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Italy’s Drowned Village

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Italy’s Drowned Village

Legend has it the bell can still be heard in the dead of winter, sounding out its knell despite the fact that it has long since been removed. The bell tower of the 14th century church that projects from Lake Reschen in the far north of Italy is all that is now visible of the once thriving village of Graun. In the middle of the last century, the town was drowned by the artificial lake that lies above it to this day.

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Massachusetts Town Hires Professional Landfill Sniffers

Friday, March 21, 2008

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I think we may have found a new candidate for the next list of 100 worst jobs in the world. Here’s a possible job description: Do you enjoy smelling horrible things all day? Can you rate horrible smells on a scale of 1-8? If so, then we’ve got [...]

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