Top ten geek holiday destinations


	Top ten geek holiday destinations
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9-24-2007 2:22 PM
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9-24-2007 5:19 PM
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Location: Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, UK
Reason to visit: German Enigma code was cracked here during WWII
along with the Russians, won WW2 in Europe, with some help from...

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