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George Lucas and Mark Hamill standing together on the set of a New Hope in Tunisia, 1976
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Hegra, or Mada’in Salih is an archaeological site within Al Madinah Region in Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. A majority of the remains date from the Nabatean kingdom (1st century CE). The site constitutes the kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after its capital Petra
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Rio de Janeiro's Botanical Garden was created by King John VI of Portugal in 1808. Today, it's home to 6,500 species of plants distributed throughout an area of 130 acres. Read more: bit.ly/3hSGUtD
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The stunning Ranakpur Jain temple is a grand white marble structure spread over 48,000 square feet with 1,444 marble pillars, twenty-nine halls, eighty domes, and 426 columns.
Photo by Nagarjun Kandukuru.
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Xoloitzcuintli is an ancient Aztec dog breed once considered guides for the dead on their journey to the underworld.
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A monument was erected in Tikrit, Iraq of the shoe thrown at George W. Bush.
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Roman cups found in Denmark in the grave of a wealthy man. 2nd - 3rd century CE.
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A kid meets André the Giant sometime in the 1970s.
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Princess Diana nodding off at a party at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, 1981
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A large sculpture of Laozi, carved from a granite boulder at the foot of Mount Qingyuan. China, Song dynasty, 960–1279 CE
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Extremely well-preserved mosaics of a Roman villa discovered under a vineyard in Negrar, Italy. Learn more: bbc.in/3x7V8xi
Photo by Comune di Negrar di Valpolicella
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A mother with her daughter riding in a chairlift at 936-feet high in the air in Wyoming. Underneath the photograph was a caption, “we survived."
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Installed in 1410, this 600-year-old clock in Prague is the world's oldest astrological clock still in operation.
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During the 1986 Cleveland Balloonfest over 1.5 million balloons were released simultaneously.
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The completed head of the Statue of Liberty on display at the third Paris World Fair in Paris, France, 1878.
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Two teen girls helping to assemble submachine guns during the siege of Leningrad, 1943
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Egyptian or Phoenician glass dog head bead. 6th-4th Century BCE
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Painter Berthold Woltze's The Irritating Gentleman, 1874
Private Collection
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The Lion of Gripsholm Castle, a poorly taxidermied lion from 18th century Sweden.
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One of the most well-preserved dinosaurs ever discovered. Learn more: bit.ly/3h5x88s ©ケラトプスユウタ
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Amazing colors and symmetry of Sri Ranganathswamy Temple, India
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Cologne Cathedral photographed in c. 1945 amidst the ruins of the city of Cologne, Germany damaged by Allied bombings.
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