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Fact The Week in Pictures: March 20 – March 27, 2015. Part 3/5

A girl flashes a victory sign as she poses near a helicopter that belongs to forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad after it crashed in Jabal al-Zawiya in the southern countryside of Idlib March 22, 2015. The Syrian military helicopter crashed in northwestern Syria on Sunday and at least four of its crew were captured by rebels, according to a monitoring group. (Photo by Abed Kontar/Reuters)

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Charming Amazing Sculptures by Korean Artist Do-Ho Suh

Suh was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1962. After earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Oriental Painting from Seoul National University, and fulfilling his term of mandatory service in the South Korean military, Suh relocated to the United States to continue his studies at the Rhode Island School of Design and Yale University.

See also: Karma by Do Ho Suh

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07 Mar 2013 11:35:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Peacock Spider (Maratus Volans)

Jumping spiders are often very colourful spiders. Maratus volans is not an exception. Although tiny, male spiders have an iridescent colouring of red, green and blue.

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Charming Thierry Cohen by Darkened Cities

These Darkened Cities image series by Thierry Cohen is truly awe inspiring. Not only because he accurately portraits the skylines of major cities with no lighting whatsoever, but because the images remind us of the incredible show we city dwellers are missing every night.

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27 Dec 2012 15:44:00,post received 0 comments

Fact World’s Biggest Revolver by Ryszard Tobys

It was build by Ryszard Tobys and was modeled after the Remington Model 1859 revolver. It is 28mm in caliber

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Educative Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus, known as the peacock mantis shrimp, harlequin mantis shrimp or painted mantis shrimp, is a large mantis shrimp native to the Indo-Pacific from Guam to East Africa.

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22 Jan 2013 12:29:00,post received 0 comments

Charming Celebrity Mini-Me’s from the Golden Globes

New York photographer Tricia Messeroux has painstakingly recreated the stars' iconic looks from this week's Golden Globes — using kids.

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27 Jan 2013 13:28:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Tribe Kikuyu with Kenya

The Kikuyu tribe, also spelled as Gikuyu, is the largest ethnic group in Kenya, making up about 22% of the countries total population. That equals around 6 million people, according to the 2007 CIA World Fact Book.

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