The Anchor Graveyard

This one's right up there with the Easter Island heads in terms of haunting landscapes: hundreds of massive iron anchors standing in perfect rows in the sand on an isolated Portuguese island.

Not merely the detritus of the ocean, they are the last remnants of Tavira's once thriving tuna-fishing industry – an enterprise that fed Portugal for hundreds of years.

But when the tuna dried up, the ships stopped sailing. And whenever one of them docked for the last time, they'd leave their anchor on Barril beach. After a while, there was enough that someone decided they needed to be kept in order, as if waiting for the moment when the island's lifeblood would return. Sadly, it never did.

See photos at http://www.smithjournal.com.au/blogs/adventure/the-anchor-graveyard

World's Largest Fork

As road trippers, we often come to a fork in the road and have to choose which path to take…or, we may come to a giant fork in the road and stop to take photos!

Located in the parking lot of Noble & Associates advertising agency in Springfield, Missouri, this 35-foot tall utensil is the world’s largest fork!

See photos at http://www.sillyamerica.com/blog/2012/04/worlds-largest-fork-in-springfield-missouri/

Name some jobs that have the word "man" in them

anchorman
barman
bin man
cable man
chairman
coalman
delivery man
door man
dustman
fireman
fisherman
foreman
gasman
mailman
maintenance man
middle man
milkman
ombudsman
policeman
postman

From http://ph.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100314012842AA9it89

Banshee

The banshee, from Irish: bean sí ("woman of the sídhe" or "woman of the fairy mounds") is a female spirit in Irish mythology, usually seen as an omen of death and a messenger from the Otherworld.

In legend, a banshee is a fairy woman who begins to wail if someone is about to die.

In Scottish Gaelic mythology, she is known as the bean sìth or bean-nighe and is seen washing the bloodstained clothes or armour of those who are about to die. Alleged sightings of banshees have been reported as recently as 1948.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee

The Orient and the Occident

The Orient means the East. It is a traditional designation for anything that belongs to the Eastern world or the Near East or Far East, in relation to Europe. In English it is largely a metonym for, and coterminous with, the continent of Asia. 

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orient

 

The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident, is a term referring to different nations depending on the context. There is no agreed upon definition about what all these nations have in common.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world

Quiche Lorraine

Quiche lorraine is a classic dish from the French cuisine which originally was an open pie with a filling consisting of an egg and cream custard with smoked bacon.

Quiche actually originated in Germany in the medieval kingdom of Lothringen, under German rule, and which the French later renamed Lorraine. 

The word quiche is from the German Kuchen meaning cake.

See full article at http://www.vahrehvah.com/indianfood/quiche-lorraine/

Josip Belušić

The speedometer was invented by the Croatian Josip Belušić in 1888, and was originally called a velocimeter.

See full article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedometer