Lombard Street: The Crookedest Street In The World
[Lombard Street is an east-west street in San Francisco, California. Lombard Street is best known for the one-way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roadway has eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being the crookedest street in the world]. – Wikipedia
Photo: A single car drives down a typically crowded Lombard Street, San Franciscos crooked street, April 29, 2003 in San Francisco. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)...
Antonov An-124 Ruslan
[The Antonov An-124 Ruslan (NATO reporting name: Condor) is a strategic airlift jet aircraft. It was designed by the Soviet Union's Antonov design bureau. It is the world's largest ever serially-manufactured cargo airplane and world's second largest operating cargo aircraft. During development it was known as Izdeliye 400 in house, and An-40 in the West. First flown in 1982, civil certification was issued on 30 December 1992]. – Wikipedia
Photo: The new metro called [Bombardier MOVIA] with 22,50 meters long and 3,2 meters wide is load on a Antonow An-124 plane...
The 14th FINA World Championships
Wai Ching Jason Poon of Hong Kong competes in the Mens 1m Springboard preliminary round during Day One of the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center on July 16, 2011 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images)...
14th FINA World: Synchronised Swimming
Linda Cerruti of Italy competes in the Synchronized Swimming Solo Tech preliminary round during Day Two of the 14th FINA World Championships at the Oriental Sports Center on July 17, 2011 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)...
Exhibits On Show At The «Afghanistan Crossroads Of The Ancient World» Exhibition
Indian ivory furniture legs in the shape of a goddess from the first century AD are displayed in the Afghanistan Crossroads of the Ancient World exhibition at The British Museum on March 1, 2011 in London, England. Displaying treasures that were in great danger during the years of civil war and Taliban rule, these surviving artifacts reveal Afghanistans ancient culture, its fragility and its remarkable place in world history. The exhibition opens to the public on March 3 and runs until July 3, 2011. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images). LONDON, ENGLAND – MARCH 01...
Cathie Jung – Smallest Waist
Cathie Jung (born 1937) is an American Victorian dress and corset enthusiast residing in Old Mystic, Connecticut, United States, who currently holds the Guinness World Record for the smallest waist on a living person. Jung, who is 1.65 m (5 ft 6 in) tall, has a waist that measures 38.1 cm (15 inches)....
Miss Exotic World Pageant
[The Miss Exotic World Pageant (officially, the Miss Exotic World Pageant and Striptease Reunion) is an annual neo-burlesque pageant and convention, and is the annual showcase event (and fundraiser for) the Burlesque Hall of Fame (formerly the Exotic World burlesque museum). The pageant, sometimes referred to as the [Miss America of Burlesque], attracts former burlesque queens from past decades, as well as current participants of the neo-burlesque scene. The pageant consists of burlesque performances spanning a weekend, culminating with the competition to crown a single performer as...
Picture of Palestinian Funeral March Wins World Press Photo 2013 Top Prize
Swedish photographer Paul Hansen won the 2012 World Press Photo award Friday for newspaper Dagens Nyheter with a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile strike being carried to their funeral.
Photo: In this photo provided on Friday February 15, 2013 by World Press Photo, the 2013 World Press Photo of the year by Paul Hansen, Sweden, for Dagens Nyheter, shows two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and her three-year-old brother Muhammad who were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their father, Fouad, was also killed and their...
World War I: 1915 Year. Part I
Russian soldiers write home while serving on the Eastern Front during World War I, circa 1915. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)...
Biggest Flower In The World: The Titan Arum Or Amorphophallus Titanum
[The titan arum or Amorphophallus titanum (from Ancient Greek amorphos, [without form, misshapen] + phallos, [phallus], and titan, [giant]) is a flowering plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The titan arums inflorescence is not as large as that of the Talipot palm, Corypha umbraculifera, but the inflorescence of the Talipot palm is branched rather than unbranched]. – Wikipedia
Photo: Kew Gardens employee Lauren Bird Royal examines the flowering of the Titan Arum lily at the Botanical Gardens at Kew on September 30, 2005 in London, England. For the...
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