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Children From Mongolia Then and Now

Jan 02, 2011 No Comments by admin1

The humanity is changing. Here are some good examples of such changes. The children of Mongolian nomads several years ago… 2008, 2010 Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones

Oct 17, 2010 No Comments by admin1

In 1775, the Marquis de Sade wrote of it, “I have never seen anything more striking.” Granted, the crypt was to his tastes. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Famous Building Models

Aug 26, 2010 2 Comments by admin1

In the Japanese city of Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, is an amusement park which has recently opened the “Tobu World Square” exhibition. It presents structures to the scale of 1:25, including 45 copies of buildings and structures that are on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Amongst other things, it also includes the now non [...]

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Ghost Town Kolmanskop Namibia

Aug 03, 2010 No Comments

Before World War I, Namibia came down on diamond fever.  In the area now called Kolmanskop, the precious stones were found in abundance throughout 1908, activating an influx of new colonists hoping to capitalize on the riches. For the most part, they were successful; resident of Kolmanskop accumulated enough wealthiness to build an entire town [...]

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The Conch Republic

Apr 29, 2010 No Comments

Image credits: We hear the term “third world” tossed around with a much greater frequency than the other “worlds.” Based on an outmoded Cold War taxonomy in which the first world consists of capitalist NATO nations and their allies, the second world of the communist Soviet Union and its allies, the third of former colonies/developing [...]

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San Zhi The Abandoned City

Jan 06, 2010 No Comments

Taiwan – San Zhi – is perhaps the second known abandoned city after Chernobyl. It was built as a luxury resort, but construction stopped because of the incredible number of deaths on sites. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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The Flat Streets of San Francisco

Jan 01, 2010 10 Comments

The city of San Francisco is famous for it’s hills and impossibly inclined streets. But what would San Francisco be without its steep hills? Photographer Dan Ng attempts to “level” the streets of San Francisco by photographing it with a tilted camera, resulting in an altogether unique gallery of the city. Did you like this? [...]

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Lopburi Monkey Festival 2009

Dec 08, 2009 3 Comments

Long-tailed macaque monkeys are offered food during the one-year Monkey Buffet Festival, in front of the Pra Prang Sam Yot temple in Lopburi, 150km (94 miles) north of capital of Thailand Bangkok November 29, 2009. The festival provides diverse types of food and drink to the local monkey population, which numbers more than 2,000, giving [...]

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How to change Donkey into Zebra

Dec 02, 2009 No Comments

Here’s the method of transforming a Donkey (domestic ass)  into a zebra in a Palestinian zoo. Because kids should know what a zebra is. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

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Welcome to Chapiteau

Nov 21, 2009 No Comments

No more loud music. Actors are hidden behind the curtain. A tent circus is empty. But it only seems to be – life never quiets down here. Arena is the first thing seen by a circus child. They fall in love, fight and even pay their last tribute to the dead here. The author of [...]

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