Llanfairpwllgwyngyll (long form Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch), also spelt Llanfair Pwllgwyngyll and commonly known as Llanfair PG or Llanfairpwll, is a village and community on the island of Anglesey in Wales, situated on the Menai Strait next to Menai Bridge and across the strait from Bangor. Read all about it here!

Here is an interesting poster put together by EuroRSCG Amersterdam for Doctors of the World, Netherlands, which depicts the patient to doctor ratio in different countries around the world. 

Alan Weisman, an award-winning journalist, theorizes what would happen to the planet if humans suddenly disappeared.  Roll over each block to see more details.  Link.  [via digg]

The World at Night  [via digg]

The New 7 Wonders of the World have been named.  The winners are:

• Chichen Itza, Mexico
• Christ Redeemer, Brazil
• The Great Wall, China
• Machu Picchu, Peru
• Petra, Jordan
• The Roman Colloseum, Italy
• The Taj Mahal, India

The 7 Wonders were chosen by people all over the world via an online vote. 

New7Wonders has now launched the nominations for the New7Wonders of Nature.  The nominations are open through August 8, 2008.

Related:
New 7 wonders of the world named (CNN)

Time has put together a very interesting photo essay called What the World Eats.  Families from all around the world are shown with all the food in their homes and share how much they spend on food per week as well as their favorite foods are. 

This photo essay reminds me of a book that I have, which is called Material World.  If you haven't read this book I highly recommend checking it out.  Along the same concept as What the World Eats, families around the world display all of their material possessions.

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Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest.

Here is  the world based on Total Population (2000):

and compare it to a map based on Carbon Emissions (2000):

Norway is planning to build a "doomsday vault" on a remote island near the North Pole that will hold 3 million seed samples.  There are currently 1,400 seed banks in the world, but due to political instability or harsh environmental changes these banks may prove to be insufficient.

The Norwegian government will be paying $5 million to construct the Svalbard International Seed Vault.  The final design of the vault has been unveiled; It will be built into a mountainside and should hopefully withstand any global catastrophes (climate changes, nuclear war), therefore, safeguarding the world's agriculture.

so things tend to be strange, and how bout tht new planet ..

It was first seen by astronomers using California's Mount Palomar Observatory, and has been given the name "Sedna" after the Inuit goddess of the ocean.

Observations show it measures about 1,180-2,360km (730-1,470 miles) across, making it similar in size to Pluto.

Astronomers now say they have evidence that Sedna has its own moon, although this needs to be confirmed, and is also very red in colour.

There is likely to be some debate about whether it qualifies as a true planet, but some scientists are already saying it re-defines our Solar System.