IN 1890, A JAPANESE FISHING VILLAGE SAVED 69 TURKISH SAILORS. 95 YEARS LATER, TURKEY PAID IT BACK 🇯🇵🇹🇷 September 1890. An Ottoman warship called the Ertugrul was heading home from Japan when a typhoon threw it onto the rocks near Kushimoto, at the southern tip of Japan's main island. More than 500 sailors died. The people of the small island nearby ran down to the water in the storm and pulled survivors out. By many accounts, they had very little food themselves, and gave the sailors what they had. 69 men survived. Japan sent them home on two of its own warships. Japan mostly forgot. Turkey didn't. Generations of Turkish kids learned the story at school. March 1985. War between Iran and Iraq. Iraq announced it would shoot down any plane over Iran after a deadline. More than 200 Japanese were stuck in Tehran, and under Japan's laws at the time, its own military planes could not go and get them. Turkey sent two Turkish Airlines planes. They flew 215 Japanese out before the deadline. When people later asked why, the answer from Turkey kept coming back to one word. Ertugrul. Today, Kushimoto still holds a memorial for the sailors, and Turkey still sends people to stand there.

Located in the Yagmurlu (Sogmatar) Neighborhood of the Eyyubiye district—approximately 80 kilometers from the city center of Sanliurfa—the Ancient City of Sogmatar is an important pagan cult center dedicated to moon and planetary deities during the Roman and Abgar Kingdom periods. --- Şanlıurfa şehir merkezine yaklaşık 80 kilometre mesafedeki Eyyübiye ilçesinin Yağmurlu (Soğmatar) Mahallesi'nde yer alan Soğmatar Antik Kenti, Roma ve Abgar Krallığı dönemlerinde Ay ve gezegen tanrılarına adanmış önemli bir pagan kült merkezidir.

✈️🌍 Why Do Flight Paths Look Curved? When flying from *Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles*, you might expect a straight path across the Atlantic or Mediterranean. In reality, the flight takes a curved route over Iran, Russia, the North Pole, and Canada before reaching the US west coast. The reason? The Earth is *spherical*, and the shortest distance between two points on a sphere is called a *Great Circle Route*—a curved line on flat maps, but actually the most direct path. 🗺️ Flat maps are misleading Projections like the *Mercator map* distort distances and shapes. A route that appears curved is actually shorter, while a "straight" line on the map may be longer. 💡 Why do planes take this route? - Shorter distance - Less flight time - Lower fuel consumption - Reduced operating costs - Sometimes to catch favorable jet streams 📜 Ancient knowledge Muslim scholars like *Al-Biruni* and *Al-Idrisi* understood Earth's shape and calculated such paths centuries ago for navigation and determining directions. 🌐 So, what looks strange on a flat map is actually the most *efficient and direct path* on our spherical Earth. #GreatCircleRoute #FlightPaths #AirTravelFacts #GeographyMatters #AviationScience #TravelSmart #CurvedNotCrooked #Map

THE INSPIRING STORY OF DHL In 1969, 3 young men decided to start their delivery business with the few resources they had. *1. ADRIAN DALSEY* *2. LARRY HILLBLOM* *3. ROBERT LYNN* ....whose initials formed *DHL* will revolutionize this industry. *55 years* later today DHL owns ♤250 planes. ♤ 32,000 vehicles. ♤ 550,000 employees and today DHL is present almost everywhere in the world. Revenues are estimated at hundreds of billions of dollars. *In life, surround yourself with people who talk about projects, business, success, dreams, goals.....not negative, fearful, lazy people.* ```If your friend refuses to join you in starting a business, it's not a friend.``` ```If your brother refuses to support you to progress in your business... he's not a brother.``` If you got into business... hold on strong... it took 55 years for DHL to be DHL. Success takes time, effort, intelligence and focus. Be inspired to do more today🌹🌹🌹

At least 210 Palestinians were killed and over 400 others injured by Israeli forces after they targeted the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on June 8, according to the Government Media Office in the besieged Palestinian enclave. The injured were transported to Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which the media office said was “unable to accommodate the number of martyrs and injured due to the Israeli bombardment”. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency that Israeli artillery and warplanes have been conducting violent and intense raids for hours on areas east of Deir al Balah, al Bureij and al Maghazi camps, as well as various locations in the centre, west, and east of the Nuseirat camp.

🔴 İşgalci İsrail savaş uçakları, Refah’ın kuzeybatısında yerinden edilmiş Filistinlilerin kaldığı çadır kampı bombaladı. Saldırıda aralarında çocukların da bulunduğu onlarca Filistinli yanarak can verdi. 🔴 Occupied Israeli warplanes bombed the tent camp for displaced Palestinians in the northwest of Rafah. Dozens of Palestinians, including children, were burned to death in the attack. 📷 Ali Jadallah, AA #RafahOnFire #gazaunderattack

The longest road in the world to walk, is from Cape Town (South Africa) to Magadan (Russia). No need for planes or boats, there are bridges. It's a 22,387 Kilometers and it takes 4,492 hours to travel. It would be 187 days walking nonstop, or 561 days walking 8 hours a day. Along the route, you pass through 17 countries, six time zones and all seasons of the year.

The longest way in the world on foot without the need to cross the ocean or any other significant barrier is from Cape Town (South Africa) to Magadan (Russia). There is no need for planes or boats and there are bridges. The total distance is 21,808 km and it takes an average of 4,310 hours to walk. It would be 187 days walking non-stop, or 561 days walking 8 hours a day. Along the way, you pass through 17 countries, six time zones and all seasons. 🤔

Orbital period of every planet in the Solar System!

An exoplanet similar to Earth. 🌎