Interesting As Fuck...

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One of the walls of the church in Dunkirk (France) filled with bullet holes from the Second World War.

 

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On christmas island they have bridges for the red crabs to cross roads safely when migrating to their breeding grounds

 

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Experts have discovered the remains of a giant dinosaur in southern Argentina. They believe that "it is the fossil of one of the greatest creatures to ever walk the Earth." The fossil bones found are more than 98 million years old.

 

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This Life-Size Model Of A Quetzalcoatlus

 

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The world largest truck- The Titan

 

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The Platinum Arowana the most expensive aquarium fish in the world selling for around $400,000

 

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Unpacking the head of the Statue Of Liberty, 1885

 

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Elvis was given a DEA Badge by Nixon as an Active Special Agent

 

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The A-10 Warthogs 30mm Gatling gun and its ammunition, the gun fires 3,900rpm or 65 round per second.

 

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Butterfly technique 1972 vs 2012 (Spitz vs Phelps). Modern swimming technique focuses on getting your body as horizontal as possible, allowing your legs to draft off your upper body, reducing drag, and minimizing energy expenditure.

 

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Oldest Sword In the World. Found in ancient Anatolia and is 5,000-years-old

 

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prelude, the worlds largest floating structure

 

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This is the 369th Infantry Regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters. They fought in the Great War and WWII. They won the Croix de Guerre for gallantry in action during their fight and can be seen here proudly displaying their medals. Image has been colourised.

 

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Bald eagle nests are generally 5 feet wide and 3 feet deep. The largest recorded bald eagle nest 9.5 feet in diameter, 20 feet deep and weighed almost 6,000 pounds

I've seen some large aeries out here in WI but I couldn't even begin to imagine one of that dimension. 20 ft deep?

 

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The A-10 Warthogs 30mm Gatling gun and its ammunition, the gun fires 3,900rpm or 65 round per second.

I have a couple of casings from my first tour in AFG.

 

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One Hundred Trillion Zimbabwe Dollars equal to 40 US cents

 

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Before & After a total face, eyelids, ears, scalp transplant

 

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The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland)

 

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The door is real—the rest is graffiti

 

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Perfectly timed picture of a guy shooting a watermelon with a gun

 

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German soldier with a “Zielgerät 1229” night-vision scope, on an StG 44 assault rifle. Code Name: “Vampir” (Eastern Front - 1945)

 

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Artist, Marc Quinn, made this frozen self-portrait sculpture from 4.5 litres of his own blood, taken from his body over a period of five months.

 

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How Norman Rockwell Used Live Models For His Famous Works Of Art

 

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People in Myanmar are showing their rejection of military coup by smacking steel pots at night.

 

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Jet train was built in the 1970s Soviet Union to cut down travel times and showcase the incredible power of the jet Engine.

 

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Ruby Bridges is known as the first African American child to attend an all white school (William Frantz Elementary School). 6 year old Ruby had to be escorted by U.S. Marshalls to and from school because of protestors who were angry about racial integration. 1960.

 

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$6.4 million in 2007

 

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David Berkowitz's (aka Son of Sam) letters to NYC police and journalists

 

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This is a dog that was found mummified inside a tree. He got stuck, couldn't escape and died right there. Experts say he was chasing a squirrel when he got stuck there.

 

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circular communities in denmark

 

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Schwerer Gustav: Largest Gun Mankind Has Ever Built

 

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Roland, a gargantuan 4,000 pound male Elephant Seal that lived at the Berlin zoo, circa 1930’s

 

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Wojtek, a bear who served in the Polish Land Forces during WWII

 

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Among other things, Henry VI was useless with his money, and thus sent the English throne into debt of approximately £372,000 according to parliament in 1449. That’s worth £442,582,681.44 today!

 

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There is this road in France called 'Passage du Gois' which disappears twice a day underwater due to the sea tide