Atlas Obscura - Curious and Wondrous Travel Destinations
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A Compendium of
Curious Facts

Illustrated by Michelle Enemark
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Deception Island

Whaling Station to Scientific Research Center to Tourists in Hot Springs = Deception Island
no. 344

"Stumpy" John Silver

On display at the National Museum of the US Air Force
no. 343

The Temple of Dionysos

Claims to fame by the sacred Greek Island of Delos
no. 342

Relampago del Catatumbo

Number of days per year that Venezuela's mysterious everlasting lightening storm rages
no. 341

Kentwood Historical and Cultural Arts Museum

The two main collections at Louisiana's Kentwood Historical and Cultural Arts Museum
no. 340

Phar Lap

Locations of the various remains of Phar Lap, Australia's beloved race horse
no. 339

Sati Handprints

Number of preserved handprints left by doomed Jodhpur Queens before throwing themselves on the funeral pyre of the Maharaja
no. 338

Charlie Chaplin's Vacation Statue

How to get a statue of yourself in Ireland
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Calamita Cosmica

Comparative size of the giant long-nosed skeleton of Milan
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Cathedral of Salamanca's Astronaut

Astronaut + 16th Century Cathedral = confused future historians