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Verdun wasnt strategically important to the Germans, but had a historic sentiment for the French. Supported by 1,200 artillery guns, they blasted hundreds of thousands of shells at the Verdun region. So many shells were fired that the top of one particular hill vanished. Many troops at the battle never saw an enemy soldier, experiencing nothing but artillery fire. Forests were reduced to tangled piles of wood. Only the most toughest plants managed to survive....

Tadao Ando convinced the authorities to purchase the surrounding land and turn it into a park. This forced the architect the revise his construction plans and converted Awaji Yumebutai into a memorial instead. The project now includes a hotel, a conference center, a small amphitheater and restaurants, and plazas. Photo credit Sources:Wikipedia/Karel Bos

Photo credit Eartha was unveiled in 1998 and took two years to complete. The database used to generate the surface images was approximately 140 gigabytes. That was a big thing back in 1998. Google Maps wasnt invented then. The equator is thus diagonal to the floor.

The 4 inch balls are weighted down with water inside to keep them in place. Shade balls are also cost effective. Covering the reservoir using traditional means would have cost the department $300 million. The balls last about 10 years, after which the Water Department expects them to be recycled and replaced. The Los Angeles Department of Water now uses shade ball covering in four reservoirs. Photo credit:Daily News

Why are prescription drugs so expensive? Here is the answer. Unsurprisingly, the photos generated a huge uproar among Chinese internet users and drew a barrage of criticism. A few months earlier, the company was accused for illegally discharging wastewater, waste gas and industrial waste. At that time the company had said that it didnt have the money to solve the problem. According to Ministry of Finance data, the company made profits of nearly 2 trillion yuan the same year....

The cavern is 130 meters wide, 60 meters high and 60 meters deep. The cave was once thought to be used as target practice by passing ships. Photo credit There are actually two large caves on the western side. Because of this, few people have set foot on the island or explored the cave. Those who have, reportedly discovered cannon balls inside the cave. Sources:sv-takeiteasy/Wildsight/Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park/H100.tv

The reddish hue extends down the belly furthering the illusion of blood having run down the bird’s front. The red patch is slightly brighter in males. When courting, the male inflates his breast to emphasize the red spot. The wing coverts are marked with three dark red-brown bands. The male and female Luzon bleeding-hearts are very similar in appearance and hard to tell apart. It leaves the ground and flies to trees only for resting and sleeping....

The 5,000-ton imposing monument that resembles a shelled building rises 30 meters and contains as many as 78 vehicles. It was designed by French-born American artist Armand Fernandez in 1995 and is entitled The Hope for Peace. But the offer was once again declined. Each gun and tank and mobile artillery piece was welded to the interior structure amid sandbags and concrete. The rusting armored vehicles were then painted in fresh camouflage paint....

The idea is to run after the cheese and catch it. However in reality, the cheese can never actually be caught. The roll of cheese always has a brief headstart and soon reaches breakneck speeds. Participants often end up falling and tumbling head-over-heels down the slope. Injuries, sometimes serious, are common. Some loyal competitors organized an unofficial version and thousands of spectators showed up. In the 2013 competition, a foam replica was used instead of an actual cheese to minimize injuries....

Less than forty years ago, our understanding of how the human body decomposes was limited. Much of what was known came from ancient studies conducted by Song Ci in China during the 13th century. But the things forensic experts learned from Song Cis research were still not enough for modern crime solving. Forensic anthropologist, William M. Bass, was one of the first to realize this. It contains more than 150 bodies placed in a variety of areas to mimic crime scenes....

Having cooled and crystallized in the fissure, the resulting rock structure formed a dike. There are at least six dikes that radiate away from Ship Rock. The jagged fragments hint at the explosive nature of the eruption that created Shiprock.

His son, John Wood the Younger, completed the building in 1768. Wood wanted to create a classical Palladian architectural landscape for the city. Wood was also fascinated by prehistoric stone circles. Photo credit The central area of the Circus originally contained a large reservoir that supplied water to the houses. A group of old plane trees now grow at the center. Around this garden and between the buildings run a circular street, with three exits between the townhouses....

The cone is curiously shaped with a crater at the top and a small mound in the center. The mound is about 40 meters high and 100 meters across at the base. The smaller mound at the top is about 12 meters high. Since the discovery of the crater, there have been many theories as to what could have created it. For a long time it was believed to be a meteorite impact structure....