Tuesday, June 30, 2009

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The original Amber Room in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg is a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. Due to its singular beauty, it was sometimes dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World".
Read more about it on MFS .

Monday, June 29, 2009

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The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família ( "Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family"), often simply called the Sagrada Família, is a massive, privately-funded Roman Catholic church that has been under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain since 1882 and is not expected to be complete until at least 2026.
Read more about this Cathedral on MFS .

Sunday, June 28, 2009

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The Beast of Gévaudan is a name given to man-eating wolf-like animals that terrorized the former province of Gévaudan (modern day département of Lozère), in the Margeride Mountains in south-central France from 1764 to 1767 over an area stretching 90 by 80 kilometres (56 mi × 50 mi).With videoclip .
Read more about these animals on MFS .

Saturday, June 27, 2009

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The megamouth shark, is an extremely rare and unusual species of deepwater shark. Since being discovered in 1976, only a few megamouth sharks have been seen.
Read more about this rare shark on MFS , with videoclip.

Friday, June 26, 2009

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The Austrian 'Curly Coated Mangalitza'
Are they sheep or are they pigs?
Read more about this strange "Sheep" Pig
on MFS .

Thursday, June 25, 2009

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Brooke Greenberg
Brooke Greenberg looks like a toddler—but, astonishingly, she is 16 years old. Doctors and researchers are baffled as to why her body and brain have not grown or aged, while her nails and hair continue to grow.With videoclip .
Read more about it on MFS .

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

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The lost Ark of Noah finally found in the mountains of Ararat, in northeastern Turkey ?Read more about it on MFS .

Monday, June 22, 2009

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Grigori Rasputin who was he ? A mad monk , a holy monk , a charlatan or a womanizer ?

Read more about it on MFS .

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We collected a number of strange " animals" who washed ashore on different locations.
Read more about it on MFS .

Sunday, June 21, 2009

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The Chinese pyramids .The so-called pyramids of China are actually ancient mausoleums and burial mounds. About 38 of them are located around 25 kilometres (16 mi) - 35 kilometres (22 mi) north-west of Xi'an, on the Qin Chuan Plains in Shaanxi Province. The most famous is the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor.
Read more about them on MFS .

Saturday, June 20, 2009

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Champ - "Tatoskok" The Lake Champlain Monster , with videoclip footage.
Champ or Champy, is the name given to a reputed lake monster living in Lake Champlain, a natural freshwater lake in North America, partially situated across the U.S.-Canada border.
Read more about it on MFS .

Friday, June 19, 2009

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Ogopogo a Canadian lake monster that has been around for a long time.With videoclip of eyewitness accounts.
Read more about this creature on MFS .

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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Damien de Veuster, and also known as Blessed Damien of Molokai, was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, a missionary religious order. He is to become a saint on 11 October 2009. He won recognition for his ministry to people with leprosy (also known as Hansen's Disease), who had been placed under a government-sanctioned medical quarantine on the island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He eventually contracted and died of the disease, and is widely considered a "martyr of charity".
Read more about this exceptional man on MFS.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

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Joan of Arc after leading the army of France ,
she was convicted of witchcraft and burned at the stake only to be later reinstated as a saint .
Read more about this remarkable woman on MFS .

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

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Aztec religion , a part of their annual ritual included the sacrifice of infants and young children.
Capacocha was the Inca practice of human sacrifice, mainly using children.
Read more about this on MFS .

Monday, June 15, 2009

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The Chicxulub Crater is an ancient impact crater buried underneath the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico.This impact is believed to be responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs.
With videoclip.
Read more about it on MFS .

Sunday, June 14, 2009

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"One" by U2
and " I Shot The Sheriff" by Eric Clapton in MFS - All Time Fav's the song " I'm So Excited " By The Pointer Sisters .
Have a great day !
MFS .

Saturday, June 13, 2009

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We have added a new topic to our pages "Only In " this topic will cover funny and not so funny pictures and stories that made the news all over the world we have started with America ,hope you all enjoy it .
Also updated on " Classic rock " the songs " Crying " by Roy Orbison and "A Whiter Shade Of Pale " by Procol Harum on " MFS - All Time Fav's" we added the songs "Uptown Girl " by Billy Joel and " Don't Want To Miss A Thing " by Aerosmith .
Just keep coming back , at MFS we are always " Under construction " and add new topics as the days go by.

Friday, June 12, 2009

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The biggest snake yet discovered, Titanoboa cerrejones, slithers alongside one of its presumed prey, a primitive crocodile, 60 million years ago in an artist's conception.
So how about present day giant snakes ?
Read more about it on MFS .

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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Albino animals we have gathered 50 different albino animal species .
So just come and take a look and read about them and what albino means .
Read more about it on MFS .

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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We all know that cork in the botle , but what else do we know about cork ?
The Cork Oak (Quercus suber) is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section Quercus sect. Cerris. It is native to southwest Europe and northwest Africa.
Read more about this tree and where it is used on MFS .

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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An Alibino Short-beaked Echidna , also known as the Spiny Anteater because of its diet of ants and termites. The Short-beaked Echidna is covered in fur and spines and has a distinctive snout and a specialized tongue, which it uses to catch its prey at a great speed.
Read more about this remarkable animal on MFS .

Monday, June 8, 2009

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Astronauts aboard the International Space Station noticed two mysterious dark circles in the ice of Russia’s Lake Baikal in April. Though the cause is more likely aqueous than alien, some aspects of the odd blemishes defy explanation.
Read more about the cause of this phenomenon
on MFS .

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Crop circles what are the characteristics of the real ones ?
When did they start to appear ?
What else do we know about them ?
Read this and more on MFS .

Friday, June 5, 2009

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Flying objects in medieval paintings are they artistic liberty of the artist or "divine " inspiration or real UFO's ?
We leave it up to you to decide .
We posted 19 paintings to look at .
And a Videoclip .
Read more about it on MFS .

Thursday, June 4, 2009

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With video clip.
The Tunguska explosion What was is it that happened on that day?
Was it a meteorite explosion or a UFO ?
Read more about it on MFS.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

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The Maya Calendar .
what do we know about it ?
And what does it predict in the near future for us ?
With 2 video clips , 1 giving Nasa their point of view.
Read more about it on MFS .

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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The Church of St. George is a monolithic church in Lalibela, Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It is the most well known and last built (early thirteenth century) of the eleven churches in the Lalibela area, and has been referred to as the "Eighth Wonder of the World". The dimensions of the complex are 25 meters by 25 meters by 30 meters, and there is a small baptismal pool outside the church, which stands in an artificial trench.
The church itself is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Read more about these amazing churches on MFS .

Monday, June 1, 2009

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Wikipedia tells us that the Westford Knight is perceived as either a carving or a natural feature, or a combination of both, it was found on a glacial boulder in Westford, Massachusetts and is the subject of controversial speculation that it is evidence of exploration of European exploration of North America prior to Columbus.
Read more about this object on MFS .

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The Newport Tower (also known as: Round Tower, Touro Tower, Newport Stone Tower, Old Stone Mill and Mystery Tower) is a round stone tower located in Touro Park in Newport, Rhode Island (USA).
It is commonly considered to have been a windmill built in the mid 17th century.

With several recent decades of intense research, measurement, comparison and argument, an international body of cooperating historians (from Canada's Micmacs to experts from The British Isles and Italy) are reaching consensus on a 1300s origin for "Newport Tower."
Read more about this tower on MFS .
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