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When finally completed, China's Three Gorges Dam will tower 607 feet in the air and weigh more than forty Great Pyramids; along with China's Great Wall, it will constitute of the two man-made objects visible from the moon.
When finally completed, China's Three Gorges Dam will tower 607 feet in the air and weigh more than forty Great Pyramids; along with China's Great Wall, it will constitute of the two man-made objects visible from the moon.
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