Eight abandoned construction projects

1. Sanzhi UFO Houses - San Zhi, Taiwan

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These homes were intended to be sold to U.S. military officers when construction began in 1978. In 1980, work was halted due to loss of investment.

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2. Pripyat, Ukraine

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Source: boredpanda.comPripyat, a city of nearly 50,000, was totally abandoned a few days after the nearby Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986.

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3. Ryugyong Hotel - Pyongyang, North Korea

Source: imgur.comThe Ryugyong Hotel is a true display of North Korea's madness. Work started on this 105 story hotel only a few years before a massive famine plagued the country. Abandoned for 16 years, work once again began in 2008, when it was coated in $150 million worth of glass.

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4. Six Flags New Jazz Land - New Orleans, Louisiana

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Severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina, Six Flags New Jazz Land has been abandoned since.

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5. Mirny Diamond Mine - Eastern Siberia, Russia

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The world's second largest man-made hole, Mirny was constructed by Stalin to satisfy the Soviet Union's demand for industrial diamond. Further digging efforts were eventually abandoned.

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6. Aniva Rock Lighthouse - Sakhalinskaya Oblast, Russia

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A formal penal island used by the Russians, Aniva was once sought after by both the Russia and Japan. This now Russian controled territory sits unihabited in the seas between Japan and the eastern coast of Russia. 

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7. Gulliver’s Travels Park - Kawaguchi, Japan

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Constructed in the shadow of Mt Fuji, this theme park opened in 1997. Despite financial help from the Japanese government, it lasted only 10 years before being abandoned.

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8. Bannerman Castle - Pollepel Island, New York

Source: snackish.comBannerman Castle's owner, Francis Bannerman VI, built the structure as storage space after buying the American military surplus from the war with the Spanish. After 200lbs of ammunition exploded in 1920, much of the castle was destroyed and the rest abandoned.

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Do you know how "Black Friday" was named?

The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. Use of the term started before 1961 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation was made: that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss from January through November, and "Black Friday" indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or "in the black".

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