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London’s Olympic Stadium to Be Made Out of Recycled Guns and Knives!

01/20/2010
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  • London Olympic Stadium Construction-1
    As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be <strong>made out of recycled guns and knive</strong>s! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!
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  • London Olympic Stadium Construction-2
    As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be <strong>made out of recycled guns and knive</strong>s! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!
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  • London Olympic Stadium Construction-4
    As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be <strong>made out of recycled guns and knive</strong>s! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!
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  • Rendering of London Olympic Stadium-1
    As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be <strong>made out of recycled guns and knive</strong>s! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!
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  • Rendering of London Olympic Stadium-2
    As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be <strong>made out of recycled guns and knive</strong>s! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!
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  • Rendering of London Olympic Stadium-3
    As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be <strong>made out of recycled guns and knive</strong>s! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!
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  • London Olympic Stadium Confiscated Guns
    As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be <strong>made out of recycled guns and knive</strong>s! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!
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London Olympic Stadium Construction-1

As the world eagerly awaits the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, London is ramping up their own construction plans for the 2012 Olympics. And we just learned this exciting little tidbit about the super sustainable Olympic Stadium currently being built there that makes us even more anxious to see it - it's going to be made out of recycled guns and knives! That's right, confiscated weapons from the Metropolitan Police Department are being melted down into scrap metal and used to help build the stadium. That's an anti-weapons and recycling program all rolled into one!

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