Strange Stuff

Oooo. I like this!
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SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
 
Nice find MTK. (y)

This statue is more than skin deep.

From the Wikipedia link:

“Within the giant exist a series of chambers and caves on three levels. In the ground floor of the colossus exists a cave containing an octagonal fountain dedicated to the Greek goddess Thetys. The Italian painter Jacopo Ligozzi adorned the Grotto de Thetys with frescos of villages from the Mediterranean coast of Tuscany in 1586. In other chambers mining scenes based on the book De re metallica by the mineralogist Georgius Agricola were to be seen. In the giant's upper floor is a chamber big enough for a small orchestra and in the head a small chamber holds a fireplace out of which the smoke would escape through his nostrils. The chamber in the head had slits in the ears and the eyes.”

Wow.

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Etching of the Appennine Colossus in the Pratolino by the Italian printmaker Stefano Della Bella
 
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This photo was recently captured off the coast of Newfoundland in an area of the province known as Conception Bay. And not making this up, the photographer who captured this picture hails from the Town of Dildo. :)

The locals have dubbed it "dickie bird" and it gets its nickname from a Newfoundland euphemism for the male anatomy.

Some of the comments on the photo posted were;

"Frozen stiff," remarked one.

"It's melting all the time. I mean, it might go limp," said another.

Source: CBC News
 
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