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 | The World's Largest Ketchup happens to be a 170 ft. water tower that looks quite like a 1949 catsup. Located in Collinsville, Illinois. |  | 04/09/2006 | 208 | 
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 | The Red Pyramid at Dashur also known as the Shining Pyramid, is one of three (or maybe even four) pyramids built by the great Pharaoh Snefru the first pharaoh of the 4th Dynasty, father of Khufu (supposed builder of the Great Pyramid), who reigned from 2575-2551 BC - in Egypt's Old Kingdom. It is the first true pyramid still remaining.
The Red Pyramid gets its name from the reddi... |  | 03/28/2006 | 911 |
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 | The Bent Pyramid is the most eye-catching of the four pyramids at Dahshur. It was built by the Pharaoh Senefru, the father of Cheops and founder of the 4th Dynasty. The bent pyramid in Dahshur is also known as the rhomboidal or false pyramid because at a point halfway up, the angle of inclination is reduced by a little over 10 degrees. The base of the pyramid is square with each side measuring ... | | 03/28/2006 | 416 |
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 | The Largest Globe in the World: The Unisphere is a beautiful, giant steel globe that sits in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York. | | 03/25/2006 | 204 |
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 | At 375 meters the Tashkent TV tower is the highest construction in the Central Asia. | | 03/18/2006 | 333 |
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 | Nicknamed the "London Eiffel Tower", the Crystal Palace Transmitter telecommunications tower is the second-tallest structure in London. It is the main television transmitter for the London area. |  | 03/16/2006 | 184 |
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 | This is one of the most importants copper mines in the world, representing the 14% of Codelco's total production, employing more than 1,400 workers, and located over the 3500 meters of altitude. |  | 03/09/2006 | 245 |
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 | a big bullseye near Beale air force base. It's located at the north of Beale Lake. | | 03/04/2006 | 452 |
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 | Europe's Largest Glass structure |  | 02/28/2006 | 173 |
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 | Includes Uffington Castle, the White Horse, Dragon Hill, The Manger and The Ridgeway. | | 02/22/2006 | 344 |
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 | Built in 1869, the Chicago Water Tower resembles a 13th Century castle and is 154ft. (47m) tall. |  | 02/07/2006 | 185 |
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 | The Giant's Ring is a most impressive earthwork, over 200 metres in diameter, surrounded by a bank of gravel and boulders, which has five entrances.
Near the centre is a megalithic chamber with a single capstone, suggesting a Stone Age date of around 3000 B.C. The original purpose of this site was probably as a meeting place or a cult centre. | | 01/24/2006 | 704 |
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 | i found this in random searches through the nevada desert. More interesting than the location of the runway itself, is the camouflaged set of large buildings to the immediate southeast. | | 01/21/2006 | 1,147 |
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 | The Maeslantkering is situated in the Nieuwe Waterweg near Rotterdam.
The construction was built for keeping the seawater out. In 1997 these two doors where closed for the first time. it is the intention only to close these doors when the tide is extremely high (about 3.20 meters above normal sea level).
Normaly the doors are opened to let the ships pass to Rotterdam harbour.
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 | Real joke, but looks good | | 01/17/2006 | 403 |
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 | Farming circles in Kansas | | 01/16/2006 | 258 |
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 | This shows the logo of the city Suwon Korea.
Home of Samsung Electronics.
Happy Suwon | | 01/16/2006 | 140 |
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 | In fact it's farming circles | | 01/09/2006 | 184 |
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 | Castlerigg Stone Circle is one of the most
visually impressive prehistoric monuments in Britain | | 01/07/2006 | 403 |
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 | The Madara Rider is a large rock relief carved on the Madara Plateau east of Shumen in northeastern Bulgaria. The relief depicts a majestic horseman 23 m above ground level in an almost vertical 100-metre-high cliff. The horseman is thrusting a spear into a lion lying at his horse's feet. A dog runs after the horseman.
The monument is usually attributed to the ancient Bulgars, a ... | | 01/05/2006 | 271 |
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 | The Cerne Abbas giant is a chalk carving of a giant naked man on a hillside near the village of Cerne Abbas to the north of Dorchester in Dorset, England. | | 01/01/2006 | 1,458 |
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 | This is a huge cementery in Lima, Peru. There's a new and an old part, the latter from XIX century. The modern one is XX century. | | 12/27/2005 | 181 |
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 | This is located outside of a YMCA in Niles, IL | | 12/26/2005 | 403 |
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 | Arcos da Lapa - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Brasil. | | 12/07/2005 | 191 |
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 | Emley Moor Tower, Yorkshire, UK | | 12/07/2005 | 458 |
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