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« Previous EntriesThe City Of Garbage
Sunday, December 19th, 2010Manshiet Nasser is a strange community in Cairo, Egypt. People call this place The City of Garbage because tons of trash come here from all over the capital of Egypt. The most unusual thing about this place is that people actually live here.
Another strange thing about Manshiet Nasser is that local residents, the Zabbaleen, including [...]
Iranians Furious After Finding Jewish Symbol Hidden In Plain View
Wednesday, December 1st, 2010Ahmadinejad and his antisemitic cronies are fuming with anger after discovering the Star of David on the roof of Iran Air headquarters at Tehran’s airport. The building was originally built by Israeli engineers prior to the the Islamic Revolution.
Nobody noticed the Jewish symbol until someone found it in Google Maps. The building—which hosts their national [...]
Photos Of The Shanxi Province in China
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010These remarkable photos have been taken in one of the most beautiful provinces in the world. Shanxi is a province in the northern part of the People’s Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Jin, after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period. The name Shanxi literally means “mountain’s [...]
Niagra Falls Drained
Saturday, March 13th, 2010In 1969 the Army Corps of Engineers de-watered Niagara Falls in order to remove unsightly talus at the base of the Falls. These are photos of what the Falls looked like when they were de-watered. Mad props to rbglasson for converting these from his uncle’s slides to digital so we can all appreciate them.
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