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10 Most Important Board Games In History

For thousands of years, board games have been a source of entertainment for people across the world. Evidence of board games pre-dates the development of writing—and in many cultures they have even come to have a religious significance. What is particularly striking about a number of these games is how their original ethics and morals have been stripped by big business realising they could make a quick buck off them. Here are ten of the most important board games from ancient and modern history:

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Tafl

Tafl was a very popular game among the Vikings. One player aims to get his king from the centre of the board to the edges, while the other does everything he can to capture him.  Tafl spread across Europe (just like Viking genes) and became the chess of its day; noblemen would boast of their skill on the board. 

Tafl was the inspiration for the game Thud, based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. There is still the occasional World Championship—but the fact that these take place on an island with a population of eighty-six makes me doubt how much of a “world” championship it really is. A bit more pillaging may be in order.

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World's Most Famous and Beautiful Peaks

Most Beautiful Architectures of the World...!!!!!

 

Most Expensive Things in the World

World's most expensive watches!!

Rs 33,77,250

20 World’s Most Visited Museums

Each year, millions of tourists take in beautiful art and artifacts at these top-ranked attractions in London, New York, Paris and Washington, DC. It’s no surprise that the Louvre has yet again claimed the title of the world’s most-visited museum—it’s only the home of the world’s most popular woman: Mona Lisa. This article lists the most visited art museums in the world. Several major art museums, such as the Palace Museum in Beijing, which annually draw close to 12 million visitors, the Vatican Museums of Rome, with 5,078,004 visitors in 2011, and the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico City, with 1,767,092 visitors in 2011, were not included.

01. Musée du Louvre, Paris

The Most Confusing Traffic Junction

The Magic Roundabout in Swindon, England, constructed in 1972, is the most brilliant and at the same time, the most confusing roundabout ever built. The roundabout, named after the popular children's television series by the same name, is located near the County Ground and consists of five mini-roundabouts arranged in a circle. At first sight, it might appear to confuse or amuse new visitors and certainly baffle tourists but once you understand how the roundabout works you will realize how revolutionary the idea is.

Before the roundabout was built, the area had been a motorist's nightmare which routinely failed to handle the volume of traffic which converged on it from five directions. The British Transport and Road Research Laboratory then came up with a brilliant solution.

All they did was combine two roundabouts in one - the first roundabout sends traffic rotating clockwise and the second roundabout, which revolves inside the first, sends traffic anti-clockwise. Vehicles can enter or exit the inner roundabout using any of the five mini roundabouts placed at appropriate positions. The Magic Roundabout is so efficient that the average Swindonian can find his or her passage through one of the town's busiest junctions with ease even at peak times. Forty years on, the Magic Roundabout still works, despite ever-increasing volumes of traffic.

World's Most Expensive License Plate

This No. plate is not made of solid gold - just ordinary aluminum. But it does come with the swagger of being labeled no. "1". And that's evidently worth a record $14.3 million.

'नग्नता' में पवित्रता

भारत को मंदिरों का देश कहा जाता है। यहां पूरी दुनिया में सबसे ज्यादा हिन्दुओं की आबादी रहती है। धर्म में आस्था रखने वाले लोगों के लिए मंदिर पूज्यनीय होते हैं। परंपरा के मुताबिक हर मंदिर में एक भगवान की प्रतिमा होती है, जिसकी पूजा श्रद्घालु करते हैं। 
 
मंदिरों की इस श्रृखंला के बीच कई ऐसे भी मंदिर हैं जो मंदिर के परंपरागत स्वरूप को तोड़ते हैं। ये सभी मंदिर परंपरा और इतिहास से भिन्न हैं। कहीं नग्नता को ही पवित्रता माना जाता है, तो कहीं परंपरा से परे आस्था को तरहीज दी जाती है।
 
आइए ऐसे ही कुछ भारतीय मंदिरों पर नजर डालते हैं-
 1- खजुराहो मंदिर, मध्यप्रदेश 
2- वाइटल ड्यूल मंदिर, उड़ीसा 
3- दशानन रावण मंदिर, कानपुर, यूपी 
4- डॉग टेम्पल, कर्नाटक 
5- सहसराक्षी मेरु मंदिर, आंध्र प्रदेश 
6- राजारानी मंदिर, भुवनेश्वर

Most Dangerous Roads Around The World

World's Most Dangerous and Controversial Zoo - Lujan Zoo in Argentina

This controversial zoo in Argentina allows tourists to have extremely close encounters with some of the most dangerous predators in the world.

World's Most Tattooed Woman - Julia Gnuse

Julia Gnuse - nicknamed the ' illustrated lady ' - has 95 per cent of her body covered in ink, ranging from jungle scenes and cartoons to her favorite actors.

Miss Gnuse, from California, got her first tattoo 20 years ago and when she was 35, she started getting tattoos on her legs after developing a skin condition called porphyria, which causes the skin to blister when exposed to sunlight and became addicted to body art after first getting tattoos on her legs.

Most Expensive

Good things in life don't come cheap. Here, a list of some 'most expensive' things available in the market. Bizarrely exorbitant!! 

Most expensive shoes: 1 million pounds 
 
Would you feel like a princess or what when you wear something worth 1m pounds? The most expensive shoes in the world were on sale at Harrods in London. After a photo-call for the press, the shoes were locked away in a bullet-proof case where they will be guarded round-the-clock. The shoes, inspired by the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz, were woven from platinum thread and set with 642 rubies. They were designed by Stuart Weitzman.