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Everything that ever happened happened somewhere. We're linking moments to places and stories to unlock the web of history around you. Just tag to submit ideas.

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@fasc1nate Here’s where

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@samanthacavet Here’s where

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@Arch_Revival_ Here’s where

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@Arch_Revival_ Here’s where

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Zoom to a random spot on Earth and look around. Sometimes you land somewhere interesting #EarthRoulette

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@MilHistNow Here’s where

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Where it happened: Hitler killed himself in a bunker beneath this parking lot 77 years ago today.

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Where it happened: Hitler killed himself in a bunker beneath this parking lot 77 years ago today.

https://t.co/kcUWY0FKhH

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@expatua Here’s where

52°37'59.0"N 39°28'01.0"E
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* The Spartans had also formed an alliance with other Greek states and were not alone in the battle. Together they were roughly 7000 in number, while the Persians had some 100,000 to 300,000 soldiers.

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In 480 BC the Battle of Thermopylae was fought in this area over the course of 3 days — between the Persians and the Spartans* — and would eventually inspire the movie The 300.

The specific location is unknown as the area has eroded over time.

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Tesla’s new Giga factory in Austin, Texas is the largest factory building on Earth by volume. According to Elon Musk, it can hold 194 billion hamsters.

For a better sense of scale, here’s a car parked next to it in Google Earth. #GigaTexas #GigaFactory

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@ancientorigins @HardcoreHistory Here’s where it was located. It was first discovered in 1933 by an RAF commander who was flying over the bay and noticed the submerged ruins. But it wasn’t explored further until 1999 when a renowned French archaeologist found it - after searching for 5 years.

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@ampol_moment Here’s where it happened. There was a hotel here at the time called Hotel Gilpatrick and Roosevelt had just eaten a meal there before the assassination attempt, which happened as he was walking to his car. He then went on to deliver the speech. There’s now a Hyatt Regency here

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@ampol_moment Here’s where it happened. There was a hotel here at the time called Hotel Gilpatrick and Roosevelt had just eaten a meal there before the assassination attempt, which happened as he was walking to his car. He then went on to deliver the speech. There’s now a Hyatt Regency here

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Zoom to just about anywhere in the Netherlands and you'll likely find canals slicing up fields and pastures. Many even reach the North Sea. So if you're ever at the beach, know that you are basically looking at the mouth of a canal that ultimately leads to Dutch cows and farms.

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Earth roulette: spin the globe a few times, close your eyes, and see where you land. 🌍#EarthRoulette

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Quick flyover of United 328's flightpath in Google Earth and the location where debris landed in front of a home. #Flight328 #UA328

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Russia’s Lake Baikal isn’t just another lake ...

- A whopping 23% of the planet’s fresh surface water is located here.
- It’s almost a mile deep - the world's deepest lake.
- It’s also the oldest, first forming 20-30M years ago (compared to most lakes which are <18K years old)

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Here’s where all that Fiji Water comes from. Some 50,000 bottles are produced every hour.

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Here’s where Galileo was born 457 years ago on February 15th, 1564.