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Spaceship size comparison for national science fiction day

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After the Nazis invaded the Netherlands in 1940, a Dutch watchmaker named Corrie ten Boom and her family decided to build a secret room in their home. For four years, they would use this room to hide Jews and helped rescue more than 800 people.

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The armor of a French soldier wounded by a cannonball at the Battle of Waterloo (which marked the end of Napoleon.)

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As the original head of the Disney sound effects department, James "Jimmy" MacDonald was estimated to have created over 28,000 different sound effects (for 139 feature films and 335 cartoon shorts) using a series of homemade props.

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Burj Khalifa Poop Trucks...

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The largest hotel in the world, with a staggering 10,000 rooms is currently under construction in Saudi Arabia

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