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Rapper, businessman and community activist Nipsey Hussle was shot dead on March 31st, 2019, outside the Marathon Clothing store he co-owned in a neighborhood strip mall at Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard in South Los Angeles. The 33-year-old, whose real name was Ermias Joseph Asghedom, was taken to hospital where he was declared dead. Eric Holder, reportedly known to Hussle, Read more...
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The railway station connected to Rome’s Leonardo da Vinci Airport (also called Fiumicino Airport) is around a 10 to 15-minute walk after baggage reclaim, following the overhead signs for ‘Trains’. Two train services operate between Fiumicino Airport and Rome city center: The Leonardo Express non-stop airport service to and from Rome’s Termini Station with a journey time of just over Read more...
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Marquette University’s original Tolkien manuscripts are not on display, but microfilm and selected reproductions are held at the Raynor Library’s Department of Special Collections and University Archives. Non-campus visitors must present a valid photo ID at Raynor’s visitor registration counter. The Raynor Library hosts public showings of the original manuscripts on scheduled dates throughout the year. Each date is limited Read more...
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American rapper Huey died on June 25th, 2020, aged 32, after being shot outside a residence in Kinloch, Missouri, some 12 miles (or 19 kilometers) northwest of downtown St Louis. He was taken to hospital but reportedly died shortly after arrival. An unidentified 21-year-old man was also injured in the shooting incident but survived. Huey, whose real name was Lawrence Read more...
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A complete loop of Thetis Lake can be completed in around 1 hour on foot, assuming ground conditions are good. Located 10 kilometres (or 6.5 miles) west of Victoria, BC, Thetis Lake is split into Upper Thetis Lake and Lower Thetis Lake, connected by a narrow culvert. The 4.8 kilometre (or 3 mile) long main trail encircles both lakes, beginning Read more...
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There are 365 steps leading up to the small Calvary Oratory chapel in Pollensa. The base of the Calvary Steps is located next to Pollensa Town Hall and is found by following the street that runs along the left side of the church on Pollensa town square. In the silent Davallament religious ceremony held on Good Friday each year, a Read more...
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Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the United States, both by passenger numbers and aircraft movements. In 2019, Atlanta Airport handled 110.5 million passengers and over 904,000 aircraft movements, averaging some 300,000 passengers and 2,500 airplane arrivals and departures daily. ATL is also currently the busiest passenger airport in the world. Read more...
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American film producer and businessman Steve Bing died on June 22nd, 2020, aged 55, after jumping from the 27th floor of the Ten Thousand apartment building where he lived in the Century City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He had his own production company, Shangri-La Entertainment and among his credits are Executive Producer on the 2000 Sylvester Stallone film Get Read more...
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Parking meters in Manhattan, called Muni Meters, cover groups of parking spaces on a street or parking lot rather than separate meters at each spot. The system requires payment by mobile app, or pay and display where the meters dispense receipts after payment indicating the parking time, which must be displayed on the dashboard of the parked car. If a Read more...
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Dumbo is short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass. This waterfront neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, as the name suggests, sits beneath Manhattan Bridge, sandwiched between the Brooklyn Bridge and the Vinegar Hill neighborhood. It is thought the acronym was coined in the 1970s and use of the name became more popular from the late 1990s when a Read more...
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Former NFL quarterback Tarvaris Jackson died aged 36 on April 12th, 2020 following a single-vehicle car crash. He was driving a red 2012 Chevrolet Camaro at around 8:50 pm which left the road and struck a tree at Pike Road, some 13 miles east of Montgomery, Alabama. He was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead. A former Read more...
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The New York City borough of Brooklyn is named after the town of Breukelen in the Netherlands. In the mid 1600s, Dutch colonists established six settlements in the area of present-day Brooklyn, one of which was called Breuckelen after the Dutch town. After the British gained control of the territory in 1664, the name became anglicized and the six towns Read more...
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The name Canmore is said to be an Anglicised form of the Gaelic Ceann Mór, which broadly translates to great head or hill. Credit for naming the town of Canmore, Alberta in 1884 is given to Donald A. Smith of the Canadian Pacific Railway, who later became Lord Strathcona. A 9th century king in his native Scotland, King Malcolm III, Read more...
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No, drinking alcohol on the beach in Daytona Beach is prohibited in any container. Glass containers and disposable cups are also banned on the beach regardless of beverage. Read more...
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The element berkelium is named after the city of Berkeley, California. Berkelium was first produced in December 1949 by Stanley Thompson, Albert Ghiorso, and Glenn Seaborg in the 60-inch cyclotron housed at the University of California at Berkeley’s Crocker Laboratory. They bombarded americium-241 with helium nuclei (alpha particles) for several hours in the cyclotron to synthesize tiny amounts of the Read more...
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The capital city of Virginia is Richmond. It is the location of the Virginia State Capitol building, seat of the state government of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Richmond replaced Williamsburg as the capital of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia in 1780, and for most of the American Civil War between 1861 and 1865, Richmond was the capital of the Read more...
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The City Beach around Huntington Beach Pier closes at 10 pm and opens at 5 am. No person may be on the beach between these hours. No person can remain on the Pier or Pier Plaza between the hours of midnight and 5 am. No unaccompanied minor may be in any public place or on the premises of any establishment Read more...
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A one-way trip down on the Banff Gondola is available during normal operating hours for half the regular round-trip ticket price. This only applies when hiking up Sulphur Mountain and riding the Gondola down. When taking the Banff Gondola up and hiking down, you must purchase a full-price ticket. Children aged 5 years and under can travel for free on Read more...
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The term Beltway is used to describe the activity of the political establishment concentrated in Washington, DC, such as US federal government officials, lobbyists, consultants, and media commentators. The term comes from Interstate 495 highway, known as the Capital Beltway, which encircles Washington, DC. Inside the Beltway is a common term used to describe political activity that occurs within the Read more...
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Residents can block their own driveway in San Francisco only if the vehicle’s license plate is registered to the building’s address and the building has two or fewer units. The vehicle must be parked parallel to the curb and a street parking permit is not required provided the vehicle fits between the curb cuts where the top of the curb Read more...