29th April 2007

A Mango on Guinness Book

This monster weights in at 2,34 Kg (5,15 lbs) and was harvested in April 28 in Boa Vista, state capital of Roraima, one of the Amazonian states, close to the border of French Guyana. The flying distance from the northernmost state capital of Brazil (Boa Vista) to the southernmost one (Porto Alegre) is 3,786km (2,359 mi) comparable to:

Los Angeles (US) - Washington, DC (US) - 3,714 km ( 2,308 mi).

Lisbon (PT) - Moscow (RU) - 3,905 km (2,427 mi).

Quebec (CA) - Vancouver (CA) - 3,785 km (2,352 mi)

Sydney (AU) - Perth (AU) - 3,286 km (2,042 mi)

London (UK) - Jerusalem (IL) - 3,608 km ( 2,242 mi)

Tokyo (JP) - Hanoi (VN) - 3,666 km (2,278 mi)

Brazilian mango fruit on the Guinness - (.br)

posted in Bizarre, Food, Fruits, Oddities by Rico Ferrari | 0 Comments

29th April 2007

When smoking was cool

An old advertising of cigarettes, back them in the 80’s - in a Modernist style - when smoking was cool.

Hilton cigarettes

posted in Advertising, Culture, Fashion, Photography by Ira O'Neill | 0 Comments