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The Most Famous Mausoleums in the World

21. June 2010

Grant’s Tomb, New York City, U.S.A., Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi, Vietnam, Abraham Lincoln’s Tomb, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.A., Suharto Family Complex, Central Java, Indonesia, Quezon Memorial Circle, Quezon City, Philippines, Tomb of Mausolus, Bodrum, Turkey, Frogmore Estate, Berkshire, England, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, Xi’an, Shaanxi Province, China, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia, Ravenna, Italy, Tomb of Jahangir, Lahore, Pakistan, Mausoleum of Khomeini, Tehran, Iran, Anitkabir, Ankara, Turkey, Mausoleum of Genghis Khan, Inner Mongolia, China, Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, Mazar-e-Quaid, Karachi, Pakistan, mogiri, Java, Indonesia, Qianling Mausoleum, Qian Country, Shaanxi Province, China, Lenin’s Tomb, Red Square, Moscow, Russia, Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt, Taj Mahal, Agra, India

World’s Top 10 Tallest Ladies

21. March 2010

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1. Yao Defen Yao Defen claims to be the tallest woman in the world, with 7′ 8″ (233 cm). She weighs 200 kg (440 lbs) and has size 26 (UK) / 78 (EU) feet. Her gigantism is due to a tumor in her pituitary gland.

Most Fascinating Tombs in the World

17. March 2010

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1. Catacombs of Paris Officially called les carrières de Paris or “the quarries of Paris,” the Catacombs of Paris is a network of underground tunnels and rooms that used to be Roman-era limestone quarries. In the late 1700s, Paris was suffering from diseases caused by improper burials and mass graves in church cemeteries. Local authorities decided that [...]

World’s Most Expensive Engineering Projects

25. December 2009

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Here is a list of the world’s most expensive engineering projects with estimated costs and short descriptions of each project (sources: iCivilEngineer, China Daily, Wikipedia). Some of the projects are already completed, some are under construction, so the cost estimates are not definitive. 5. Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier: 8.1 billion USD Artist’s concept of [...]

Top 10 Richest Person In The World 2009

16. December 2009

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1. William Gates III Rank: 1 Net Worth: $40.0 bil, Fortune: self made Software visionary regains title as the world’s richest man despite losing $18 billion in the past 12 months. Stepped down from day-to-day duties at Microsoft last summer to devote his talents and riches to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Organization’s assets were $30 [...]

Top 10 Incredible Underground Lakes and Rivers

27. November 2009

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Far below the Earth’s surface, where the sun rarely penetrates, is a world of twinkling glow worms, precious gems and limestone caves and mountains, a land inhabited by nature alone. Within this world are visions to rival many landscapes decorating our horizon; lakes lie still and calm, great networks of caves know no borders and [...]

Top 10 Most Fascinating Mazes

9. November 2009

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1. Longleat Hedge Maze (UK) Made up of more than 16,000 english yews, Longleat’s spectacular hedge maze –the world’s longest– was first laid out in 1975 by designer Greg Bright. The Maze covers an area of around 1.48 acres (0.6 hectares) with a total pathway length of 1.69 miles (2.72 kilometres). Unlike most other conventional mazes, [...]

10 Most Expensive Legal Pets To Own

28. October 2009

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White Lion Cubs, Chimpanzee, Lavender Albino Python Female, Reticulated Albino Type II Tiger Python, Hyacinth Macaw, Striped Ball Python, Debrazzas Monkey, Mona Guenon, Savannah Cat, Chinese Crested Hairless Puppies

Top 10 Highest Lakes on Earth

25. September 2009

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When people talk about three quarters of the world’s surface being covered in water, you don’t generally think of it being 20,000 ft above sea level. Yet, some of the highest lakes in the world can be found hidden in the cracks and crevasses of mountain valleys, among some of the highest peaks in the [...]

Top 10 Most Fascinating Deserts

3. September 2009

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1.Taklamakan (Central Asia): a desert covered with snowfall Taklamakan is one of the largest sandy deserts in the world, ranking 15th in size in a ranking of the world’s largest non-polar deserts. It covers an area of 270,000 km2 (100,000 sq mi) of the Tarim Basin, 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) long and 400 kilometres (250 mi) [...]