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  2. Great Wall of China - Wikipedia

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    The Great Wall of China cannot be seen by the naked human eye from the Moon. [71] Even though the myth is thoroughly debunked, it is still ingrained in popular culture. [72] [73] The apparent width of the Great Wall as seen from the Moon would be the same as that of a human hair viewed from 3 km (2 mi) away. [74]

  3. North Haven, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    North Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States on the outskirts of New Haven. The town is part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region . As of the 2020 census , it had a population of 24,253.

  4. History of the Great Wall of China - Wikipedia

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    Course of the Wall throughout history. The history of the Great Wall of China began when fortifications built by various states during the Spring and Autumn (771–476 BC) [1] and Warring States periods (475–221 BC) were connected by the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, to protect his newly founded Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) against incursions by nomads from Inner Asia.

  5. List of walls - Wikipedia

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    Part of the southern section of the Chester city walls showing the base of a former drum tower and the River Dee The Roman walls of Lugo are a UNESCO World Heritage Site The Walls of Ston are a series of defensive stone walls, originally more than 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) long, that surrounded and protected the city of Ston, in Dalmatia, part of the Republic of Ragusa, in what is now southern ...

  6. Simatai - Wikipedia

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    A stretch of the Great Wall at Simatai Another stretch of the Great Wall at Simatai. Simatai (Chinese: 司马台; pinyin: Sīmǎtái), a section of the Great Wall of China located in the north of Miyun District, 120 km northeast of the city center of Beijing, holds the access to Gubeikou, a strategic pass in the eastern part of the Great Wall ...

  7. 25+ Restaurants That Got Famous For Just One Iconic Dish - AOL

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    Many restaurants serve great hamburgers, but Louis' Lunch in New Haven claims to have created the hamburger sandwich in 1895 and makes it the same today: cooked in a vertical grill, topped with ...

  8. Shanhai Pass - Wikipedia

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    In 1961, the pass was selected as a Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level by the State Council of China, [1] and it was listed as a World Heritage Site as part of the Great Wall by UNESCO in 1987. [2] The pass is a popular tourist destination at the eastern terminus of the Ming Great Wall.

  9. Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall - Wikipedia

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    The Hercules–Corona Borealis Great Wall (HCB) [1] [5] or simply the Great Wall [6] is a galaxy filament that is the largest known structure in the observable universe, measuring approximately 10 billion light-years in length (the observable universe is about 93 billion light-years in diameter).