Which was by the way a world record! Way to spoil a once-in-a-lifetime moment...
5 years after the Olympic Games, these stadiums are only a shadow of what they used to be with many standing empty and long abandoned.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat team constructed this make-shift Afghan town in Hohenfels Germany where the local Afghans are portrayed by Germans. The village is part of a training program for US soldiers.
The Goteik viaduct was constructed in Myanmar in the year 1899 by the Pennsylvania and Maryland Bridge Construction. The line was built as a way for the British Empire to expand their influence in the region and measures 2,260 ft (689 metres) in length and is situated roughly 820 ft (250 metres) above the ground.
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