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Kamis, 31 Maret 2011

10 cities of the world's weirdest

1. Sealand: a micronation on the waters of the North Sea


Sealand is a mini country located 10 kilometers off the coast of Suffolk, England. Sealand is occupied by families and relatives of Paddy Roy Bates. Areas that can be occupied only about 550 m2.
Although the sovereignty and state power is not recognized by any country, this may be a mini state of the world's most recognized, and sometimes appear in the debate as a case study of how various principles of international law can be debated.

2. Thank you for Fucking, Austria

Fucking is a small town in Austria (population 150). Deikenal this small town named "Fucking" more or less since 1070.
The most popular in this city is road markings with the name of this town, sometimes a lot of English speaking tourists who stopped just to take photos. In fact, this one lane into the lane most often stolen in Austria. City residents have a special budget to replace the road markings were stolen.

3. A Museum Devoted to the Penis

The Icelandic Phallological Museum in HusavĂ­k, Iceland, is a museum dedicated to the phallology. The museum currently has 154 specimens displayed like hunting trophies, embalmed in formaldehyde, or dried in display cases. The museum attempts to collect penis specimens from every mammal in Iceland, including several species that are endangered or already extinct in Icelandic waters.


4. Erving's Location. Population: 1

Erving's Location is located in the province of Coos, New Hampshire. In New Hampshire location, contribution, districting, and purchases are separate from the province that are not part of the city and have limited self-government (if there are, many are uninhabited).
According to the 2000 census, one person lived in Erving. Some speculate that the census statistics for Erving could have been a computer malfunction.

5. The Mojave Phone Booth Lonely

The Mojave Phone Booth is the only phone booth in the Mojave National Preserve which attracted the attention of many people in 1997, because the location is not reasonable. Booth this one is 15 miles from the nearest highway interstate, and miles and miles from any buildings. People sometimes call this booth just to get a response, and several others traveled to the location of this booth to answer the phone, often there are camping in the vicinity. The story inspired the making of the movie Mojave Phone Booth, which was released in 2006. How come I never hear ya pelem blom yah?

6. The smallest park in the world: 452 in2

Mill Ends Park in Portland, Oregon is the smallest park in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. 'Park' is sized 610mm which in 1948 was aimed at was built for a light pole. The park is equipped with some unusual items over the years including a swimming pool for butterflies (complete with diving equipment) and the miniature Ferris wheel (plus a water faucet with regular size). Interested create beat this record?

7. A Christian Chapel decorated by the bones of 40.000 people

he Sedlec ossuary small Christian chapel, located under the Cemetery Church of All Saints in the Czechs Republic. The ossuary contains approximately 40,000 human skeletons artistically arranged to form the decoration and equipment for the chapel.

8. Climb the World's steepest street

Quiet street in a suburb of Baldwin Street, in southern New Zealand city of Dunedin, is regarded as the world's steepest street.
At the maximum angle, the slope is approximately 1:2.86 (20 ° or 38%) - so that, for every distance of 2.86 meters horizontally, the altitude reached 1 meter.

9. Walcome to Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a village on the island of Anglesey in Wales. Known officially has the longest place name in Britain, and in the world. Long Name is planned in 1860 on the pride of having the longest name of a railroad train in Great Britain, but is not considered an authentic word in Welsh grammar. When translated into the Indonesian roughly means "Church of St Mary in the valley of the white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool and the church of St. Tysilio red cave".

10. The Rabbit's Hill Climb

Colletto Fava is a 1,500 m altitude hill in the southern Piedmont region in Italy. In 2005, a giant pink rabbit was built beside the mountain. Members of the Viennese artist who founded the group is not just hope people will pay attention to their work, but also for climbers interested in climbing and resting on it.

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