Oceanic Flight 815

No-one could deny that it’s got more and more stupid with each passing episode, but somehow many of us are still hooked on Lost1, the TV show about large group of good-looking people stuck on a mysterious island. In what…

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Tuesday, 20th November 2007

Runway Roads

When the American Eisenhower interstate system was constructed it was a specific requirement that one in every five of the 46,837 miles of road had to be kept perfectly straight. The idea was that during times of war the roads…

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Monday, 19th November 2007

Google Sightseeing Meets Facebook

Does anybody out there use Facebook? Of course you do, I bet you're only reading this because there's nothing new on your wall. Well now all you Facebookers can join the Google Sightseeing Official Facebook thing! It doesn't achieve much,…

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Friday, 16th November 2007

World’s Largest KFC Logo

This gigantic image of the KFC Colonel was constructed from 65,000 1-foot-square tiles laid out in the Mojave desert. The advert took six days to construct, and was announced to the public almost exactly a year ago. However the images…

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Friday, 16th November 2007

Scottish Parliament Building, Edinburgh

The Act of Union, passed in 1707, created a political union between the Kingdoms of Scotland and England, meaning that Scotland was directly governed from London for 292 years. In 1997 a referendum of the Scottish people approved the re-establishment…

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Thursday, 15th November 2007

St Pancras Railway Station

Today marks the launch of London's new Channel Tunnel1 rail link, High Speed 1 - which from now on terminates here at the "Cathedral of the railways", St Pancras railway station. The station actually comprises two of the most celebrated…

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Wednesday, 14th November 2007

Welcome to Google Sightseeing!

Google Sightseeing takes you on a tour of the world as seen from satellite or street views using Google Maps. Our team of authors present weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

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