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Gravity hill in Shullsburg, WI. Photo: Benjamin Haines.

What are Gravity Hills?

March 14, 2016March 12, 2016 by Elizabeth Borneman

There are hundreds of gravity hills around the world and they are characterized as places where a geographical optical illusion has been created.

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