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    Guinness World Records Awards Ninety Nine Restaurants With World's Largest Nachos

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    Guinness World Records Awards Ninety Nine Restaurants With World's Largest Nachos



    [Nachos are a popular corn based food of Mexican origin associated with Tex-Mex cuisine that can be either made quickly to serve as a snack or prepared with more ingredients to make a full meal. In their simplest form, nachos are tortilla chips or totopos covered in melted cheese and salsa. First created circa 1943 by Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya, the original nachos consisted of fried corn tortillas covered with melted cheddar cheese and pickled jalapeño peppers]. – Wikipedia

    Photo: Workers put the finishing touches on the nachos as Ninety Nine Restaurants in Billerica,...

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    Stunt Driver Rocky Taylor's World Record Attempt At The O2 Arena

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    Stunt Driver Rocky Taylor's World Record Attempt At The O2 Arena



    Sixty four year old Hollywood movie stuntman Rock Taylor drives through a huge sheet of glass at the 02 Arena on September 13, 2011 in London, England. The stunt was performed in an attempt to break a previous Guinness record to [break through the Largest breakaway glass structure in a car]. The stunt was to mark [Remember a Charity] week, which aims to encourage more people to leave gifts to charity in their will. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)...

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    Filming Continues On World War Z Starring Brad Pitt In Cardonald

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    Filming Continues On World War Z Starring Brad Pitt In Cardonald



    Actor Brad Pitt films a scene from [World War Z] in Glasgow City centre on August 18, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. The film, which is set in Philadelphia, will be shot in various parts of the city transforming it into ruins to shoot a post apocalyptic zombie film. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)...

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    Construction Continues At Ground Zero On One World Trade Center

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    Construction Continues At Ground Zero On One World Trade Center



    Construction continues on One World Trade Center (TALLEST BUILDING AT LOWER LEFT) as the memorial footprints of the twin towers are seen (BOTTOM C) on August 12, 2011 in New York City. Upon completion, One World Trade Center will be New Yorks tallest skyscraper, topping out at a symbolic 1,776 feet, with 3 million square feet of office space. More than 2,700 people were killed when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked U.S. passenger jets and flew them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Nearly ten years after the crippling attacks on Lower Manhattan, business,...

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    Filming Continues On «World War Z» Starring Brad Pitt In Falmouth

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    Author: alice from 14 November, views 1885, Fact
    Filming Continues On «World War Z» Starring Brad Pitt In Falmouth



    A ship being used for the filming of World War Z sets sail from Falmouth Harbour on August 4, 2011 in Falmouth, United Kingdom. The Cornish coastal town is currently being used to film the zombie film that stars Brad Pitt. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)...

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    World's Biggest Saguaro Cactus

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 2714, Fact
    World's Biggest Saguaro Cactus



    [The saguaro (scientific name Carnegiea gigantea) is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. state of Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, a small part of Baja California in the San Felipe Desert and an extremely small area of California, U.S. The saguaro blossom is the State Wildflower of Arizona]. – Wikipedia

    Photo: Daniel Appel (L), a firefighter with Engine 84 from the Lassen National Forest in California and Mike Hallen, (R), Arizona representative of the National Register of Big Trees, measure...

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    Guinness Records 2013

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    Author: jone from 14 November, views 4864, Appealing
    Guinness Records 2013



    Leilani Franco has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest human backbend walk, traveling in a backbend position a distance of 20 meters (65 ft 7.2 in) in a time of 10.05 seconds. (Photo by PA Wire)...

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    Ice Bear Brings Climate Change Message To Sydney

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    Author: alice from 14 November, views 2288, Fact
    Ice Bear Brings Climate Change Message To Sydney



    British artist, Mark Coreth sits on top of the [Sydney Ice Bear] carved from a 10 tonne block of ice to illustrate how humans affect climate change in the Arctic at Customs House on June 3, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. The public will be welcomed to touch the bear, and leave an imprint which will begin the melting process and act as a metaphor for how humans affect the environment. The ice bear's has visited six cities on it's global tour since 2009; the visit to Sydney coincides with World Environment Day on June 5. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)...

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    Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2013

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    Author: peter from 14 November, views 3598, Appealing
    Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2013



    Mr. Zhong Hua, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, took this image of the peripheral nerves (those outside of the brain) in an 11.5-day-old mouse embryo, magnified five times. (Photo by Zhong Hua)...

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    2013 World Architecture Festival

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    Author: jone from 14 November, views 2805, Appealing
    2013 World Architecture Festival



    Undated handout photo issued by World Architecture Festival 2013 of The Halley VI centre designed by British architects Hugh Broughton in Antarctica which is a dismantlable research station created in the icy wastes for the British Antarctic Survey and has been shortlisted for a global architecture award. (Photo by World Architecture Festival 2013/PA Wire)...

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Guinness World Records Awards Ninety Nine Restaurants With World's Largest Nachos

  • 80
Author: alice from 14 November, views 2874, Fact
Guinness World Records Awards Ninety Nine Restaurants With World's Largest Nachos



[Nachos are a popular corn based food of Mexican origin associated with Tex-Mex cuisine that can be either made quickly to serve as a snack or prepared with more ingredients to make a full meal. In their simplest form, nachos are tortilla chips or totopos covered in melted cheese and salsa. First created circa 1943 by Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya, the original nachos consisted of fried corn tortillas covered with melted cheddar cheese and pickled jalapeño peppers]. – Wikipedia

Photo: Workers put the finishing touches on the nachos as Ninety Nine Restaurants in Billerica,...

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Stunt Driver Rocky Taylor's World Record Attempt At The O2 Arena

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 2014, Fact
Stunt Driver Rocky Taylor's World Record Attempt At The O2 Arena



Sixty four year old Hollywood movie stuntman Rock Taylor drives through a huge sheet of glass at the 02 Arena on September 13, 2011 in London, England. The stunt was performed in an attempt to break a previous Guinness record to [break through the Largest breakaway glass structure in a car]. The stunt was to mark [Remember a Charity] week, which aims to encourage more people to leave gifts to charity in their will. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)...

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Filming Continues On World War Z Starring Brad Pitt In Cardonald

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 1920, Fact
Filming Continues On World War Z Starring Brad Pitt In Cardonald



Actor Brad Pitt films a scene from [World War Z] in Glasgow City centre on August 18, 2011 in Glasgow, Scotland. The film, which is set in Philadelphia, will be shot in various parts of the city transforming it into ruins to shoot a post apocalyptic zombie film. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)...

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Construction Continues At Ground Zero On One World Trade Center

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 1942, Fact
Construction Continues At Ground Zero On One World Trade Center



Construction continues on One World Trade Center (TALLEST BUILDING AT LOWER LEFT) as the memorial footprints of the twin towers are seen (BOTTOM C) on August 12, 2011 in New York City. Upon completion, One World Trade Center will be New Yorks tallest skyscraper, topping out at a symbolic 1,776 feet, with 3 million square feet of office space. More than 2,700 people were killed when al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked U.S. passenger jets and flew them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Nearly ten years after the crippling attacks on Lower Manhattan, business,...

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Filming Continues On «World War Z» Starring Brad Pitt In Falmouth

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 1885, Fact
Filming Continues On «World War Z» Starring Brad Pitt In Falmouth



A ship being used for the filming of World War Z sets sail from Falmouth Harbour on August 4, 2011 in Falmouth, United Kingdom. The Cornish coastal town is currently being used to film the zombie film that stars Brad Pitt. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)...

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World's Biggest Saguaro Cactus

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 2714, Fact
World's Biggest Saguaro Cactus



[The saguaro (scientific name Carnegiea gigantea) is a large, tree-sized cactus species in the monotypic genus Carnegiea. It is native to the Sonoran Desert in the U.S. state of Arizona, the Mexican state of Sonora, a small part of Baja California in the San Felipe Desert and an extremely small area of California, U.S. The saguaro blossom is the State Wildflower of Arizona]. – Wikipedia

Photo: Daniel Appel (L), a firefighter with Engine 84 from the Lassen National Forest in California and Mike Hallen, (R), Arizona representative of the National Register of Big Trees, measure...

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Guinness Records 2013

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Author: jone from 14 November, views 4864, Appealing
Guinness Records 2013



Leilani Franco has made it into the Guinness Book of World Records for the fastest human backbend walk, traveling in a backbend position a distance of 20 meters (65 ft 7.2 in) in a time of 10.05 seconds. (Photo by PA Wire)...

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Ice Bear Brings Climate Change Message To Sydney

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Author: alice from 14 November, views 2288, Fact
Ice Bear Brings Climate Change Message To Sydney



British artist, Mark Coreth sits on top of the [Sydney Ice Bear] carved from a 10 tonne block of ice to illustrate how humans affect climate change in the Arctic at Customs House on June 3, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. The public will be welcomed to touch the bear, and leave an imprint which will begin the melting process and act as a metaphor for how humans affect the environment. The ice bear's has visited six cities on it's global tour since 2009; the visit to Sydney coincides with World Environment Day on June 5. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)...

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Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2013

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Author: peter from 14 November, views 3598, Appealing
Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition 2013



Mr. Zhong Hua, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, took this image of the peripheral nerves (those outside of the brain) in an 11.5-day-old mouse embryo, magnified five times. (Photo by Zhong Hua)...

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2013 World Architecture Festival

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Author: jone from 14 November, views 2805, Appealing
2013 World Architecture Festival



Undated handout photo issued by World Architecture Festival 2013 of The Halley VI centre designed by British architects Hugh Broughton in Antarctica which is a dismantlable research station created in the icy wastes for the British Antarctic Survey and has been shortlisted for a global architecture award. (Photo by World Architecture Festival 2013/PA Wire)...

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