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November 25, 2012 3:52 AM
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The photographs of Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) offer a vivid portrait of a lost world--the Russian Empire on the eve of World War I and the coming revolution.
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November 25, 2012 3:50 AM
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Amazing 70-Year-Old Color Photos...
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November 25, 2012 3:43 AM
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Its amazing that there are still places like this still out there waiting to be explored. A British caving team have just recently explored the world’s largest cave passage in the heart of the Vietnamese jungle.
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November 25, 2012 3:40 AM
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Englishman Winston Churchill once said: “Americans always do the right thing, but only after exploring all the alternatives”.
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November 25, 2012 3:36 AM
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7 Ways People Woke Up, Pre-Alarm Clock...
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November 25, 2012 3:07 AM
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I love old photos. I admit being a nosey photographer. As soon as I step into someone else’s house, I start sniffing for them. Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but to me, it’s imagining how people would feel and look like if they were to reenact them today… Two years ago, I decided to actually do this. So, with my camera, I started inviting people to go back to their future..
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November 25, 2012 3:04 AM
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Concordia Research Station...
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November 25, 2012 3:03 AM
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I love researching WWII, people, places, technology, anything. WWII had an amazing impact on the world and it has a ton of information. Studying all the battles, effects, and the causes might get a...
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November 25, 2012 3:00 AM
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Michael Oliveri, a digital media professor from the University of Georgia, likes to snap photos, but not with a camera most photographers use. He prefers the scanning electron microscope. In his recent project "Innerspace," he explores the landscapes of nano-scale worlds where objects are up to 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.
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November 25, 2012 2:58 AM
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The Holy Sepulchre Virtual Tour - Jerusalem
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November 25, 2012 2:52 AM
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Vertiginous views are one thing, but combine such dizzying prospects with the sense that the planks on which you walk might give way at a moment's...
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November 25, 2012 2:30 AM
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Las Vegas is a bit of an enigma even at first glance, an artificial swirl of neon, fountains, and soaring buildings in the middle of the desert where even a small town has no business being. The sprawling landscape of Vegas provides a chance to do far more than just play casino games, with world-class entertainment, dining, shopping, art, and more available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
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November 25, 2012 2:27 AM
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Wiley Post was the first pilot to fly solo around the world but he was also known for his work in high altitude flying. As such he helped to develop one of the fist pressure suits and he can be seen in it on the left.
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November 25, 2012 3:51 AM
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Vintage Color Photos of US cities Archive...
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November 25, 2012 3:49 AM
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The Library of Congress' 1930s-40s in Color set...
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November 25, 2012 3:41 AM
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November 25, 2012 3:38 AM
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Earlier this week, the world's shortest man, He Pingping, age 21, died after developing chest pains while filming a television show in Italy.
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November 25, 2012 3:35 AM
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As long as we make efforts to take care of ourselves and live healthy, there is a good chance that our bodies will serve us well for a long time. Our bodies truly are amazing. You might be surprised at what your body is capable of after reading these 50 weird facts about the human body:
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November 25, 2012 3:06 AM
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November 25, 2012 3:04 AM
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Trains have been around longer than planes and automobiles and they carry a special charm into the world of transportation.
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November 25, 2012 3:02 AM
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5,300 years after Otzi the Iceman died, two Dutch forensic experts have painstakingly created the first image of the world's oldest ice mummy, relying on 3D images of the mummy's skull and infrared and tomographic images.
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November 25, 2012 2:59 AM
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Stories of Geishas should never be told, as their lives are forbidden and fragile – without their mystery it can not survive. Welcome to a foreign culture, one capturing and moving but still misunderstood. This was a culture where seduction was the key – a time when just a glimpse of the wrist was sexual and alluring. Each geisha beginning with glimmers of hope, devoting their lives to becoming a beautiful performing artist. Here are some of the secrets that hide behind the white painted faces of Geisha women.
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November 25, 2012 2:53 AM
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All around the world, frozen carcasses and other remains of oversized animals such as bison, musk oxen, elk, saiga antelope and even woolly rhinos and mammoths have been excavated by researchers, which indicates that giant animals were in existence around 8000 BC. So, what wiped out these Ice Age giants? Was it human over-hunting or climate change?
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November 25, 2012 2:51 AM
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Slide show: From Beijing to Minneapolis, the breathtaking structures that change how we think of architecture...
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November 25, 2012 2:28 AM
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An abundance of animals bear the burden of doubly descriptive names. An identity crisis in the making? The animals aren't saying so it's up to us to decide.
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