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Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam, found on the Indus River in Northern Pakistan, is the largest earth-filled dam in the world. The dam was completed in 1976 as the result of a water-rights agreement between India and Pakistan. It is 143m high and…

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Thursday, 11th December 2008

World’s Largest Rubber Stamp

Continuing our exploration of World's Largest trivia - in Cleveland, Ohio we find the World's Largest Rubber Stamp. The Free Stamp - a pop art sculpture created by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen quickly became the centre of controversy.…

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Monday, 8th December 2008

Guitar-Shaped Mansion

When this stunningly huge estate in Alabama was being designed, the owner must have anticipated the rise of Google Earth, because from down there it must be impossible to appreciate that the grounds have been landscaped into the shape of…

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Wednesday, 26th November 2008

US Presidential Election

Even if you’ve been living under a rock on the other side of the globe with your eyes and ears taped up, you’ll still be aware that today America goes to the polls and, unless some sort of mass voting…

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Tuesday, 4th November 2008

Neo-Nazi FAIL

Mowed into this field in Canada is a large equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, of a design that has been shown to arise independently in any basket-weaving society. In other words, a 30 metre-wide Swastika. Despite…

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Wednesday, 22nd October 2008

I come ♥ back U

It appears that an English-speaking inhabitant of the German city of Duisburg has decided to profess his love for a person or persons unknown, who was presumably due to pass this way in some sort of flying mode of transport.…

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Thursday, 25th September 2008

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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