"This could become one of those picturesand we have maybe just ten in our
lifetimewhere if somebody says 'you know, that picture of a girl ... ,' you know exactly
which one they're talking about," said jury chair David Burnett in a statement on the
winning photo.
When photographing Aisha in an Afghan women's shelter, "I really wanted to capture

the inner beauty," Bieber told World Press Photo when contacted by phone after the
jury's decision, according to a press statement.
For the awards, an international team of judges selected winners in ten subject areas,
including spot and general news, sports, nature, and portraits, for which Bieber's image
also took first prize. In each subject area, the judges awarded first, second, and third
prizes for both individual photos and photo-essays. This year a "special mention" was
given to a series of 12 photos taken by the Chilean miners trapped underground for 69
days and rescued in October.

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The world's largest cave contains a jungle.

Two hundred meters below the earth in Vietnam lies a jungle contained by the Hang
Son Doong cave. Because of a collapsed portion of the cave roof, vegetation began to
grow and form what would be the largest cave jungle. The jungle is fairly small, but
considering its location also fairly incredible. It also has the nickname Garden of Eden.
The cave itself was only discovered twenty years ago and is getting properly explored
now. It is the largest known cave and contains caverns large enough to fit streets. The
subterranean passage could hold 40-story buildings for a half-mile block. Also notable
are the unfamiliar formations of the rocks and walls within the cave.
One part of the cave is characterized by algae-covered, ribbed stone formations as the
cave floor. These ribs were formed by water overflowing the floor and reshaping it.