the Hundred Dragons Elevator – World tallest elevator in China

World tallest elevator in China
The Bailong Elevator, also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator, is in a mountain range in China’s Hunan Province. Noteworthy, the glass lift can carry up to 50 people at a time, and 1,380 an hour! Besides, it offers jaw-dropping, not to say vertiginous, views down to the bottom of the rocky mountain range in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangijiajie. However, the environmentalists met the project with fierce criticism. In particular, they were angry that it was constructed in the middle of a World Heritage Site. Yet, this is the world’s tallest full-exposure outdoor lift. Also, tallest double-deck sightseeing elevator. Besides, it is the fastest passenger elevator with the biggest capacity. The lift ride takes around a minute to reach the top. And from there tourists can see breath-taking views of the area’s quartzite sandstone pillars.
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Klaus Kinski raped his daughter from age 5

Klaus Kinski raped his daughter from age 5. ‘I couldn’t stand hearing it any more: ‘Your father! Cool! Genius! I always loved him!’. I always replied ‘Yeah, yeah’. Since his death this adulation has got even worse,’ she said. ‘When I saw him in films, I always thought that he was exactly like that at home, Pola Kinski told Stern. ‘He really abused everyone’. Pola Kinski, now 60, revealed in a shocking interview with the German magazine, Stern, that her father Klaus Kinski repeatedly raped her from the age of five until she was 22. ‘I kept quiet for years because he forbade me from talking about it’. ‘The terrible thing is that he once told me that it was completely natural, that fathers all over the world did that with their daughters,’ she said.
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Crowned Miss Russia 2006 Tatiana Kotova

Miss Russia 2006, semifinalist of Miss Universe 2007, former participant of Russian-Ukrainian pop group VIAgra, Tatiana Kotova was born on September 3, 1985 in a small town of Rostov region. She lives according to her motto “Nothing is impossible”. As a child, Tania was unusually flexible baby. Her father taught her amateur boxing. At the age of 13, Tatiana was fascinated with Oriental Dances, and trained by herself, without any trainer. In contests of beauty the girl became involved when she was still studying in the school. And here was her first victory, and a first small step to future major achievements. Tatiana won two titles: “Miss Autumn 98” and “Miss charm”.
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Private Prison Art Museum in Uglich, Russia – Museum of Prison Art

Museum of Prison Art
In fact, the unique Prison Art Museum in the old city of Uglich is the only private museum in Russia that features this theme. Of course, there are state museums of this type, for instance, in Vladimir central prison (Vladimir), in Yaroslavl, but they are very different from this private museum.
Here you can see not only the prisoners’ crafts made of wood, metal, bread and plastic, but also beautiful drawings, and paintings. The authors of these paintings – prisoners, who painted them on sheets with oil, ball pens, ink, a stone crumb and metal shavings. Besides, in one of the real prison cells of the Museum you can see the special equipment (door with peephole, bunk beds, desk, bench, etc.). In addition, you may feel yourself a prisoner in the company of two life size wax figures of prisoners in striped uniforms. That would be an unforgettable experience.
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Leonid Stadnik world biggest man. Leonid Stepanovich Stadnyk stands at 8 foot 5.2 inches or 2.6721 meters

Leonid Stadnik world biggest man, lives in the Ukrainian village of Podolyantsy of Zhytomyr region. Noteworthy, Guinness World Records recognized Leonid Stadnyk as the tallest man in the world in 2008. Interestingly, his height is 2.57 m (8 ft 5 in), and he is still growing! Also, his palm is 31 cm (12,2′) long. After Leonid Stadnik has refused to be measured, his title went to China’s Bao Xishun, who is actually 21 centimeters lower (Bao Xishun stands 2.36 m). Leonid’s health is slowly failing, he needs to hold on to limbs of trees and the walls of his house to walk about.
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Covered with crystal exquisite handbag in the shape of an owl. Stunning jewellery art Judith Leiber handbags

Stunning jewellery art Judith Leiber handbags

For many years first ladies, celebrities, actresses collect and use Judith Leiber Luxury handbags. These charming bags are not only a recognized pricey accessory, but also a sort of animalistic sculpture – animals, birds, frogs, animals of different forms chests, baskets, bird cages, bee hives, geometric shapes with various ornaments, made with skill and humor. The famous designer of luxury handbags Judith Leiber was born Judith Peto in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. She started her business in 1963 with her husband. Today her handbags covered in crystals cost several thousand dollars and become a kind of symbol that emphasizes the status of its owner.
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On 3 January 2013, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an Executive Order granting Russian citizenship to the actor. Gerard Depardieu in Russia

Gerard Depardieu in Russia
French actor Gerard Depardieu has always been a very popular person in Russia, there is hardly any other foreign actor who is more loved and known than Depardieu. The actor has appeared in many advertising campaigns, including for Sovietsky Bank’s credit card and is prominently featured on the bank’s home page. He also worked in Russia in 2011 on a film about the last years of the Russian monk Grigory Rasputin. Depardieu has appeared in more than 170 films and has won numerous awards.
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