These original towers are real architecture and design masterpieces because it is not so easy to create original design for such huge building. But as they say there are no limits for human imagination and engineers once again prove this rule.
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Top 10 Best Airport Control Tower Designs
April 3rd, 2010 · No Comments
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Top 10 Most Bizarre Items on eBay
December 1st, 2009 · No Comments
1) In September 2007 the item “Belgium, a kingdom in three parts” was posted for sale at a starting price of one Euro by former journalist Gerrit Six. It attracted an offer of 10 million Euros but was pulled down by eBay. 2) Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson put a dirty, germ-ridden handkerchief on eBay after [...]
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Town Devoured By Rock
May 5th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Setenil de la Bodegas, a city in Spain’s Andalucia region, is a major drawcard for tourists coming to Ronda precisely because of the cave houses along the banks of the river. In Roman times nearby Acinipo (about 4km from Setenil) was the main Roman city south of Córdoba and even pressed its own coins. The [...]
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Unusual Bikes
March 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Presented by Chiropractor in Marietta From the world’s tallest bike, to another made entirely out of wood. Tree branch bike is my favorite, although the seat looks a bit uncomfortable. Wooden Bike (Photo: Wolfgang Thieme/DPA) Sponsored By Property Tunisia Rocket Bike (Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele) Sponsored By Philippines Property
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Injured Deer Visits Veterinary Clinic On Its Own
February 10th, 2009 · No Comments
For veterinarian Agustin Cuesta and his staff at the clinic inside the Rossford (Ohio) PetSmart, Saturday brought their first deer patient and unaccompanied walk-in. He told officers he could treat it right there on the stockroom floor so it could return to the wild. After its cuts were stitched up, the deer bounded off across an intersection and [...]
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Amazingly Unique Bridges
December 24th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Opened in May of this year – the Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge in Sao Paulo, Brazil – is a stunning x-shaped cable-stayed bridge that crosses the Pinheiros river in Sao Paulo. It’s design is unique in that the two curved decks of the bridge cross each other through its x-shaped supporting tower, an illuminated [...]
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Wal-Mart Worker Killed During 5am Store Opening Stampede on Rental Equipment
November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A 34-year-old Wal-Mart worker died Friday morning after “a throng of shoppers . . . physically broke down the doors” and knocked him to the ground as the crowd pushed its way into the Long Island, NY store. A man died and a miscarriage occurred because people want to save a couple of dollars. This [...]
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Meet the Japanese Obama
November 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment
By any stretch of reasonable imagination, how does this guy resemble the man who could lead the free world beginning Jan. 20? He doesn’t. Yet when people stand face-to-face with Nozomu Sato, the Japanese comedian known as Mr. Nocchi, they speak to him as if he really is the man racing for the White House. [...]
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