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Fact Varanasi: India's City of Death and Life

Varanasi is a city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It is holiest of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) in Hinduism and Jainism. Hindus believe that death at Varanasi brings salvation. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the oldest in India.

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02 May 2013 12:41:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Madurodam – Miniature City

Madurodam is a park and tourist attraction in Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, home to a range of perfect 1:25 scale model replicas of famous Dutch castles, public buildings, and large industrial projects as found at various locations in the country. The park was opened in 1952 and has been visited by tens of millions of visitors since that date.

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14 Mar 2013 10:11:00,post received 0 comments

Sad Guiyu, China, One of the Worlds Most Polluted Cities

Guiyu, China is known as the “Town of E-waste.” Thousands of its residents depend on processing electronic waste for a living. Guiyu receives its e-waste from China and from abroad, including places like Japan, Europe and America. Under Chinese law, most of the e-waste imported from overseas is illegal.

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01 Apr 2013 11:45:00,post received 0 comments

Educative Multi-Level Underground City, Cappadocia, Turkey

Cappadocia is a historical region in Central Anatolia, largely in Nevşehir Province, in Turkey.
In the time of Herodotus, the Cappadocians were reported as occupying the whole region from Mount Taurus to the vicinity of the Euxine (Black Sea). Cappadocia, in this sense, was bounded in the south by the chain of the Taurus Mountains that separate it from Cilicia, to the east by the upper Euphrates and the Armenian Highland, to the north by Pontus, and to the west by Lycaonia and eastern Galatia.

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05 Apr 2013 09:50:00,post received 0 comments

Disgusting Baby Head Masks

If you can’t find your inner child, at least you can put on this disturbingly realistic baby mask. For best results, wear it on a topless muscular body. Each baby head is individually handcrafted by artist, Landon Meier. Made from a high quality, extra thick latex, one size fits all. You can get one for only $250 + shipping.

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17 Apr 2013 10:42:00,post received 0 comments

Fact Happy New Year!

“Grandfather Frost did not come”. (Photo by Vasya Lozhkin)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
“Grandfather Frost did not come”. (Photo by Alex Kudelin aka Vasya Lozhkin)
“Grandfather Frost is a fictional character who in some Slavic cultures plays a role similar to that of Santa Claus”. – Wikipedia

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31 Dec 2014 15:03:00,post received 0 comments

Fact A Look at Life in Afghanistan

An Afghan vendor waits for customers at his stall selling plastic cans in a market in Mazar-i-Sharif on June 15, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan/AFP Photo)

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29 Aug 2025 03:06:00,post received 0 comments

Wow Photography by Pierre Gonnord

Pierre Gonnord started by photographing his neighborhood but soon left France for Spain, where he lives since 1988. Italy, Portugal, Japan, United States are just some of the countries where Pierre Gonnord has gone in search of models.

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11 May 2014 10:14:00,post received 0 comments