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The pilgrimage route to the summit of Mount Ishizuchi, Japan involves climbing up 166 meters of metal chains.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Ishizuchi

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Exhibits in the Lao National Museum, Vientiane include socks worn by Politburo members during a prison escape.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Vientiane

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The dome of Mills Observatory, a free, public astronomical observatory in Dundee, Scotland, is made of papier-mâché.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Dundee

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Chateau Louis Liquor Store in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was the scene of a whiskey kidnapping, as a bottle of rare malt was stolen and held for ransom.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Edmonton

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A church in Almaty, former capital of Kazakhstan, was built in 1870 without using nails.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Almaty

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The Berjaya Time Square shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur has a five-story indoor rollercoaster.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Kuala_Lumpur

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Driving a dirty car in Oman is illegal and may render you a fine.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Oman

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Ice fishing is a popular winter pastime in Sudbury, Ontario - but ice fishing huts must be off the ice by March 1st.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Sudbury_%28Ontario%29

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With an average annual temperature of -1.3°C, the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar has the dubious distinction of being the world's coldest capital.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Ulaanbaatar

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Using light aircraft, Tamil Tiger rebels have bombed a military airbase near Sri Lanka's main international airport in Colombo. Many flights to and from the island have been suspended.

• original URL: http://wikitravel.org/en/Travel_news#Military_airbase_near_Colombo_airport_bombed