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Compellingly creepy collection of retro mailboxes stands in rural Japanese town【Photos】
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Casey Baseel
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Taipei mailboxes become local attraction after powerful typhoon bends them out of shape【Video】
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Philip Kendall
Aug 10, 2015
Last weekend, Typhoon Soudelor, a powerful storm whose winds were recorded in excess of 230km/h (142mph), tore through the island nation of Taiwan before heading north to batter Southern China. It claimed the lives of at least six people in Taiwan alone, and has left a literal trail of destruction in its wake.
Now that the storm has passed, however, people in the Taiwanese capital of Taipei have been lining up around the block for a unique photo opportunity with a couple of objects which only just survived the powerful winds…
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