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How much human knowledge has been lost to history?
Well, this ancient wonder was razed by the Mongols in 1258 — it's said the Tigris River ran black with ink.
Here's what was inside... (thread) 🧵
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1. Germany: Cologne Cathedral, Cologne (1880) 🇩🇪
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1. Centuripe, Italy 🇮🇹
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1. “Fallen Angel”, Alexandre Cabanel // “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith”, directed by George Lucas
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1. Old London Bridge - the longest inhabited bridge in Europe
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1. Freudenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 🇩🇪
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1. Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland 🇨🇭
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1. Dresden, Germany 🇩🇪
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A thread... 🧵
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1. Buffalo, New York (1908)
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1. Château de Pierrefonds, Oise (14th century)
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This was built during what they told you were the dark ages.
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We are so back.
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This building is nearly 2,000 years old. How can something so ancient, of such scale, still be standing?
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America was supposed to be Art Deco.
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1. Union Terminal, Cincinnati, OH (1933)
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German poet Heinrich Heine was once asked why men no longer build cathedrals. He replied:
“People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral.”
Cologne Cathedral took 632 years to complete.…
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15 of the most unusual and spectacular churches around the world ⬇️
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1. The American Radiator Building, NYC (1924)
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1. “The Kiss” by Gustav Klimt - “Shutter Island”, directed by Martin Scorsese
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Everything you see in the bottom image was rebuilt in the last 20 years... (thread) 🧵
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