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31 January 2009

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Xipe Totec


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Charles B. Moores


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Washington Talking Book & Braille Library


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osmotic pressure in a semipermeable membrane

30 January 2009

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Wisent


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SS Empress of Russia


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ripening Lucques olives


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wolf lichen (Letharia vulpina)

29 January 2009

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Vladas Jurgutis


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Israel Railways' Siemens Viaggio Light train


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Light-mantled albatross


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Goneplax rhomboides

28 January 2009

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Sorgenfri Palace


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K pattern flamethrower


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Golden Gate Bridge


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Trondheim Tramway Class 8 tram

27 January 2009

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Thomas Paine Cottage


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Paul Bocuse


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St Luke's Church, Queen's Park, Brighton


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Mike Murphy

26 January 2009

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Cookeina


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Royal penguin, a species of crested penguin


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Delacroix barque of dante 1822 louvre


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A trained bottlenose dophin

25 January 2009

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orange webcap mushroom (Cortinarius mucosus)


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The Agnew Clinic


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Barnet Burns


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Wadi Zin Ein Avdat

24 January 2009

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Clavulina cristata


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Keene Fitzpatrick


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Tadeusz Kosciuszko Monument in Krakow


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William Henry Harrison

23 January 2009

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CSA Surgeon General Samuel P. Moore


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A squat toilet


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Philip Bartelme


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Upgraded section of the Østfold Line

22 January 2009

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View of Carneros Sonoma from Artesa


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Scarlet elf cap


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Quiriguá


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SS City of Erie

21 January 2009

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Type 93 2-carriage diesel multiple unit


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Chthamalus stellatus


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Muhammad Ali NYWTS

20 January 2009

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Western Meadowlark


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Human Pyramid, etching by Juste de Juste, 1540s


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Etching by Juste de Juste


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Dr. K. B. Hedgewar

19 January 2009

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Flekkefjord Station


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Capture of Hermione


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Potosi


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Square milk jug

18 January 2009

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Charles Baird


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Lysurus mokusin


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SS Milazzo


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17 January 2009

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Paul Dresser Birthplace, Terre Haute, Indiana


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Linotype matrix


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Günter Klass - May 1964

16 January 2009

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St. Peters Church, Jaffa


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Shelbourne Hotel


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Platax orbicularis


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MS Rhapsody

15 January 2009

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Czesław Wycech


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Rafflesia keithii


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Frank Atwood Huntington vehicle 1889


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"Allegory of the Transience of Life" by Master I. A. M. of Zwolle

14 January 2009

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Ayyanar statue at a village near Gobi


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AJS Model 16MS 1953


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Clathrus ruber

13 January 2009

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Rhododendron


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Dorothy Lavinia Brown


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William H. Webb


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Breast cancer awareness ribbon

12 January 2009

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Lieutenant General George R. Christmas


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Pike Place Market


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Livingston County Courthouse

11 January 2009

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Adam Worth


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Turkey bowling in a supermarket aisle


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Schulze Baking Company Factory


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10 January 2009

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The Coffee Pot (Roanoke, Virginia)


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Sculpture by Nikolay Zherikhov


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Geastrum fornicatum


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turnpike trusts in Greater Manchester

9 January 2009

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St. Augustine in the American Civil War


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Bob Marley, in 1980


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Pane ticinese

8 January 2009

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Kandake Amanitore


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Modern high field clinical MRI scanner


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Patrie (airship)

7 January 2009

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Intellivision with the game AstroSmash


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Cullen Performance Hall


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Kamianets-Podilskyi Castle

6 January 2009

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Galician slaughter


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United Nations logo


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Crucibulum laeve


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white-faced heron

5 January 2009

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St Michael and All Angels Church


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Golden coat of arms of Singapore


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Alexander John Scott


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Wild Oats XI

4 January 2009

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Qianling Mausoleum


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Kamila Skolimowska in 2008


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al-Khadra Mosque

3 January 2009

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Hwanbyeokdang


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John L. Stevens


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Kākā parrot


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Monarchies in Oceania

2 January 2009

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Asclepias cordifolia


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Pillars of the Bangkok Elevated Road and Train System


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Moet and glass

1 January 2009

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Don Tallon


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Prosecco di Conegliano bottle and glass


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Undegorgierter Champagner