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Massive items that were created by or carved out by humans |
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 | Originally from Heliopolis. Brought to Rome by Augustus in 10 BC with the Flaminio obelisk to form the gnomon of a sundial on the Campus Martius. Found in 16th century but reburied. Rediscovered and erected by Pope Pius VI in front of the Palazzo Montecitorio in 1792. |  | 11/18/2006 | 147 | 
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 | It is named after a colossal marble foot from a Roman statue with Egyptian features. In ancient times a temple stood here built by Domitian who dedicated it to the gods Isis and Serapis. The foot is a remnant of this temple and is situated in a corner at the crossing with the Via di S Stefano in Cacco. | | 11/18/2006 | 147 |
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 | Here you can find 2 boats sailing. And there are several strange structures on this islands. I investigated on internet and find out the truth. The name of the island is Okinotorishima Lsland---720km from the Hikashi Islands, the southernmost island of Japan---also the smallest island in the world.Japan government built these structures to protect 2 large rocks which are the only "islands&... |  | 11/18/2006 | 468 |
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 | 120m-long mysterious triangle on the island, it looks like scratched the upper dust to expose the terrane for a long long time. But what for? Who did it? | | 11/17/2006 | 514 |
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 | This statue designed by outstanding Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (and carried out by his pupil Ercole Ferrata in 1667) of an elephant bearing the Egyptian obelisk found in the Dominicans' garden. It is the shortest of the eleven Egyptian obelisks in Rome. The accompanying Latin inscription states it as an illustration that a strong mind is needed to support solid knowledge.
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 | Where It All Began, that is what the name of the Algonac Boat Show is every year. The very first Chris-Craft plant, and the hometown of Chris Smith, founder of the Legendary Chris-Craft. The building is now used as parking and winter storage. |  | 10/26/2006 | 168 |
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 | A very large hole in Russia. For more info go to:http://ebaumsworld.com/worlds-biggest-hole.html |  | 10/24/2006 | 1,094 |
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 | This is a sculpture made by the artist Herman Prigann. |  | 10/23/2006 | 719 |
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 | This fountain to remember Princess Diana is located in Hyde Park.
http://www.royalparks.gov.uk/parks/hyde_park/diana_memorial.cfm |  | 10/05/2006 | 269 |
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 | Number of man made horses made in (what I presume) chalk. They are able to be seen from relatively high. Most of them in the UK but also 1 in south africa. | | 09/24/2006 | 822 |
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 | This snail is placed in a lake at Claydon. | | 09/24/2006 | 204 |
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 | Weird stuff, follow the road north for what appears to be a tomb or temple. | | 09/19/2006 | 918 |
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 | These look like particle accelerators. They are just north of Edwards AFB. One at Mojave and the other further north. | | 09/19/2006 | 607 |
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 | Scientific or industrial area. It´s main-circle is about 1150 feet wide! | | 09/17/2006 | 146 |
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 | A pyramide in the middle of Holland?¿?¿??
yes, in Utrecht..
http://www.pyramide-austerlitz.nl/ | | 09/14/2006 | 238 |
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 | A 90 metres long, 2 metres wide, unidentified white object near the road.
30 km west from Wolfsburg, Germany. | | 09/13/2006 | 504 |
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 | Huge Christian Cross at Punta Arenas | | 09/13/2006 | 367 |
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 | Die kreisfreie Stadt Solingen (Nordrhein-Westfalen) wurde am 29. Mai 1993 zum Schauplatz eines Mordanschlages, bei dem fünf Menschen ums Leben kamen. Das häufig verharmlosend als "Brandanschlag von Solingen" bezeichnete Verbrechen hatte einen rechtsextremem Hintergrund. | | 08/28/2006 | 154 |
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 | i found this house being built in adelaide, you can see the plan because there is no roof | | 08/26/2006 | 267 |
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 | this building looks like a big 1 | | 08/26/2006 | 170 |
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 | A Broken Hill artist who trained as a mining engineer has created the world's largest art work, a 4.3 million-square-metre figure of a smiling stockman furrowed into the Mundi Mundi Plains, about 30 kilometres outside Silverton, north of Broken Hill. Australian Artist Ando took a year to create the portrait of a smiling stockman, using a tractor to chisel out the image and expose the red earth,... | | 08/25/2006 | 1,258 |
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 | This eagle ist near the city San Luis Obispo and was made by italian POW's. | | 08/25/2006 | 631 |
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 | I've found a nice red arch in roundabout in Chang chung. | | 08/23/2006 | 198 |
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 | The Ushiku Daibutsu is the world's tallest Buddha statue. Completed in 1995, it stands a total of 120m above the ground, including the 10m high base and 10m high lotus platform. An elevator takes visitors up to 85m off the ground, where an observation floor is located. (source: Wikipedia) | | 08/11/2006 | 510 |
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 | Largest oil platform in the world
The Hibernia platform is an oil and gas platform in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland. The gravity base structure sits on the ocean floor in 200 m (660 ft) of water with its topsides extending 50 m (160 ft) above the surface. The platform acts as a small concrete island with serrated outer edges designed to withstand the impact of... | | 08/04/2006 | 1,517 |
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