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Lighting Thai Lantern or Khoom Fay

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Thai Lanterns are traditionally addressed Khoom Fay, with a bamboo frame extended by slim down tissue paper. A burning cell connected to the lantern provides hot airThey ascend graciously, and are an dramatic sight, particularly when released at regular intervals to form a string of lights up into the sky. They are every bit good […]

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The Building of the Pentagon

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

The Pentagon was completed in 16 months. It was built on a swamp and on the area of the old Washington airport. Trucks hauled some 5.5 million cubic yards (4.2 million cubic meters) of junk and soil and dumped it in the marshes. The building’s foundation rests on 41,492 concrete piles.
The purchase of land […]

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