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TIL about the Richat Structure, "Eye of the World" in the Sahara desert

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epB8J TIL Much of old Lisbon is prefabricated. Following the destruction of the 1755 earthquake these Pombaline buildings (named after the first Marquês de Pombal) are four story wooden framed structures made in parts elsewhere and ensembled into blocks on an exact grid.
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