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Oarfish, also known as ribbonfish and king of herrings, is a deep water creature that can grow up to a size of 50 feet (15 meters) in length and weigh up to 600 pounds (272 kg). This deep sea creature is officially the longest bony fish living at a depth of between 66 feet and 1000 feet. It is known that when oarfish gets sick or is near to death it comes on the surface of the water and sometimes to the shore, that’s why we have ancient tales of seeing sea serpents coming out of the water surface. A 16 feet oarfish that was found on the shore of Bermuda beach in 1860 was described as sea serpent (image below). There are no scales on the fish and it’s not edible due to its gelatinous flesh.

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Colored Sand Beaches are not rare as many think about it. These colorful sands are the natural beauty of earth and show the different colors of creature. Many people like to visit these  incredible places to spend their precious time with nature. so that why appraisal of nature is possible with human intervention.

Kaihalulu beach is existed in Hana, Hawaii  which is renowned as ” Red Sand Beach”. The sand has a red and black colors in combination with crumbling cinder cone hill that’s appear  on the fewer distance from sea sand. The swimming is not possible because of the frequent movements of the sea waves but calm sea can provide soother swimming. The hilly side of  sand is bracketed with green trees which give a calm feeling while look towards trees and sea water simultaneously. No life guard and other facilities are available on the beach side.

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The world tallest building, Burj al Arab, was inaugurated in Dubai on January 04, 2010. Its construction started in 2004 and took 6 years to complete. Last year many people believed that the building was ready, but in reality the construction is completed few days back. The massive cost, material and labor of 6 long years resulted in a magnificent structure of Burj al Arab

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The investment on Burj al Arab is 1.5 billion dollars so far. The 828 meter tall building contains apartments, offices, library, swimming pools and a grand hotel. Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan,the president of Abu Dhabi and United Arab Emirates, was invited on the launching ceremony of Burj al Arab. Chicago based architecture company Skidmore had designed the early infrastructure and hired 12000 labors to built this enormous building.

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Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great was a Greek king of Macedon and was renowned as a great rebel in the history. He was born in Pella (a place in Macedon) in 356 BC and got the life span of 32 years. His real name is “Alexander III of Macedon”  and he was the only king in Greek history who really influenced the world by fighting and winning many battles. He conquered many states like Syria  in  333  BC, Egypt in 332 BC and Assyria & Babylonia in 331 BC. After winning any battles, Alexander used to slaughter the males and sell the women and children. He was enormous warrior but had cruel rules for other nations.

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The world fastest recently introduced by China has a maximum speed of  245 mph (394 km/h) with an average speed of 217 mph (350 km/h). The train is developed by Siemens, Bombardier and Alstom. According to China Railway minister it is currently the fastest train on the surface of earth. China is preparing special speed tracks for this train which will be completed in 2012. 42 different projects of spreading speed lines are currently in progress for the train. After the completion of these new tracks, c The new speed tracks of railways lines will increased from 53,437 miles to 74,564 miles.

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Dodge Tomahawk is a bike which was  produced by Dodge manufacturers  and it was unveiled in “North American International Auto Show” in 2003. It has a very unusual design that inspire every bike admirer and especially the “speed bike lovers”. It has a 8.3 L V10 engine which can produce 500hp. It has a maximum speed of 370 miles per hour which produces torque of 712 Nm. Its front brake has 16 piston disk and back brake has 8 piston disk. The weight of bike is approximately 1500 pounds (680 kg) and has price about $ 555,000. I also like to mention its fuel capacity which is 12.3 liters.

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Many people know about the prettiness of Switzerland and has a desire to visit it. There are lots of places like Ski resorts of Arosa, Moritz and Davos, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, Maison Tavel, Geneva and Church of Our Lady Zurich but normally people aren’t aware with the striking Bachalpsee Lake. It is located above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It has an area of 20 acres which is surrounded with long range of mountains and trees.

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When you visit Mexico the first thing that comes into mind is beach and football, but a few people know about the underwater museum project, in the Caribbean Sea. The museum is 400ft below sea level near the Mexican city, Cancun (one of the best tourist places in world). The museum, which will have the capacity to entertain 750,000 tourists yearly, is still under construction and will open to public in 2011.

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Bentley W66 GTS (speed car) attracts all the car lovers and admirers. There are 3-4 other companies who developed Gold cars like Bugatti, Porsche and Mercedes but Bentley W66 GTS Gold, made by ASI Corporation, has inspired a lot of geeks. ASI Corporation was established in Nagoya, Japan in December 2007. It manufactures variety of vehicles but ASI Bentley is a unique project and it was proclaimed in “Tokyo Special Import Car Show” in 2008. The car has a gold coated body and costs about $800,000. The car has 626 HP and goes from 0-62 mph in just 3.5 seconds with a top speed of 230 mph.

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