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 Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 12:59pm On Dec 27, 2016 |
Ishilove:Lol... |
| Travel › Re: 2016: MS Harmony Of The Seas, World's Largest Cruise Ship In Fascinating Photos. by Explorers(op): 12:53pm On Dec 27, 2016 |
jagugu88li:Thanks sis, read from dailymail that airlines also releases waste from the sky when flying over the ocean too. Bros lalasticlala is this ship not amazing  1 Like 1 Share |
| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 12:48pm On Dec 27, 2016*. Modified: 10:41am On Dec 28, 2016 |
oglalasioux:The wall has lots of extensions, but the famous was built by Qin Shi Huang around this time, the first Emperor of China. Little of that wall remains. Since then, the Great Wall has on and off been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the existing wall is from the Ming Dynasty(1368–1644). Till date, the walls are under maintenance. 2 Likes 1 Share
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 12:03pm On Dec 27, 2016 |
International Space Station. The International Space Station cost $100 billion to build and involved 100,000 people in 15 nations. It also ranks as one of the more unusual construction sites, located 354 kilometers (220miles) above Earth. The hazards faced by those carrying out maintenance go far beyond a falling hammer or nail gun injury one tiny rip in a protective spacesuit means instant death. Completion date: Ongoing. 8 Likes
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 11:55am On Dec 27, 2016 |
Colosseum, Rome. The Colosseum could accommodate 50,000 spectators. It's the largest amphitheater built by the Roman empire. It's estimated that the outerwall, which is 189 meters long and 156 meters wide, was originally built using 100,000 cubic meters of travertine stone. Some of this stone was later used in the construction of St Peter's Basilica and other nearby monuments. Completion date: 80 AD. 6 Likes 2 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 11:52am On Dec 27, 2016 |
Eiffel Tower, Paris. Temperature alters the height of the Eiffel Tower by up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) over the year. The Eiffel Tower weighs 13, 200 tons and was the first building to surpass the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza at 324 m (1,063 ft). It remained the world's tallest building until 1929, when New York's Chrysler Building took the top spot. Gustave Eiffel's initial building plans and calculations were so precise that no revisions had to be made during the construction process. Completion date:March 31, 1889. 10 Likes 4 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 11:42am On Dec 27, 2016*. Modified: 12:55pm On Dec 27, 2016 |
Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco. Each of the bridge's two main cables is made of 27,572 strands of wire. Often referred to as "the bridge that couldn't be built,". The Golden Gate Bridge crosses the stretch of water nicknamed "the Golden Gate" by gold prospectors heading to the Californian hills. Prior to 1937, San Francisco was America's largest city but its growth rate was slow compared to others, due to the lack of a link with other communities around the bay. The size of the strait (2,042 meters wide) combined with strong winds and regular earthquakes led many construction experts to say a bridge couldn't be built. The solution? Huge amounts of concrete, 128,747 kilometers (80,000 miles) of wire housed inside two cables, 600,000 rivets and a whole lot of hard work. Completion date: May 27, 1937. 6 Likes 2 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 11:29am On Dec 27, 2016 |
Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan. Kansai International Airport was the first airport to be built on an artificial island. Osaka is one of Japan's most crowded cities, so when a new airport was called for, engineers came up with a novel solution , a man-made island. Construction of the island, which measures four kilometers (2.5 miles) by 2.5 kilometers (1.6 miles) took three years. Some 10,000 workers and 80 ships were used to excavate 21 million cubic meters of landfill and the island's construction became the world's most expensive civil engineering project, with a total cost of$20 billion. Completion date: 1994. 13 Likes 2 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 11:23am On Dec 27, 2016 |
London Underground, London. Aldgate Station, on the Circle, Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan Lines, is built on a huge plague pit, where more than 1,000 bodies were buried. The London Underground celebrated its 153th birthday this year. The entire network has a length of 402 kilometers (249 miles) and more than 1 billion journeys are made every year. When it opened in 1863, it was the world's first underground railway and the trains, which traveled between Paddington and Farringdon, were gas-lit wooden carriages pulled by steam locomotives. Completion date: January 10, 1863. 6 Likes 2 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 11:09am On Dec 27, 2016 |
Taipei 101, Taipei. Taipei 101 was the first building in the world to break through 500 meters. Upon its completion, the tower claimed several records: it had the world's fastest elevator, was the world's tallest building and was the world's tallest structure, thanks to its spire. Eight "mega-columns" make the building especially earthquake resistant. Completion date:December 31, 2004. 8 Likes 1 Share
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 10:43am On Dec 27, 2016 |
Panama Canal, Panama. More than 4.5 million cubic yards of concrete were used in the construction of this canal's locks and dams. The Panama Canal is a 77-kilometer (47-mile) long waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The ingenious network of dams and locks linking two oceans took more than 75,000 workers more than ten years to build. The earth and rubble excavated to make way for it was enough to bury Manhattan to a depth of four meters. A series of locks allows ships to pass through the water; each of the moveable lock doors weighs 750 tons and each of the locks fills with 52 million gallons of water to accommodate the 15,000 ships that use the canal every year. The first ship sailed through in 1914. Today ships line up on each side, waiting their turn to enter the canal, which operates around the clock. Completion date:January 7, 1914. 3 Likes 3 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 10:30am On Dec 27, 2016*. Modified: 6:32am On Dec 28, 2016 |
Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt. The Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years. The builders responsible for the Great Pyramid of Giza would have needed more than a few tea breaks to keep them motivated. The pyramid consists of 2.3 million stone blocks. The largest ones, found in the King's chamber, weigh between 25 and 80 tons and were transported to the site from Aswan, 800 kilometers away. In total, 5.5 million tons of limestone, 8,000 tons of granite and 500,000 tons of mortar were used. How did they cut the stone into the perfect shapes, how were the stones transported from over 800km, and how were the stones lifted to that height and arranged perfectly(139m). No caterpillars, no bulldozers, no excavators, no rock saw, drilling equipments, and no cranes or lifting equipments/machineries. Experts have never worked out these questions, how the blocks were moved into place. Completion date: 2504 BC. I just wish the sun, moon, and stars are CCTVs. We would just hack into them and play back to 5000 years. Because the sun will be shining up in the sky while the construction was going on and the Moon/stars up in the sky as they work through the dark of the night. 19 Likes 7 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 10:22am On Dec 27, 2016 |
The Palm islands comprise approximately 100 million cubic meters of rock and sand. In total, 210 million cubic meters of rock, sand and limestone were reclaimed (through dredging) to create the islands, with 10 million cubic meters of rockused in the outer ring alone. The rocks used for both islands were transported from 16 quarries throughout the UAE and the materials used are enough to build a wall that could circle the world three times. Completion date: September 24, 2008. 27 Likes 1 Share
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 10:20am On Dec 27, 2016*. Modified: 7:10am On Dec 28, 2016 |
Burj Khalifa, Dubai, UAE. The Burj Khalifa has a height of 828 meters and is both the tallest building in the world and the tallest free-standing structure in the world. Engineers faced multiple challenges, including the strong winds that batter the tower. Because of this, over 40 wind tunnel tests were conducted, not just to determine how the wind would affect the building but also to test the cranes used to construct it. Cost: $1.5Billion. Completion date: January 4, 2010. 11 Likes 4 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 10:04am On Dec 27, 2016*. Modified: 7:07am On Dec 28, 2016 |
The Trans-Siberian Railroad connects Moscow and Eastern Russia with Japan, China and Mongolia. Northern Siberia isn't the easiest landscape to cross, which is what makes the 8,851km(5,500 mile)Trans-Siberian railway so impressive. Engineers had to design a railway that was capable of operating in temperatures of minus 20 degrees Celsius. The railway travels through eight time zones, 87 towns and cities and crosses 16 major rivers. Some 90,000 people helped construct the railway, which took 10 years to build, pretty impressive considering the tools at workers' disposal were shovels, picks and wheelbarrows. Completion date: 1904. 6 Likes 2 Shares
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| Science/Technology › Re: Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 9:58am On Dec 27, 2016*. Modified: 10:11am On Dec 28, 2016 |
The Great Wall of China is 8,850 kilometers long (5,500 miles) and was constructed over a period of 2,000 years. Construction began in 475 BC, to protect China from the invading Huns. During the Ming dynasty, between 1368 and 1644 A.D, it was given a makeover, with the addition of watchtowers, battlements and cannons some of which stand 980 meters above sea level. The mortar used to bind the stones of the wall is made from rice flour. Originally built to protect the northern territories of China from invasions, the Great Wall has been rebuilt and maintained for more than 16 centuries. The wall stretches for 5,500 miles (8,851 km), including some natural defensive barriers such as hills and rivers. Unlike many other fortifications at that time, bricks and stone were used in the construction of the Great Wall, instead of rammed earth. In the Juyongguan pass, the wall reaches 25.6 feet (7.8 meters) in height and 16.4 feet (5 meters) in width. In some other areas, the wall climbs steep slopes and is completed by watchtowers built up to 3,215 feet (980 meters)above the sea level. It is estimated that while building this amazing fortification, more than 1 million workers lost their lives. Completion date: 204 BC. 12 Likes 1 Share
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| Science/Technology › Some Of The Greatest And Most Amazing Engineering Feats Of Mankind. by Explorers(op): 9:54am On Dec 27, 2016*. Modified: 12:35pm On Feb 19, 2017 |
From the Great Pyramid built almost 3000 years ago with over 2million stones weighing 2.5 tons each to the Palm Islands in Dubai, built of islands that had to be constructed from rock and sandstone, to stepping out onto an oval glass ring above the Grand Canyon. These are just a couple of amazing constructions found around the world and here are some of the greatest feats of engineering that we think are worth a mention. http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/04/travel/engineering-feats/ Mynd44, Lalasticlala 3 Likes 3 Shares
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| Travel › Re: 2016: MS Harmony Of The Seas, World's Largest Cruise Ship In Fascinating Photos. by Explorers(op): 8:21pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Under construction, fixing the bridge. 1 Like
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| Crime › Re: Woman Accused Of Killing Husband On Christmas Day In Ikorodu (Photos) by Explorers(m): 7:04pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Morhziez:Amen....Big hug bro. |
| Travel › Re: 2016: MS Harmony Of The Seas, World's Largest Cruise Ship In Fascinating Photos. by Explorers(op): 7:02pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
Originalsly:Those one are not ready to deliver. |
| Travel › Re: 2016: MS Harmony Of The Seas, World's Largest Cruise Ship In Fascinating Photos. by Explorers(op): 1:59pm On Dec 26, 2016 |
tolugar:Lol.....Think he's just kidding. |
| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 9:07am On Dec 26, 2016 |
whirlwind7:Sex dolls have been in existence for decades. Even Japan dey lead. 5 Likes 2 Shares |
| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 7:03am On Dec 26, 2016 |
whirlwind7:We can also ask why some guys will ignore a cute, fully endowed and figured lady and go for a guy like himself. 2 Likes |
| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:56am On Dec 26, 2016 |
paschal47:Thats what motivates, but these people dont give a f**k about that. 3 Likes |
| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:16am On Dec 26, 2016 |
paschal47: 7 Likes |
| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:15am On Dec 26, 2016*. Modified: 10:17am On Dec 26, 2016 |
38-year-old from Detroit Yuhre recently divorced. He says he likes to watch TV with Samantha his “real doll”. His ex-wife, who didn't like sex life with him, she invited him to buy a doll when he saw an advertisement on TV. Yuhre bought it for $ 3000, as it used. 36-year Deyvket 9 years living with Sidorov Bridget Kuroneko real doll, which he bought in 2000. They live together in a small apartment in a suburb of Detroit. Dressing and undressing a doll is not so easy and requires patience. “We have sex, but not one which you think” said Deyvket. 36-year-old Deyvket in bed with Sidorov Bridget Kuroneko real doll, with whom he lived for nine years. In this photo, he is reading the book “Love sex with robots”, which states that, over time robots will become the object of love for people. 17 Likes 7 Shares
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| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:10am On Dec 26, 2016 |
Ready for delivery: Outside the US where they are made, the largest international markets are the UK, Germany and Australia. 48 Likes 6 Shares
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| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:08am On Dec 26, 2016 |
Finished products 10 Likes 2 Shares
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| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:04am On Dec 26, 2016 |
Lots of faces for customers to choose from. 8 Likes 2 Shares
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| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 6:01am On Dec 26, 2016 |
The dolls are created with a PVC skeleton with steel joints which make them poseable. 11 Likes 3 Shares
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| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:58am On Dec 26, 2016 |
Silicone is used to best imitate human skin on the dolls. 13 Likes 2 Shares
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| Romance › Re: Inside The Factory Where Sex Dolls Are Made (Photos) by Explorers(op): 5:49am On Dec 26, 2016 |
Radio personality Howard Stern once gave the RealDoll a rave review, saying: 'I swear to God! This RealDoll feels better than a real woman!' He added: 'Best sex I ever had!. 49 Likes 7 Shares
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