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berlin’s holocaust memorial

opened in 2005 after years of disagreements, the ‘monument to the murdered jews of europe’ is a stunning sea of concrete blocks situated in the heart of berlin.

the memorial was designed by american architect peter eisenman and each of the 2711 stones, all without plaques or inscriptions, is unique in size, the design intended to […]

the world’s shortest international bridge

[update #3] - holy fuck. you’d think i’d blown up the house with a family inside and then posted photos of the carnage. it seems i’m possibly wrong, this is possibly just a nice little bridge and the border story is possibly a myth.
wikipedia’s still full of shit though.
[update #2] - so i may be […]

top 5 trailers that ruin the movie they’re trying to promote

what happened to movie trailers leaving you wanting to watch the full film? too often these days they leave you with the impression that you have in fact just watched the full film minus the filler and the last 5 minutes.
look with your eyes…
what lies beneath
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/26JKvBh3iKU]
what does the trailer tell us?
2 parents say goodbye to […]

10 of the best natural phenomena

(i’ve now added ball lightning and fire rainbow to the list, you can see them at the bottom)
obviously, rainbows aren’t the only brilliant natural phenomena on earth.
below are some optical phenomena, atmospheric phenomena, electrical phenomena and natural optical illusions and they’re all incredible for one reason or another.
if you know of others worth a mention, […]

farewell smokey manchester

manchester is one of the best cities on earth.
just thought i’d let you know.
the smoking ban comes into force next weekend, gonna wave a smelly goodbye at ‘common’, a great bar just round the corner. they’re saying farewell with a smokey party.