Japanese Citizens Return $78 Million in Cash Found in Earthquake Rubble
Since the tsunami, the citizens of Japan have turned in thousands of wallets and safes found in the debris, containing over $78 million in cash.
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Pink Floyd together on stage
Last week, during Roger waters concert at O2 in London, David Gilmour and Nick Mason joined him on stage and performed 2 songs together.
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Luxor – Large Amenhotep statue found
The Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced last week a 3400-year-old statue of King Amenhotep III — thought to be the largest of its kind — was discovered in Luxor,
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Homeless Woman Back To Broadway
Last year, Terri White, a 61 woman who was performing on Broadway as a kid, is now back on Broadway, appearing in the musical “Finian’s Rainbow,”the same play she first performed in as a child and opened Thursday in the St. James Theater in New York City.
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2,000-year-old Synagogue Discovered
Near the sea of Galilee, in northern Israel, one of the world’s oldest synagogues from the second temple period was discovered this month.The findings contains mosaic floors and walls covered with frescoes.
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New free live album by Coldplay
The new live album “LeftRightLeftRightLeft” of Coldplay will be available for free download from the bands official site starting from the 15th of May. Also, fans that will attend a show of the new summer tour will receive free physical copy of the album.
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New York literary Collection Saved
A book store, which was closed several years ago, had a huge collection of over 220,000 items. The collection was then stored in a warehouse and the University of Pennsylvania‘s Rare Book and Manuscript Library decided to purchase the items, transferring, cataloging and reserving ths collection. The delivery has been made with 8 trucks carrying 3,800 boxes. This collection is worth over $4 million.
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Inheritance: A 1930 Rare Bugatti car
Dr. Harold Carr from the UK, who died in 2007, left his cars collection to his nephews and nieces, when they opened the garage door they discovered a collection which includes Jaguar E type, Aston Martin and a rare Bugatti car made in the 1930’s, only 17 cars of this model were manufactured and it worth over 3 millions GBP.
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