Volocopter air taxi flies over Singapore’s Marina Bay

October 24, 2019 Markozen.com Aviation

Volocopter is an electric powered multi rotor light helicopter.

World’s Largest Treehouse Burns to the Ground

October 23, 2019October 23, 2019 Markozen.com Buildings

World’s Largest Treehouse, Built by Divine Inspiration

As Minister Horace Burgess tells the story, in 1993, the Minister was praying when God told him, “If you build a treehouse, I’ll see that you never run out of material.” Inspired by this vision, the quiet Minister set out to build the largest treehouse in the world.

Located just outside of Crossville, Tennessee, the 97-foot-tall tree house and church was supported by a still-living 80-foot-tall white oak tree with a 12-foot diameter base, and relies on six other oak trees for support.

For fourteen years, Minister Burgess has been adding to the tree house, spending $12,000 to build it. Over that time, the treehouse has grown to truly monumental proportions, and the Minister may have already achieved his goal of building the world’s largest treehouse. His treehouse was 90 feet tall, with five stories containing 80 rooms, and was complete with a church and a bell tower. The bell tower at the top of the treehouse was equipped with oxygen acetylene bottles that, repurposed as bells, chime daily.

In southern style, every story of the treehouse was surrounded by a porch deck. There were no “Private Property,” or “No Climbing” signs posted around, Burgess say the treehouse is God’s house and everyone is welcome. From the top of the treehouse the word “Jesus” could be seen spelled out in flora in a nearby field.

The structure stood vacant and dilapidated since it was closed in 2012 for fire safety violations. It became a frequent target of vandalism. On October 22, 2019 the structure completely burned to the ground. The fire department responded however by the time they arrived nothing was left of the structure. Authorities are investigating the cause of the fire.

Balloon Chaos

Image October 23, 2019 Markozen.com Bizarre

Haunted Doll Moves On Its Own

October 22, 2019 Markozen.com Paranormal

Recently posted video shows what appears to be the creepy moment a World War 2-era ventriloquist doll moves on its own. In the footage the 1940s dummy, known as Mr Fritz, is seen locked in a glass box which creaks open before the doll begins moving its eyes and its mouth. Owner Michael Diamond claims the clip is real and made because he kept finding the case’s door unlatched. “I wouldn’t say I’m scared of Mr Fritz but I am wary of it,” he said.

That could be hoaxed pretty easily I reckon.

Sashimi: The World’s Most Pissed Off Cat

October 6, 2019 Markozen.com Animals

Trump Cartoons

October 6, 2019 Markozen.com Cartoons, Politics

The House Hippo

October 5, 2019 Markozen.com Animals, Media

The house hippo is the subject of a Canadian television public service announcement (PSA) produced by Concerned Children’s Advertisers (now known as Companies Committed to Kids) in May 1999 and reintroduced by MediaSmarts in 2019. The original sixty-second clip was directed by Tim Hamilton of Avion Films. Effects were produced by Spin Productions.

The narration of the piece is spoken in the style of a Hinterland Who’s Who spot, showing footage and describing the behaviour of the “North American house hippo”, a fictional animal found “throughout Canada, and the eastern United States.” The hippo is shown foraging for the crumbs of peanut butter toast in a kitchen, escaping from a house cat, and making a nest from lost mittens to go to sleep.

Their stated intent is to educate children about critical thinking with regard to what they see in television advertising, and remind them that “it’s good to think about what you’re watching on TV, and ask questions”. Nevertheless, some viewers on social media have expressed that as children, they completely believed that house hippos were real based on this commercial.

Selfie Danger

Image October 4, 2019October 5, 2019 Markozen.com Funny

A Rock band ahead of its time named Death!

October 4, 2019 Markozen.com Music

Death was a garage rock and protopunk demo band formed in Detroit, Michigan, in 1971 by the brothers Bobby (bass, vocals), David (guitar), and Dannis (drums) Hackney. The African American trio started out as an R&B band but switched to rock after seeing an Alice Cooper show. Music critic Peter Margasak (incorrectly denoting the youngest brother) retrospectively wrote of their musical direction: “The youngest of the brothers, guitarist David, pushed the group in a hard-rock direction that presaged punk, and while this certainly didn’t help them find a following in the mid-70s, today it makes them look like visionaries.” The band broke up by 1977 but reformed in 2009 when the Drag City label released their 70s demos for the first time.