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Mutter Museum

Mutter Museum is a medical museum located in the Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It contains a collection of medical oddities, anatomical and pathological specimens, wax models, and antique medical equipment. This museum is part of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Museum holds a large collection of body parts and human organs, the original! There are parts of the human head is preserved, there is the longest frame in North America, there were 2000 organ or body parts taken from a human throat. There are still display a human face made ​​of wax, which shows some kind of eye injuries. Mutter Museum famous for Skull Collection Hyrtl and other anatomical specimens including a wax model of a woman with horns growing out of his forehead along with a mold candles some conditions untreated head; highest frame currently on display in North America; intestinal nine-foot-long human containing more than 40 pounds of dirt which was originally derived from human action spectacle called the Balloon, and the body soap Lady, a corpse turns himself into a substance called soap adipocere better known as grave wax.





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Amazon River

Amazon River is a river which is the world's second longest river after the Nile in Africa. River located in South America has the greatest total flow of any river, lbih of the Mississippi River, the Nile, and Yangtze combined. And this river has the largest peraliran system and considered "the strongest" when viewed from the amount of water flowing per second.

The amount of freshwater released into the Atlantic Ocean is enormous: 184,000 m³ per second (6.5 million ft ³) in the rainy season. Amazon's flow is one-fifth of the total fresh water entering the sea around the world. The water in the sea near the river has a low salt content up to hundreds of miles away.

Kono when talking about the Amazon River, the local folklore that evolved was made ​​of the former river flows in a giant snake named Sucuriju Gigante. Sucuriju Gigante was a giant anaconda is said to live in the amazon. Differences with ordinary anaconda that are 10 meters, said sucuriju can reach lengths of 40 meters!. With a diameter of 80 cm and weighing 5 tons, he can wound and destroy a truck with a single convolution. According to the amazon native tribe, sucuriju this is the creator of the Amazon river which is said when heavy rains created a mud Gigante dimana2 out the largest ever.

Not only that, but Amazon River said to be filled by terrible creatures, such as piranhas, Pirarucu / Arapaima, Catfish Amazon, an anaconda, Electric Eels, Candiru, Frog Toxic, Toxic Caterpillars, Tyrannobdella Rex, Crocodile.











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The CN Tower

The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing 553.33 metres (1,815.4 ft) tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj Khalifa and Canton Tower. It remains the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, a signature icon of Toronto's skyline, and a symbol of Canada. And in 1995, the CN Tower was declared one of the modern Seven Wonders of the World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It also belongs to the World Federation of Great Towers, where it holds second-place ranking. This place also has a lot to attract visitors from everywhere, outside and within the bail.






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Salem - City of Magic

Salem - City of Magic. City of Salem is located in the United States or, more precisely in the State of Massachusetts. The city was officially established as a city of magic by Michael Dukakis, governor of Massachusetts at the time. The city was established as a magical city because the city is, once there was a terrible event, namely the events of The Salem Witch Trials, the event where more than 150 residents of this city were arrested, tried, and punished just because they are practicing witchcraft.

Now, the City of Salem became a city tour that will be full of the supernatural. The Salem Witch Trials event is still remembered and visitors can still see the city of Salem. As in The Witch House, home of Judge Jonathan Corwin, one of the judges in the Salem Witchcraft Trials event. The building is now owned by the Department of Parks and Recreation Salem and made a tourist destination complete with a tour program, travel history, and architectural tours. In addition, tourists can also visit the Salem Witch Museum. In this museum visitors really like taken back to those terrible events. In the museum there are theater performances, narration and dialogue as well as footage of the trial event. There is also a tour saw the prison cells complete with man-made sculptures that resemble real human prisoners.

And today, in this city there are many people who is a witch, or a more suitable referred to as the paranormal. but even so, do not hope you can find a witch who looked like Harry Potter here except on Halloween night.




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Roswell Incident

Roswell is a city in Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico, USA. The population is 45,199, fifth largest in New Mexico. The city is a center of agriculture, dairy, ranching, distribution, and production of petroleum.

In the 1930's, Roswell is the place of Robert Goddard's rocket experiments. Roswell is also the hometown of actress Demi Moore, musician John Denver, and jockey Mike E. Smith. Golfer Nancy Lopez grew up here, although born in California. Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, sixth man on the moon, went to school here.
Roswell is most famous for the Roswell UFO incident in 1947, although the crash site located 75 miles from Roswell, and closer to Corona. However, investigations conducted by the Roswell Army Air Field. Allegedly a spaceship extra-terrestrial and its foreign residents. Since the late 1970s the incidence has been the subject of intense controversy and conspiracy theories about the true nature of falling objects. United States Armed Forces stated that what was recovered was debris from a high altitude surveillance balloon belonging to an experimental program is classified named "Mogul", but many UFO proponents maintain that the alien craft was found and arrested the occupants, and that the military then engaged in a cover up. The incident has turned into a pop culture phenomenon is widely known, making a name synonymous with the Roswell UFO. It ranks as the most publicized and controversial of the alleged UFO incident.


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Cliff Palace

Cliff Palace of the greatest live rock in North America. The structure was built by the Ancient Pueblo people located in Mesa Verde National Park in the territory of their former homeland. Cliff dwelling and garden at the southwest corner of Colorado, in the Southwest United States.The Cliff Palace contains 23 kivas (round concave important ceremonial rooms), and 150 rooms and has a population of just 100 people. Kiva walls are plastered with one color on one side and a different color on the opposite side. It is estimated that about 100 people inhabited Cliff Palace during the time of use. And construction of this unique design has a purpose as the cooling of the hot sun at the time.




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Cheap Rental Cars in Las Vegas

Cheap Rental Cars in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is the most populous city in Nevada, and belongs in the Clark County, in United States of America. Las Vegas, is known as the Entertainment Capital of the World and most of the visitors come here for the huge number of casino resorts and all the facilities they offer. The population is about 1.900.000 people.
Make your holiday in Las Vegas a pleasant time and book a rental car from Economy Car Rentals to be waiting for you at McCarran International Airport (LAS), right after your arrival! 

There is so much to see and do in Vegas, you need to ensure you have transportation to get you there. A rental car is a smart choice that will get you all around The Strip and beyond!

If you're arriving in town by plane, you may wish to pick up your rental car from one of the many car rental companies at McCarran International Airport (LAS). Avis, Budget, Enterprise, Dollar, Hertz, Alamo, National, Payless and Thrifty are some of the car rental companies with counters in the terminal, near the baggage claim area.

And once you are in Las Vegas do not forget to visit some of the sightseeings with your rental car.
Flamingo Garden is one of them as it is a great garden with Flamingos, koi, turtles and other exotic animals. Grand Lion Habitat is a free lion habitat. Still the most important attractions are the casinos and the hotels. The most famous hotel casinos are located at Las Vegas Strip which is worth a visit for several reasons.
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Un saluto a la Playa

Un saluto a la Playa is one of the waterfalls are located right on the beach. Here we really will find a landscape that will refresh the eyes as well as bring peace. A relatively small waterfall is located in the town of Julia Pfeiffer Burns or more in the know with The cascade McWay, California USA.



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Yosemite Falls

Yosemite Falls is the highest measured waterfall in North America. Located in Yosemite National Park in the Sierra Nevada of California, it is the main attraction at the park, especially in late spring when water flow is at its peak. Number of 2425 feet (739 m) from the top of the upper falls to the bottom of the waterfall lower Yosemite Falls waterfall qualify as the sixth highest in the world, although with the recent discovery of Cataract Gocta, appears on some lists as the seventh.

In a bit of snow, falling can actually stop flowing altogether in late summer or autumn. A very small amount of rock climbers have taken the opportunity to climb the rock surface can usually be accessed under the falls, although this is a very dangerous job; single afternoon thunderstorm could restart the falls, sweeping the climbers from the face.




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World's Largest Tree House

World's Largest Tree House was located in the U.S. state, exactly owned by a resident in Crossville named Horace Burgess. High house reaches 97 meter tower to the sky, which is supported by a white oak tree, with a high 80-foot diameter and 12 feet.
Six other trees grown as a castle tower. This magnificent house has 80 rooms and 20 veranda, overlooking the gap and staircase. Built of wood used, this building stands in rural areas, but has attracted many people from all over the country.

 Treehouse has 10 floors, an average of nine to 11 feet high and wide between 8,000 to 10,000 square feet. And on it there is a bell tower weighing 5700 pounds, comes with 10 bottles of oxygen-acetylene refill the bell.
Apparently this house can also be a tourist spot for people. Approximately 400 to 500 people visited during the week, most of them from outside the country and most of them heard of this special home from mouth to mouth.



Horace Burgess tree house will soon get into the Guinness book of records, but before that Burgess should provide measurements of every inch of his tree house, a difficult task but it sure will get it done with the help of his friends who volunteered their time.


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