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Tuesday, April 7, 2009

7 Breathtaking Aquariums Around The World

Author: pro | Labels: amazing, Aquariums, awesome, Beautiful, Cool, Humor, Incredible, Intersting Fact, Wonderful, World

1 - Dubai aquarium in the Dubai Mall

2 - Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta

3 - Churaumi Aquarium

4 - The Aquarium of Western Australia

5 - UShaka Marine World

6 - AquaDom, Radisson Hotel Aquarium

7 - The 32 million dollar Virtual Aquarium

World's Smallest Bodybuilder!

Author: pro | Labels: Bodybuilder, crazy pictures, Humor, intresting, Smallest, Unusuals things, weird, World

At just 2ft 9in, Indian muscleman Aditya 'Romeo' Dev is the world's smallest bodybuilder.

Pint-sized Romeo is well-known in his hometown of Phagwara, India - for his ability to lift 1.5kg dumbbells - despite his overall 9kg body weight.

Every day, crowds flock to the local gym to the see the mini-muscleman in training.

Ten Most Wonderful Temples Of The World

Author: pro | Labels: crazy pictures, Humor, Incredible, Intersting Fact, Temples, Unusuals things, Wonderful, World

10 Most Wonderful
Temples of the World

1 - Tiger's Nest Monastery, perched precariously on the edge of a 3,000-feet-high cliff in Paro Valley, is one of the holiest places in Bhutan

2 - Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Mai, Thailand is unlike any Buddhist temples in the world.

3 - Prambanan is a Hindu temple in Central Java, Indonesia. The temple was built in 850 CE, and is composed of 8 main shrines and 250 surrounding smaller ones

4 - No one knows exactly when the Shwedagon Paya [wiki] (or Pagoda) in Myanmar was built - legend has it that it is 2,500 years old though archaeologists estimate that it was built between the 6th and 10th century।

5 - Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing, the capital of China. The temple was constructed in 14th century by Emperor Yongle of the Ming द्य्नास्टी

6 - Chion-in Temple was built in 1234 CE to honor the founder of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism, a priest named Honen, who fasted to death in the very spot।

7 - In the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m³) of stones. The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.

8 - The Harmandir Sahib (meaning The Abode of God) or simply the Golden Temple [wiki] in Punjab, India is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.

9 - The Temple of Srirangam (Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple [wiki]), in the Indian city of Tiruchirapalli (or Trichy), is the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world (Ankor Wat is the largest of all temple, but it is currently non-functioning as a temple - see below).

10 - Last but definitely not least is the largest temple in history and the inspiration to countless novels and action movies of Hollywood: Ankor Wat।