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World’s most expensive cheese comes from Donkeys. Qamar Khan Qureshi

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Pule cheese, or just pule, is a cheese made from the milk of Balkan donkeys from Serbia. A distinctive dairy product of Serbian cuisine, pule is reportedly the “world’s most expensive cheese”, fetching 1,000 Euros per kilogram. In September 2013 the cheese was valued by a news source at $600 USD per pound. It is so expensive because of its rarity: there are only about 100 jennies in the landrace of Balkan donkeys that … Read more

Canadian Doctors Protest Against Pay Raise

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Courtesy: The Guardian Doctors in Quebec say negotiated pay rises are ‘shocking’ given ‘draconian cuts’ to other parts of province’s healthcare system  The Quebec government recently announced increases of 1.4% and around 1.8% for specialists and general practitioners respectively. Photograph: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images Nearly 800 doctors and medical residents in the Canadian … Read more

9 of The World’s Largest Dog Breeds

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The range of size, shape, color, personality and purpose for which dogs are bred is jaw-dropping. Over centuries, different dogs in different geographic locations have been honed by humans to play certain roles, from hunter to guardian, from herder to companion. For some of these breeds, size has been a significant player in the search … Read more

Top 10 Largest Countries in the World by Qamar Khan Qureshi

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The worlds largest nations, measured in square kilometers of land area. The Trans-Siberian railway, which passes through Russia, is the longest railway line in the world From Cape Horn all the way to the Arctic Circle, the world’s largest countries provide a beautiful snapshot of the variety of geography, climate and wildlife on the planet. … Read more

Top 10 Smallest Countries in the World by Qamar Khan Qureshi

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A list of the 10 smallest countries by total land area. Some of the coziest nations, islands, and places on the planet. Covering not even one kilometer squared, Vatican City is the world’s smallest country by land area. With over 194 countries in the world, it’s easy to think the word “country” equates to a … Read more

The Summer Jam: The forgotten festival that was actually bigger than Woodstock by Nikola Simonovski

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Watkins Glen Rock Festival, Summer Jam at Watkins Glen, N.Y. with The Allman Brothers Band, Grateful Dead and The Band performing. 600,000 rock buffs streamed in for a one-day concert inside a race track. (Photo By: Richard Corkery/NY Daily News via Getty Images) Woodstock is one of the biggest musical events in history. The festival was … Read more

Badbury Rings: An Iron Age hill fort where King Arthur reportedly fought his greatest battle against the Saxons by Goran Blazeski

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The Iron Age hill fort in East Dorset, England, known as Badbury Rings,  was most probably constructed by the Durotriges tribe who inhabited the area before the Roman invasion. It is believed that the Durotriges were the first real opposition that the Romans encountered and were one of the two tribes that fought against the future emperor Vespasian and the 2nd … Read more

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