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Sand Art Like You’ve Never Seen It Before

March 9, 2010

About a year ago, nobody had even heard of Kseniya Simonova from the Ukrainian seaside town of Evpatoria. But then in April 2009, eight minutes would change the life of this pretty 24-year-old forever. Simonova entered “Ukraine’s Got Talent,” the…

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Sinister Images of Public Execution in the Wild West

March 9, 2010

In an age when the death penalty has been abolished in most of the developed world, it might seem difficult to believe that barely a century ago executions were not only the norm but were put unashamedly on public display. In the American Old West, cap…

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Germany’s Incredible Hanging Railway

March 8, 2010

The hanging railway in the western central city of Wuppertal (pronounced Voopahtahl) is the oldest monorail system in the world. Built in 1900, the Wuppertaler Schwebebahn or “floating train” has been continuously operated since 1901, despite two world…

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