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You could be forgiven for thinking it was the recently minted Candian $1m gold coin but the title goes to the The St Gaudens 1933 $20 Gold Double Eagle which sold at auction on eBay for $7.6m.
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MOST VALUABLE GUITAR
Indisputedly the Pinta Island tortoise is the rarest animal in the world. One of the few surviving Galapogos species, Lonesome George is the last of his kind. Scientists are offering $10,000 for a female.
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The Bank of China Tower is 72 stories tall, measuring 369 meters or 1,209 feet and cost $1 billion USD to build. The Freedom Tower on the site of the WTC was expected to surpass it - and may well do so, given that the project is so far behind it wonÕ t be finished till 2018.
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It had to be a Fender Strat, made famous by the original guitar hero, Hendrix. One example signed for the Reach Out to Asia campaign by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page and Brian May sold for a record $2.7m.
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LARGEST CIGAR
Mervis Diamond Importers plan to release their new diamond iPad in June this year. The Mervis Diamond iPad features 11.43 carats of diamonds, set by hand in a micro-pave style. The diamonds are graded G/H in color and VS2/SI1 in clarity.
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MOST STUNNING SKYLINE
There are many contenders for the throne but Pink Sands Beach in Barbados holds the crown. Named for its three miles of sand coloured with shells of microscopic sea animals. Celebs such as Robin Williams, Susan Sarandon, and Keith Richards are all regulars.
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SMALLEST JET PLANE
Patricio Pena of Puerto Rico rolled a 62.5 foot cigar and enterred the Guiness Book of World Records.The cigar took 10kg of tobacco and 100 leaves to make.
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The skyline of Hong Kong seems to capture the imaginations of most of the worldÕ s travel journos as the most spectacular. The view of Hong Kong Island from Kowloon across Victoria Harbor is epic in scale and style.
The Bede was built by one Juan Jimenez at his home in Puerto Rico. It weighs a miniscule 162 kg. Measuring only 12 feet in length, it wings span a tiny 17 feet. Incredibly it can fly at up to 300mph.
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