I hate the Daily Mail. But this is interesting...

I hate the Daily Mail. It spreads hate. But they do have some interesting articles.

Here they are, presented outside of a right wing, small minded, backward facade.

Let me take their advert money.

Wednesday 13 February 2008

Amazing moment the world's biggest Christ was struck by lightning

This was the dramatic scene as the world's largest statue of Jesus was hit by lightning.

The bolt parted the thunderclouds over Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to strike Christ the Redeemer.

The statue is 130ft tall, is made of 700 tons of reinforced concrete and stands atop the 2,296ft Corcovado mountain overlooking the city.

christ statue

Heavens above: The statue is struck during Sunday's storms

It was named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.

Sunday's storm caused havoc in Rio, felling trees in several neighbourhoods - but did not damage the statue.

This amazing photograph gives whole new meaning to the phrase "May God strike me with lightning if..."

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