The Helix Bridge: Marina Bay, Singapore. Clever, beautiful and inspiring. Singapore's double helix bridge is 280 meters long, made of a special stainless steel, lovingly assembled over two years with great precision.Despite being just two years old is already being touted as an architectural marvel and engineering feat.ingapore's double helix bridge is 280 meters long, made of a special stainless steel, lovingly assembled over two years with great precision. Despite being just two years old is already being touted as an architectural marvel and engineering feat.
Watermelons are native to the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa. The first recorded watermelon crop was found in Egypt, as it was depicted in hieroglyphics on tomb walls dating back as far as 3000 Being held in such high regard, watermelons were left as food to nourish the dead in the afterlife.
In the 7th century watermelons were being cultivated in India, and by the 10th century had reached China, which is today the world's single largest watermelon producer. Moorish invaders introduced the fruit into Europe and there is evidence of it being cultivated in CÃ³rdoba in 961 and also in Seville in 1158.