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Habitat 67

Habitat 67 is a weird designed housing complex by architect Moshe Safdie in Montreal Quebec Canada as part of his master thesis at McGill University. The project first was initially aimed to create affordable housing by interlocking concrete forms and currently it is a privately owned condominium complex.

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The Civet – The Maker of Most Expensive Coffee

Say Hello to the Civet: The Maker of $600 Coffee Yes, it’s true — this mammal, native to Africa and Asia, is responsible for pooping out the world’s most expensive coffee, called Kopi Luwak. Civets are fed coffee cherries, and during digestion the animal’s enzymes mix with the coffee beans before they, ahem, pass through, [...]

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William Windsor (A Goat) in British Army

William Windsor (known as Billy), a goat in the military, was a lance corporal in the 1st Battalion, the Royal Welsh, an infantry battalion of the British Army. He served as a lance corporal from 2001 until 2009, except for a three month period in 2006 when he was demoted to fusilier, after unacceptable behaviour [...]

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Underground City Of DERINKUYU

Underground City Of DERINKUYU Derinkuyu Underground City is located in the homonymous Derinkuyu district in Nevsehir Province, Turkey. It is on the road between Nevsehir and Nigde, at a distance of 29 km from Nevsehir. It was opened for visitors as of 1969 and to date, only ten percent of the underground city is accessible [...]

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Underground Fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania

Many stories have surfaced as to what happened in the summer of 1962.  Of the many versions of the original cause of the Centralia Mine Fire probably the most accurate cause of the fire was an account that the fire started in a garbage dump over an open coal seam in May of 1962. The [...]

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