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

Autumn

There's a nice story on Vanity Fair about how the author, Nick Tosches, spent more than a year attempting to track down the shot location of a desktop picture called Autumn that came with his copy of WIndows. Eventually Nick…

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Wednesday, 21st 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

Crash Landing

Nestled within the trees of this suburban park is a crashed plane, that's been there since 1985! The story goes that the pilot ran out of fuel over the city of Sao Jose dos Campos and was forced to land…

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Sunday, 18th February 2007

A Huge Patch of Completely Empty Ocean

Whilst passing over the Atlantic, it seems the satellite has managed to capture an image of a huge patch of completely empty ocean! Yes, this high-resolution patch right in the middle of the Atlantic contains absolutely nothing. Except a small…

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Friday, 16th 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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