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Journey to the center of a lava lake in Africa

Photo: Olivier Grunewald The Big Picture has a whole post full of photos of the Nyiragongo Crater in the heart of the Great Lakes region of Africa. It is a place where not many humans would voluntarily go because of … Continue reading

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Massive sand storm captured on video in Africa

National Geographic posted this amazing and scary video of a film crew being completely overcome by a massive sand storm in Africa. The video shows the sand storm quickly creeping up to them and then turning the sky red, and … Continue reading

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Video of a trained rat searching for a landmine

BoingBoing posted this video above of an example of specially trained rats that can sniff out landmines in Africa. The rats are lightweight and won’t trip a landmine if they find one and have the same scent sensitivity as landmine-searching … Continue reading

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Pemba: making a football from a condom

Take Five and Yasha made this video above that shows a young boy in Africa making a soccer ball/football from a condom. The video reveals the dedication that some youngsters in poor areas of Africa have to the sport. [via]

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Pauly Shore goes to Africa to adopt a baby

This is the first time I’m hearing of this film called Adopted by comedian Pauly Shore and from what I can gather from this trailer below, it’s absolutely a must-see. Basically, Pauly Shore goes to Africa and attempts to adopt … Continue reading

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William Kamkwamba's windmills in Malawi

William and the Windmill from Randy Risling on Vimeo. Nau posts a very inspiring video from The Star about a man named William Kamkwamba and his home-made windmill generators in Malawi. Using nothing but scraps of metal from the local … Continue reading

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