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Missile attack on Utah

I awoke this morning to find my email inbox bursting with messages along the lines of "OMFG! On Digg there's a Google Map showing a CRUISE MISSILE in flight!!!!!!!!!one". And it was true! While I was asleep over 2500 people…

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Sunday, 4th March 2007

The White Houses

The White House is, as we all know, the official residence of the President of the United States. But did you also know that the White House is the official residence of an Iranian immigrant? Of course, I'm not talking…

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Wednesday, 28th February 2007

World’s Largest Paper Planes

Well, unfortunately the world's largest real paper planes aren't usually kept outside, so today we'll have to make do with sculptures of extremely large paper planes. in Mukilteo, Washington, Dillion Works (who specialise in creating large 3D architectural elements), claim…

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Monday, 26th February 2007

It’s not big, or clever

Written on a old pier, just off Manhattan island, are these two pieces of, um, "word art". The left hand piece seems to say "SUCK D**K" while the other item looks like the rather confusing "F**K ME SAFE". What on…

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Friday, 23rd February 2007

The World’s Largest Thermometer

Built to commemorate the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States, the World's Largest Thermometer in near Death Valley, California is a whopping 134 feet tall. Why? There's one foot for every degree - yes, it really did reach…

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Thursday, 22nd February 2007

The World’s Largest Clocks (Possibly)

The 2nd largest clock in the world is supposedly the Colgate clock, atop the Colgate-Palmolive factory in Indiana. The clock was built way back in 1906 when it originally sat on Colgate's New Jersey facility, before being moved here in…

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Tuesday, 20th February 2007

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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