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Thursday, September 13th, 2012
This is a spintria. They were used in ancient Rome to request and pay for different “services” in brothels and from prostitutes on the street. Since there were a lot of foreigners coming to the city that did not speak the language and most of the prostitutes were slaves captured from other places the coins […]
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Friday, February 25th, 2011
There are many types of swastikas all over the world. Swastika is one of the oldest symbols of humanity. Sun corporation: Columbia cloth: Even Windows:
Topics: culture, politics, religion | 6 Comments »
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Collection of the best Las Vegas Weddings photos. A wedding party poses before a vintage Las Vegas neon sign moments after the marriage ceremony at a nearby chapel.
Topics: Beauty, city, color, crowd, culture, festival, funny, paparazi, photo, travel, USA, wedding | No Comments »
Monday, July 6th, 2009
The biggest global vote ever to have taken place. Millions of people have already voted for their favorite wonder. Numerous milestones have already been reached on a journey across the Internet, television and the world’s media. The Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) Agra, India This immense mausoleum was built on the orders of Shah Jahan, the […]
Topics: 7 Wonders, Brazil, china, crowd, culture, festival, India, Japan, Mexico, Moscow, Tokio, travel | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 22nd, 2009
One of the most unusual tribes of the world — Mursi lives in Ethiopia. They are considered the most aggressive ethnic group. All men of this tribe have Kalashnikov’s automatons which are illegally transferred for them through the border. Besides they start to drink since the early morning, and become uncontrollable till the evening.
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Thursday, January 22nd, 2009
Let’s start with Che Guevara. The Cuban photographer Alberto Corda took some photos of an argentine doctor and Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara in March of 1960.
Topics: army, celebrities, crowd, culture, design, paparazi, photo, politics, President, travel, USA, war | 90 Comments »
Friday, July 4th, 2008
Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
Kenny Baker (R2-D2) (Wire Image/ Getty Image) Kenny Baker, a dwarf at 3 feet 8 inches, was free from trilogy stigmas that may have hindered other cast members. Baker, a former circus performer, continued entertaining as a DJ, circus clown and shadow ringmaster. In addition to occasional film roles, including an elf in a 1987 […]
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
Traditional ?arnaval in Rio de Janeiro is taking place once a year and this year, the main celebration in the city will last from 2 to 5 February. The main event of the carnival is a competition in the traditional dance Samba. In Rio de Janeiro 12 main samba schools. In fact, it is areas […]
Topics: 2007, Beauty, Brazil, carnival, city, color, crowd, culture, Fashion, festival, paparazi, photo, richness, travel | 16 Comments »
Monday, January 28th, 2008
A group of enthusiasts decided to break the world record and make the world’s largest champagne fountain. The hight of the fountain is 7 meters it weighs 9 tons and it consists of 43,000 champagnes glasses. In the shopping mall of Wijnegem near Antwerpen, Belgium.
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