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Chunks of the Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is surely one of the wonders of the architectural world. It's so long, and it was built so long ago. Impressive, sure. But we had no idea that some of the priceless parts have been taken down in recent years. Why would that happen? Well, 5,000 miles of responsibility sometimes means that the bad parts need to go. It was a tough decision, we are sure.

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The Chinese government noticed that some of the wall was crumbling due to natural causes. There was also some damage from vandalism, believe it or not. For now, we are happy to report most of it still exists in all its original glory.