This will be the last post for 2016.

Happy New Year to everyone.

See you next year.

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From the archives of Amusing Planet.

Their time zone is 14 hours ahead of UTC - the farthest forward time zone in the world.

Tourists come all the way from America, Germany, France and England to see the bonfires.

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The worm is so called not because they feed on fig trees but because they look like them.

The tree is not an actual tree, rather a light installation shaped like a Christmas tree.

But tucked away in a corner of the model is a little figurine of a defecating Catalan peasant.

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Its called the Caganer, which means shitter in Catalan.

Towering over the citys skyline it has been hailed as the world’s first forest in the sky.

The short runway made landing a tricky business for even the most experienced of pilots.

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The high mountains surrounding the airport and the nearby ocean only complicated matters.

But do you know that the same miracle happens in Korea every year?

These images of a blood-red sea can often have a shocking effect on bystanders.

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