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Touching Thai Elephants Get Treated At World's Only Elephant Hospital

A mahout removes the prosthetic from Motala, age 50, at the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) elephant hospital in the Mae Yao National Reserve August 29, 2011 Lampang,Thailand. Motala lost a foot many years back after stepping on a land mine and now is on her third prosthetic, as they need to be changed according to the weight of the elephant. (Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images)

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01 Sep 2011 11:53:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Street Art by Os Gemeos

Twin brothers and Brazilian artists Octavio and Gustavo Pandolfo, known together as Os Gemeos, just finished their latest project – a colossal mural covering six industrial silos on Granville Island in Vancouver, Canada. The mural, which is part of the Vancouver Biennale, depicts six vividly colored 70 foot (23 meter) tall characters. The six silos are wrapped all the way around,giving it a total area of 23,500 square feet (7,200 sq meters).

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Fact The Smallest Whisky Distillery In Scotland

Tourists pay a visit to Edradour distillery on March 26, 2012 in Pitlochry, United Kingdom. (Photo by Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

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28 Mar 2012 10:25:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Three Month Old Cheetah Cubs Make Their Debut At Washington's Smithsonian Zoo

Three-month old cheetah cubs make their public debut at the Smithsonian National Zoo on July 24, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick)

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Touching The Capital of Russia – Moscow by Photographer Igor Mukhin

Moscow, September 2012. (Photo by Igor Mukhin)

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21 Oct 2013 11:39:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Big Boys Don't Cry: Children's Sumo Tournament in Tokio

National Children's Sumo tournament in Tokyo, 2012

This young boy wrestled with his emotions at the National Children’s Sumo Tournament in Tokyo on July 30, 2012. (Photo by AP Photo/LaPresse)

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01 Aug 2012 11:18:00,post received 0 comments

Fact “Take My Lightning But Don't Steal My Thunder”

An installation entitled “Take my lightning but don't steal my thunder” by British artist Alex Chinneck stands in Covent Garden on October 2, 2014 in London, England. The installation is intended to cast the illusion that a 40-foot section of the Covent Garden's 184-year old market building is floating. “Take my lightning but don't steal my thunder” will be on display from 2nd to 24th October 2014. (Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images)

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03 Oct 2014 11:40:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Reuters Pictures of the Year 2017, Part 6/13

Five-month-old baby elephant Fah Jam swims during a hydrotherapy treatment as part of a lengthy rehabilitation process to heal her injured front left foot at a rehabilitation center in Pattaya, Thailand January 5, 2017. The baby elephant was injured at three months old when she got stuck in an animal snare put up by villagers to prevent elephant intrusions in Chanthaburi province. (Photo by Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters)

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