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Ever: "May have been last meal for some."
Gage: "R.I.P. Titanic Victims"
Lunare: "Yeah, imagine you just had a bit of the bologna, didn't feel like filling
up that day. Then the ship strikes the iceberg, and everything goes awry. I might
wish I'd had the mutton chops, jacket potatoes, and all the desserts, while
I had a chance to enjoy it. Never know what's coming for you."
Doc: "Never take life for granted."
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Article at Smithsonian Magazine.
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Wiki Page
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Fre: "Quite interesting .. i like watching spiders weave their webs .. so
beautiful when they have dew drops and the sun is shining on them."
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This is Pan, the innermost moon of Saturn as viewed by the Cassini spacecraft.
It's too small to be spherical, looking more like a ravioli. It's known as a ring
shepherd as it cleans up the debris from the rings near by. Wiki Page
Kris: "Now this is amazing!"
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Wiki Page
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Ever: "Whoa!"
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This was the set used for the storm drain scenes in the
"IT" films.... Pennywise's home, if you will.
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The blue fire is the result of burning sulfur. This volcano displays the
largest blue flame area in the world. Wiki Page
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Don't know if that proves that missing people ended up in caves but
it ponders a most curious and Interesting correlation between the two.
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Known as Monkey Orchids or Monkey Face Orchids [Dracula simia (Luer) Luer],
they're native to the Ecuador region of South America.
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The airport in question is the Kansai International Airport that opened in 1994.
There's an excellent article about the record and the airport in general at
Oddity Central, as well as a couple videos.
Alas, the airport may have to close sometime in the next few decades as it is sinking.
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Although it may not look like it, this is the largest musical instrument in the world. The Great
Stalacpipe Organ in Luray Caverns, Virginia was invented in 1954 by Mr. Leland W. Sprinkle,
who worked at the Pentagon as a mathematician and electronics scientist.
After discovering that the stalactites in the Luray cave produce a musical tone when tapped,
he spent 3 years finding the perfect tones among all the stalactites and attached a small
rubber thumper to each. He then wired everything to this organ. Covering 3 1/2 acres,
that makes this organ the largest instrument in the world.
Here's a short video about it along with a demonstration. Really quite a lovely sound it makes.
Steve: "Incredible. Breathtaking place. Very interesting. Looks like it should
be in a movie called 'Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Organ'."
Tatt: "That's amazing and beautiful, from 'eureka' to realization.
(that's not a stalactite, it's my Tuning Fork!)"
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