The What?
The Playa! That's what Burners call the Black Rock City. The Playa (which translates to "beach" from Spanish) is a nickname that attendees gave to the vast expanse of sand and sun that is Burning Man.
Unbelievable Moments Captured at Burning Man
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The More You Know
- Parts of the Great Wall of China were made with sticky rice.
- The world's largest falafel weighed 223 pounds.
- A Nepalese doctor has restored the sight of over 100,000 often poverty-stricken people in the last thirty years across Asia and Africa using a 5 minute procedure and an inexpensive artificial lens.
- Little brown bats sleep more than any other mammal on earth.
Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.