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30 November 2012

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A painting of the north view of the Chunar Fort, 1705


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Harry Rockafeller from the 1940 Scarlet Letter


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Overview of the Great Colonnade at Apamea in Syria

29 November 2012

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Ramnagar Fort


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Orca porpoising


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John Breckinridge

28 November 2012

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Tourist and pilgrim boats on Ganges River on the occasion of Dev Deepawali festival on Karthik Purnima


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Cathedral from across neighboring intersection


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The John Harvard statue

27 November 2012

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Ocypode cursor


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Robert Roswell Brown from the 1937 New Mexico Military Institute yearbook


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The Great Tetrapylon at Palmyra linking the western and central sections of the colonnade

26 November 2012

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Towarzystwo Sztuka 1897 logo


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Enryaku-ji, Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan


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2011 World Drivers' Champion Sebastian Vettel

25 November 2012

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Beatrice Kerr


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Cliffs at Gedser Odde


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Gibraltar 2

24 November 2012

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Ctenella chagius


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1932 caricature of Hele and Borwick


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Nurse Klivia (Hetty Blok), 1966

23 November 2012

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Franz Marc's "The Tower of Blue Horses"


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Remains of the Camp of Diocletian at Palmyra


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Alfonso Litta

22 November 2012

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Maze coral


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Indian gooseberry, or Amla (Phyllanthus emblica)

  • ... that veneration of the Amla tree (pictured), in particular on Amalaka Ekadashi, is due to the belief that the god Vishnu resides in and near the tree?
  • ... that Carol Lee Flinders, coauthor of the "renowned countercultural cookbook" Laurel's Kitchen, has also written books on spirituality, mysticism, and feminism?
  • ... that B4 is a classification for people with visual impairments and is used in sports including sailing, bowls, swimming and cycling?
  • ... that one of the largest shoe companies in Germany, Klauser Schuhe, sponsored the painting of the Lego Bridge in the style of Lego bricks?
  • ... that the Carpet Chameleon can change colour according to its need to warm up or its mood?
  • ... that as Hungarian tennis champion Jenő Zsigmondy's health faded he had to give up tennis and subsequently took up golf?


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Blackburn Rovers F.C. in 1884

21 November 2012

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Mattheus Marinus Schepman


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A green flower-like structure composed of leaves


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20 November 2012

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Saree, wrapped around the waistline


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Calostoma cinnabarinum


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Little Raven, some time between 1868 and 1874

19 November 2012

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The Hermitage, a Grade II-listed gazebo in the Old Town area of Eastbourne


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Central Asian Buddhist Monks, art work from the Second German Turfan expedition


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Lumumba, freed and negotiating, in Brussels

18 November 2012

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Rhododendron spinuliferum


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Kevin Pietersen


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Burgundy railcar with a wedge-shaped nose

17 November 2012

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Hawaii lunar sample display


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Stetind (1,392 m)


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Maria Bal as Angel of Death by Jacek Malczewski
Maria Bal as Angel of Death by Jacek Malczewski

16 November 2012

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Trioceros cristatus


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Portrait of Diego de Guevara by Michael Sittow


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Nazario Benavídez painted by Franklin Rawson

15 November 2012

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Irish Red and White Setter


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Yumiko Hotta in a red top and black wristbands, sitting in the corner of a wrestling ring in 2010


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A section of frieze from the Mayan city of Balamku

14 November 2012

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Claire Taylor


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Police dog


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Mike Redmond

13 November 2012

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"Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf", autograph


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Ned Kelly the day before his execution by hanging in November 1880


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Eye of a Golden Eagle

12 November 2012

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Jesus's Entry into Jerusalem


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The Shakespeare Garden's monument and fountain


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Gibraltar Cross of Sacrifice

11 November 2012

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Tank in 'Sunshield' camouflage for Operation Bertram


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Cranmer Court in 2007


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Abstract panel from the Williamsburg Housing Project murals

10 November 2012

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Dueodde Lighthouse


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Indre Viskontas


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Wreckage of Ellen Southard

9 November 2012

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The Venetian Towers, Barcelona


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Staples Center


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Zinfandel/Tribidrag grapes

8 November 2012

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Charles V Wall, Gibraltar


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North face of Pyramid Mound


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Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes

7 November 2012

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Martha, Countess of Elgin, portrait about 1761 by Allan Ramsay (1713–1784)


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Nice views of the Hudson, and 20-foot ceilings, for about $2,200 a month


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An 8×8 matrix mixer at the bottom of a rack

6 November 2012

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Side view of a Gothic Revival church


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The lake front at Geneva


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1987 Naylor TF 1700

5 November 2012

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Torra di Mortella


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Bernabé Araoz (1776–1824)), governor of Tucumán, Argentina


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Garden of the Righteous at Yad Vashem

4 November 2012

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Franciszek Lampi, Portrait of a Lady


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Interior of the Basilica, Volubilis


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View of the Cloud Platform at Juyongguan from the north

3 November 2012

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Ajanta cave painting by Robert Gill


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West Indian sea egg


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Graham Waterhouse, 2011

2 November 2012

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Naraka


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General view of Honiara


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Anna Schäffer

1 November 2012

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Nativity of St. John the Baptist Church


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Blazing The Door to Hell Fire


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Winchester Mystery House