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Coit Tower, San Francisco 1996
If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle; if the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle; if the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. 
Beach pong, Greece 1994
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Harvard uses "Yale" brand locks on their buildings. Yale uses "Best" brand. Penguins can jump six feet highA duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why. |
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Kroll Travel Watch. Updated at 10.00 am (US-EST) daily, this page provides global news stories of specific interest to travellers. Broken down into obvious divisions by country, its easy to check if there's anything of relevance to your destination.
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CNN Interactive. Well structured global news site with inevitable American bias, but with subsections of interest to travellers. |
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Concierge.com.Featuring Condé Nast Traveller. Wonderfully wacky site with suggestions for easy searches from "sexiest beaches" to "Paradise by [your] Design" and "Dangerous Games". Links to golf, skiing, cruises and more. Good for general suggestions and their links. Planning section has good links to bargain fares. |
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Travel Resources Small but well laid out with selective, but
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Connect- Favourite Travel Sites . Interesting in that it offers links from a UK/European perspective incl. British tourist attractions, European rail and boat links as well as the usual suspects. A good place to start if staying within Europe. |
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CIA World Factbook. Functional, if not pretty, searchable database of the 1993 edition of the CIA World Factbook. Geography, environmental issues, population statistics and ethnic makeup are examples of searchable facts. | |
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