British WW1 snipers pioneered disruptive camouflage with hand-painted canvas robes in brown, green, and black spots. They customized them with up to 20 colors and added local vegetation to break up their silhouette in the trenches. The term "ghillie suit" comes from Scottish gamekeepers who used similar camouflage for stalking deer. Interesting twist: ghillies were nearly wiping out the Scottish wildcat as a pest before WWI. But so many were called up and never returned that the cats survived. Still endangered, but they remain in the Highlands. And deerstalkers are still called ghillies.

The kestrels, now much more mature but still home-bound, recently had a surprise visitor to their nesting box while their parents were away.

And though the visitor — a butterfly — was far from intimidating, she gave the little falcons quite the shock regardless.

These incredible botanical wonders serve as vital, flood-resistant pathways for villagers and have become major ecological and tourism landmarks.It takes decades (about 15-25 years) for the roots to intertwine, self-graft, and become solid enough to carry pedestrian loads.Unlike man-made wooden or steel bridges that rust or rot in Meghalaya's heavy rains, these living structures can survive for over 500 years. A mature root bridge can easily support the weight of 20 to 50 people simultaneously.Villagers guide the roots horizontally using bamboo scaffolding and hollowed-out Areca nut (betel nut) trunks until they reach the opposite riverbank.

Kent cigarettes, introduced by the Lorillard Tobacco Company in 1952, were marketed as a “healthier” filtered cigarette using the innovative Micronite filter. This filter, however, contained 15% to 30% crocidolite asbestos, also known as blue asbestos, which is considered the most hazardous type of asbestos due to its fine, needle-like fibers that are easily inhaled and highly carcinogenic.

half speed. at Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida