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  2. Switzerland offers $60K cash prize for ideas to rid its ... - AOL

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    Switzerland is offering a cash prize for solutions to remove munitions from its lakes. The ammo was dumped in lakes between 1918 and 1964 as the Swiss military believed it to be safe.

  3. Manoir de Ban - Wikipedia

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    The Manoir de Ban, or Champ de Ban Estate Manor, is a manor house located at Corsier-sur-Vevey on the banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland.The property is known for having been Charlie Chaplin's home for 25 years, from 1952 until his death in 1977. [1]

  4. List of Swiss inventions and discoveries - Wikipedia

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    Pre-operative preparation of patients to receive anaesthesia to avoid aspiration of gastric content [25] Reduction technique for shoulder dislocation [25] Thiroidectomy [25] Surgical tools Artery clamp [15] Bowel clamp [25] Craniometer [25] Kidney holding forceps [25] Scissors chisels and files [25]

  5. List of tallest buildings in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of tallest buildings in Switzerland. All buildings over 80 m (262 ft) are listed. All buildings over 80 m (262 ft) are listed. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, steeples, chimneys and other tall architectural structures.

  6. Switzerland plans revamp of Cold War-era nuclear bunker network

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    Thanks to a 1963 law, Switzerland is already ahead of neighbours like Germany. Each of its 9 million residents, including foreigners and refugees, is guaranteed a spot in a bunker to protect them ...

  7. Motorways of Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    The Swiss autobahn/autoroute network has a total length (as of April 2012) of 1,763.6 kilometres (1,095.9 miles), of the planned 1,893.5 kilometres (1,176.6 miles), and has, by an area of 41,290 km 2, also one of the highest motorway densities in the world with many tunnels. There are 200 tunnels with a total length of 220 kilometres (140 miles ...

  8. I moved around Europe for 6 months. If I had to pick a place ...

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    Here's why I'd move there if given the chance. Prague is incredibly walkable and has great public transportation. I loved walking around Prague. Courtesy of Emily Pogue.

  9. List of highest paved roads in Switzerland - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of the highest paved roads in Switzerland. It includes paved roads in the Alps that are over 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) long and whose culminating point is over 1,850 metres (6,070 feet) above sea level. This height approximately corresponds to that of the highest major settlements in the country. [1]