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  2. Gravity hill - Wikipedia

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    Water appearing to run uphill at Magnetic Hill in New Brunswick Magnetic Hill in Moncton, Canada. A gravity hill, also known as a magnetic hill, mystery hill, mystery spot, gravity road, or anti-gravity hill, is a place where the layout of the surrounding land produces an illusion, making a slight downhill slope appear to be an uphill slope.

  3. List of gravity hills - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of gravity hills and magnetic hills around the world.. A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill.

  4. Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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    The repetitive inhalation–exhalation cycle is described esoterically in the myth as an up–down motion of Sisyphus and his boulder on a hill. In experiments that test how workers respond when the meaning of their task is diminished, the test condition is referred to as the Sisyphusian condition.

  5. Magnetic Hill (Moncton) - Wikipedia

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    The Magnetic Hill is a Canadian gravity hill, a type of optical illusion created by rising and descending terrain. It is located at the northwestern edge of the city of Moncton in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The general area is at the base of a ridge named "Lutes Mountain", which rises several hundred feet above the surrounding ...

  6. Magnetic Hill (India) - Wikipedia

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    Magnetic Hill in Ladakh, India. A sign board near the Magnetic Hill in Ladakh, India. Magnet Hill is a gravity hill located, near Leh in Leh district of Ladakh, India. [1] The layout of the area and surrounding slopes create the optical illusion of a hill. The hill road is actually a downhill road.

  7. Magnetic Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Magnitnaya Mountain is a group of mountains: Atach, Dalnyaya, Uzyanka (the Magnetic itself), Ezhovka and Beryozovaya. The area is approximately 25 km 2.. Magnitnaya is located in the band of sedimentary (limestones, sandstones) and effusive strata of Lower Carboniferous age, broken by granite, diabases and other eruptive rocks.

  8. The Myth of Sisyphus - Wikipedia

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    The absurd lies in the juxtaposition between the fundamental human need to attribute meaning to life and the "unreasonable silence" of the universe in response. [1] Camus claims that the realization of the absurd does not justify suicide, and instead requires "revolt". He then outlines several approaches to the absurd life.

  9. Sigiriya - Wikipedia

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    The Lion Gate and Climbing Stretch. In 1831 Major Jonathan Forbes of the 78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot of the British Army, while returning on horseback from a trip to Pollonnuruwa, encountered the "brushwood-covered summit of the rock of Sigiri". [10] Sigiriya came to the attention of antiquarians and, later, archaeologists.