Playa de Las Teresitas: A Famous European Fake Beach Made From Sahara Desert Sand
One of the Canary Islands' most famous man-made beaches, Playa de Las Teresitas in Tenerife, Spain, was created in the 1970s using desert sand from the Western Sahara.
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"4 Children for Sale": The Tragic Story Of the Siblings Sold In Iconic 1948 Photo
In 1948, a photo was published of a Chicago woman apparently selling her children. Here’s what happened to the kids afterward.
A Tale Of Two Hands: A Starving Boy and a Missionary in Uganda
This iconic photo was taken in Karamoja, Uganda in 1980
8 Year Old Chess Prodigy Defeats Multiple Chess Masters at Once in France
Samuel Reshevsky, at age eight, giving a simultaneous exhibition in France, 1920. He defeated everyone in this picture.
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Playa de Las Teresitas: A Famous European Fake Beach Made From Sahara Desert Sand
"4 Children for Sale": The Tragic Story Of the Siblings Sold In Iconic 1948 Photo
A Tale Of Two Hands: A Starving Boy and a Missionary in Uganda