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  • Big Blue Bear

    Publié le février 14 2010
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    Big Blue Bear outside the Colorado Convention Center in Denver.

  • Scuba Divers chasing Google Streetview Car

    Publié le février 11 2010
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    These two Norwegian « Scuba Divers » (Børre Erstad and Paul Åge Olsen) are chasing Google’s Streetview Car in their hometown Bergen.

  • Tunguska event

    Publié le février 10 2010
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    The Tunguska Event (Tunguska explosion) was a powerful explosion that occurred over the so-called Southern swamp, a small morass not far from the Podkamennaya (Lower Stony) Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai of Russia, on June 30, 1908. It is commonly believed to have been caused by the air burst of a large…

  • Robert Craig « Evel » Knievel’s Snake River Jump

    Publié le février 9 2010
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    In 1974 Evel Knievel tried to jump Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho on a rocket powered motorcycle. Unfortunaltely he failed! Today the ramp is still visible. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhFhEx7FNj4

  • Four Corners

    Publié le février 8 2010
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    Four Corners is a quadripoint in the Southwest United States where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet—the only point in the United States where the boundaries of four states intersect.

  • George Washington Birthplace National Monument

    Publié le février 3 2010
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    George Washington was born here on February 22, 1732 and remained on this plantation until age 3. He returned as a teenager while studying surveying.

  • Microsoft’s first Headquarters

    Publié le février 1 2010
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    The Historic Microsoft Headquarters are located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Microsoft Inc. was founded here and remained in Albuquerque from 1975 to 1979 before moving to Seattle. The plaque on the rock (Streetview) reads: Microsoft Inc., housed at this site from 1975 to 1979, was founded here by Paul G. Allen and Bill Gates, whose…

  • Hollywood Museum

    Publié le janvier 29 2010
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    The world’s largest collection of costumes, props, posters, photographs and other priceless memorabilia from Hollywood’s greatest films, TV shows and music acts is located in the old Max Factor Building in Los Angeles.

  • Watts Towers

    Publié le janvier 25 2010
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    The Watts Towers in Los Angeles are a complex set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the community of Watts. They were constructed by Simon Rodia over a period of more than 30 years and became a National Historic Landmark in 1990.

  • Hope For Haiti Now

    Publié le janvier 21 2010
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    MTV’s and CNN’s « Hope For Haiti Now » is a Benefit event. The global telethon is aired across ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, CNN, BET, the CW, HBO, MTV, VH1 and CMT on Friday, January 22, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The event will be hosted by George Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York, Robert…

  • Super Bowl XLIV

    Publié le janvier 21 2010
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    The XLIV. Super Bowl will be played on February 7, 2010 in the Sun Life Stadium (Dolphin Stadium) in Miami Gardens Florida. New Orleans Saints vs. Indianapolis Colts

  • HP Garage

    Publié le janvier 9 2010
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    HP Garage (California Historical Landmark No.976 – Birthplace of Silicon Valley. 367 Addison Avenue, Palo Alto, California) Tucked away on a quiet, tree-lined residential street near Stanford University, the HP Garage stands today as the enduring symbol of innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit. It was in this humble 12×18-foot building that college friends Bill Hewlett…