Online fame drives visitors to museum showcasing oddly shaped rocks

Online fame drives visitors to museum showcasing oddly shaped rocks

Photo taken Oct. 25, 2016, at Chichibu Chinsekikan (Chichibu museum of rare rocks) in Chichibu, northwest of Tokyo, is an exhibit titled "Elvis Presley," a rock that looks like a man sporting a pompadour hairstyle. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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