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TIL some experts believe Stonehenge was designed to line up perfectly with the sunrise on the summer solstice (21st June) as a symbol of fertility. The outer 'male' stone casts a phallic shadow that penetrates the inner stone circle and hits the recumbent ‘female’ altar stone.

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