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A 55 feet high (16m) glass church in the shape of a high-heeled shoe has been built in Taiwan, apparently in a bid to attract more women. A huge glass… what?Yes, you read that right: a glass church, shaped just like a vast high-heeled shoe as if lost by a titan Cinderella while racing through the coastal province of Chaiyi. Made out of over 320 tinted glass panels, the shiny blue building measures more than 36 feet (10m) wide and cost about $686,000 dollars.

The wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was held on Saturday, May 19, 2018 in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in the United Kingdom. The groom, Prince Harry, is a member of the British royal family; the bride, Meghan Markle, is an American former actress. On the morning of the wedding, Prince Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, conferred upon him the titles of Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. On her marriage, Markle became known as Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, officiated at the wedding.

We’ve all heard awful pick-up lines. And we’ve probably used some terrible ones ourselves. Fortunately, we have millennia of literature to show us how to do it right. Here are some of the best lines from beloved characters and authors—master wordsmiths who’ve made generations of men and women fall in love with them.

Cary Grant’s ‘friendship’ with the devastatingly handsome Randolph Scott was remarkably open and fairly candid in the dangerously oppressed 1930s.There were several photo shoots for the fan magazines of the two ‘merry bachelors,’ who for several years shared a beach house in Santa Monica, as well as a mansion in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, which was commonly referred to in the press as ‘Bachelor Hall,’ both before, during, and after their seven marriages to women they had seven between them.

The Cerne Giant is an ancient naked figure sculpted into the chalk hillside above Cerne Abbas in Dorset. Standing at 180ft tall the Cerne Giant is Britain’s largest chalk hill figure and perhaps the best known. Many theories have surrounded the giant’s identity and origins, including ancient symbol of spirituality, likeness of the Greco-Roman hero Hercules, mockery of Oliver Cromwell and fertility aid. In 2021, after extensive scientific analysis, National Trust archaeologists concluded the giant was probably first constructed in the late Saxon period. Above the giant is a rectangular earthwork enclosure, known as the Trendle, which is believed to date back to the Iron Age. It is still used today by local Morris Dancers as a site for May Day celebrations.