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Sunday, 28 March 2010

BBC News Player - Easter Island - a new wonder?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6220000/newsid_6225200/6225200.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&ms3=6&ms_javascript=true&bbcws=2
So...erm, there are 8 Seven Wonders of the World?
(Why not choose 10?... or 11?)
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  1. John Bush29 March 2010 at 04:45

    This one goes to seven.

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  2. Peter S29 March 2010 at 07:51

    Is there a Good Friday Island, just before you get there?

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  3. Michael *29 March 2010 at 08:26

    Well, there's a Christmas Island, but it's a good way past it.

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  4. Andrew C29 March 2010 at 08:53

    As the Goodies pointed out, there's an "August Bank Holiday Island" between Christmas Island and Easter Island. (I even remember their National Anthem: "God Save Our August Bank Holiday Island King, Long Live Our August Bank Holiday Island King, God Save Our .... etc)

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  5. Peter S29 March 2010 at 09:47

    {smacks forehead} I'd forgotten about the Goodies.

    There is also, of course, Ascension Island.

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  6. Andrew C29 March 2010 at 11:15

    St Patrick's Ireland, anyone?
    And where would the Internet be without Tuvalu and its domain...

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  7. Andrew C29 March 2010 at 11:24

    ...And we're back in the room with the above image with the Marshall Islands

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  8. Andrew C2 April 2010 at 06:36

    8 Wonders of the Solar System, Made Interactivehttp://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=8-wonders

    via MeFi
    http://www.metafilter.com/90640/8-Wonders-of-the-Solar-System

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  9. Paul M3 April 2010 at 07:33

    Neat. I especially liked the Big Red Spot and the Mecury sunrise.

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