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The Tipping Point

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@MdeZegher The first AC power plant - Adams power plant in Niagara falls

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Plaque with names of all the popes since 64AD at the St Peter's basilica

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2 of 135 active Swiss Guards in Vatican city , who are responsible for the security of the Pope. It is the oldest military units in continuous operations since 1506.

Adorn in fascinating Renaissance style uniforms custom made in the Vatican barracks

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Living in a bubble...

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@akaash Soon

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Petra amphitheatre built in the 1st century AD carved out of solid rock has distinctive nabatean architectural elements with frescoed niches and marble columns, could hold 8k people.

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Mosaic making in Madaba.

The town is filled with intricate mosaic showcasing daily life and religious motifs from the Byzantine era (6th century AD)

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The Treasury, built by the Nabataens in 1st century AD was a mausoleum.

Nabataens amassed immense wealth by monopolizing the trade of spices,silk, gold and myrrh between 4th and 1st century AD

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"Seven Pillars of Wisdom", a book by Lawrence of Arabia is an excellent read that gives us insight into the Arab revolt against the Ottoman empire, and eventually leading to carving up of the middle east

A large part of it set in the other worldly wadi rum desert

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GPS navigation won't work while driving along the coast of the Dead Sea (few miles from Palestine). GPS signals are scrambled by Israel to counter precision guided weapons from Hamas.

Navigation makes you think you are stuck in the center of Cairo no matter how much you drive.

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Surreal to see abandoned steam engines from WW1, in the middle of the Jordanian desert. Hejaz railway connected Damascus to Medina in the 1910s built by the ottoman empire.

The railway was established for hajj pilgrimage from Istanbul

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Happy birthday @LewisHamilton
Looking forward to start working together!

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Peru had a short-lived automotive manufacturing history for a handful of years. Ford, VW, Chrysler & GM built assembly plants in the late 60s, all closed down due to threat of nationalization under military junta

But, you can still see iconic Beetles from that era all over Peru

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Incas never developed a written language, but used Quipas - a system of knotted strings for record keeping and communication

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It does NOT rain in Lima, Peru. Testimony to the fact why an adobe CLAY brick pyramid from 500 AD survives in the heart of the city.

The clay bricks were made insitu and used a clever construction technique making it seismic resistant

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Salt mines in Bolivia and Peru... Marvel of engineering, 0 carbon emissions used to make salt, just gravity, geothermal and solar to crystallize and separate salt since the time of Incas.
A coop biz model where you need to marry into the family to own a fraction of the mine.

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@MdeZegher @TeslaCharging @TeslaCharging best team at Tesla!

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@meherbharucha_ Great Read!

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Russ Hanneman would be proud of these doors