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10 Events Surrounding September 11. Crime People all over the world are familiar with what happened on September 11, 2001. On that morning, 19 al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four US commercial passenger jet airliners and intentionally crashed two of them into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. The Twin Towers collapsed within two hours of being struck by the planes. Civilians from over 70 countries were killed in the attacks, with a total of 2,995 casualties. In the months before and after September 11, many important international events occurred. On October 7, 2001, the US military’s Operation Enduring Freedom was launched, starting the War in Afghanistan. This list will be documenting ten news stories and international events surrounding September 11, 2001. Enron Scandal Revealed Most Americans are familiar with the failure of the Enron Corporation. The Enron scandal ended the business career of accounting firm Arthur Andersen. During his presidency, George W. 2001 Atlantic Hurricane Season US Government Exercises.

10 Interesting Things About The Human Body. 10 Unique Hotels Around The World | Interior Design & Decor. What makes you want to stay in a particular hotel? Location, interior, services or architecture and facade? Today we will list 10 most unique hotels around the world that will caught your eye. Today hotels are not only about the spacious rooms and delicious canteens but they’re also about mind-boggling exteriors and quirky services that make you want to shower money for unique experience. Let’s start with more ‘traditional’ one: Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel that is located at the heart of Dubai city in United Arab Emirates.

Liberty Hotel, Boston, USA Liberty Hotel which used to be a Charles Street jail for Boston’s criminals for about 150 years has preserved its old looks even with restoration in 2007 during which the prison bars have been left intact and now provide a unique experience for those interested for about $313 a night. Igloo Village Kakslauttanen, Saariselkä, Finland Das Park Hotel, Linz, Austria Quinta Real Zacatecas, México. Top 10 Lists - Top Ten Lists - TopTenz.net. Ten prophesies for the digital millenium - Essential Gadgets - Executive Style. 15 Most Magical Places in the World.

Want to share the magic? Tweet or Stumble this article! Wizards, sorcerers, hobbits and goblins. This maybe the stuff of fairy-tales but you can bring magic to life! Visit these breath-taking magical destinations and live out your own travel legend! Travel and make-believe certainly go hand in hand. Whether it’s royal palaces, enchanted forests or magical lagoons, traveling the world can bring your favorite fairy-tales to life! So grab your wand, mount your white horse and take a virtual journey through the 15 most magical places in the world! 1. Pear Biter 2. Fugue 3. Pasotraspaso 4.

Magical-World 5. Panoramas 6. Nutbird 7. Robwest jmhullot 9. Net_efekt 10. RebelXTious 11. Tambako the Jaguar 12. Macieklew 13. Germanium 14. Jurvetson 15. Magical-World Been to any of these places? Post up your comments! Liked this post? Don’t miss out on more magical places, sign up for free article updates below… *(I’d be the Snow Queen!) 10 Fun Facts. 4ccd3be377a5d.png (PNG Image, 500x375 pixels) 15 Incredible Libraries Around the World | Photograph, Library, These, University, United. Moldova National Library - Photograph by Daniel Zollinger These pillars of higher learning are also home to some of the world’s most incredible architecture.

Below is a small collection of stunning libraries around the globe. From the historical to the modern, these centres of knowledge and learning also preserve the history and culture of their respective periods. Personally, I would find it hard to concentrate in some of these places, they are too beautiful for the eye not to wander. 1. Photograph by Peter Bond Photograph by Peter Bond 2. Photograph by James Gillard Photograph by James Gillard 3.

Photograph by Lauren Manning Photograph by KAALpurush 4. Photograph by Tani Livengood 5. Photograph by Sam 6. Photograph by Ognipensierovo 7. Photograph by Waltonics 8. Photograph by Jose Maria Cuellar 9. Photograph by Pedro Vasquez Colmenares Photograph by Aurelio Asiain 10. Photograph by Ruy Barbosa Pinto 11. Photograph by Marj-Liisa 12. Photograph by Christopher Chan 13. Photograph by Fadi J 14. 15. 50 Most Influential Books of the Last 50 (or so) Years. In compiling the books on this list, the editors at SuperScholar have tried to provide a window into the culture of the last 50 years. Ideally, if you read every book on this list, you will know how we got to where we are today. Not all the books on this list are “great.” The criterion for inclusion was not greatness but INFLUENCE.

All the books on this list have been enormously influential. The books we chose required some hard choices. Because influence tends to be measured in years rather than months, it’s much easier to put older books (published in the 60s and 70s) on such a list than more recent books (published in the last decade). Older books have had more time to prove themselves. We also tried to keep a balance between books that everyone buys and hardly anyone reads versus books that, though not widely bought and read, are deeply transformative. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36.

Top 10 Most Famous Facts That Are Wrong. We all believe things to be true that are, in fact, quite wrong. Many of these “facts” we learned in school, while some of them we picked up from friends or on TV—or just “heard somewhere.” Whatever their source, however, they have subsequently proven to be erroneous, demonstrating once again that just because something is repeated often enough doesn’t necessarily make it so. In fact, it seems the only things we really know for certain is that we don’t know anything for certain, which is what makes it possible for revisionist historians to make a living and pundits like myself to pretend to be smarter than everyone else. (The “fact” is that most of the things I list below I once assumed to be true myself, demonstrating that even an old blogger like me can be taught a thing or two every now and then—dispelling yet another internet myth.) 10.

The United States Lost the Vietnam War 9. 8. 7. 6. Not to take anything away from the prolific Mr. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 100 snacks under 100 calories. 30 of the World's Greatest Wedding Cakes. Few things are more important on a wedding day (apart from both partners turning up; the ring being secure; and nobody objecting during the ceremony) than the cake. Very few weddings are without such a centrepiece. It's just a shame that so many couples opt for the same traditional, boring designs when there is so much opportunity to impress and surprise the guests. Here are 30 brilliant examples, to be used as inspiration for your own big day. Above: A wedding cake fit for an action hero. Above: An illustration of things to come?

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Above: A cake for the Lego lovers amongst us. Above: Binary deliciousness. Above: Nothing is safe from Steampunk. 10 Cool Random Star Wars Facts. Not ALL OF IT is bullshit, but quite a part, it is. Yoda’s appearance is based on that of his own designer, Stuart Freeborn, along with some details taken from Einstein’s portraits. For the filming of Empire Strikes Back, Vader’s line was “Kenobi killed your father”; there was never any time travel bullshit involved. The Ewoks origin has nothing to do with merchandising. Specially since the big smart move Lucas made from the beggining of the whole project was precisely leaving all box office revenues to Fox and keeping control of all of merchandising. The Sith are called The Legions of Lettow. Hey, if you’re gonna make up something and try fun stuff from lies, at least do it about something less people know about. The whole article seems like written by a trekkie.

And the “A long time ago…” part is bollocks too: the phrase didn’t even appeared in the original release.