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Gyllyngvase Beach in Falmouth has a seasonal ban on dogs from 15 May to 30 September between the hours of 10 am and 6 pm daily, but is dog-friendly at all other times. Cornwall Council enforces the ban and may issue a £100 fixed penalty notice to people found in charge of a dog on the beach during prohibited periods. Read more...
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The townsite of Banff, Alberta, has an elevation of 1,383 metres (or 4,537 feet) above sea level. Located in the Rocky Mountains, its elevation makes Banff the highest town in Canada. However, while not technically a town, the hamlet of Lake Louise, Alberta, is higher at 1,540 metres (or 5,053 feet). Read more...
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WNYU-FM is a student-run college radio station owned by New York University, broadcasting to the New York metropolitan area on FM at 89.1 MHz between 4 pm and 1 am weekdays and streaming online 24 hours a day. The station shares the 89.1 FM frequency with WFDU, Farleigh Dickinson University’s radio station, under a shared-time agreement with the FCC, which Read more...
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Actor Michael K Williams was found dead, aged 54, in his penthouse apartment at the Schaefer Landing North condo building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 6th, 2021. The cause of his death was determined to be accidental overdose of fentanyl-laced heroin and he had previously spoken in interviews about his history of drug use. Williams, a native of Brooklyn, rose Read more...
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The American city of Vancouver, Washington, is not named after the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. However, both cities are named after British naval officer Captain George Vancouver who led the expedition between 1791 and 1795 to chart North America’s northwestern Pacific Coast regions. The American city is older than its Canadian counterpart, having been incorporated as the city Read more...
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The Fox affiliate television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, is WVUE, broadcasting on virtual channel 8. Branded as Fox 8, WVUE broadcasts from studios on Norman C Francis Parkway (formerly Jefferson Davis Parkway) in the Gert Town neighborhood of New Orleans, via a transmitter located some 9 miles to the east at 601 Magistrate Street in Chalmette, Louisiana. Read more...
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Dubai is not a country but is a city and capital of the Emirate of Dubai, located on the southeast coast of the Arabian Gulf. Dubai is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, or UAE. The UAE is a country, with each of its constituent emirates governed by a Sheikh, who together form the Read more...
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CKUW radio at the University of Winnipeg broadcasts to the campus and wider community in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba on 95.9 MHz FM, Bell MTS Channel 713, and streaming online. It broadcasts from studios above the 4th floor Buffeteria in Centennial Hall, and transmits from an antenna on top of the Seven Evergreen Place apartment tower in Osborne Village. Read more...
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The BMW Museum in Munich showcases BMW’s history, starting in 1917 when it made aircraft engines, through the introduction of BMW motorcycles in 1923, the first BMW automobile, based on the Austin Seven, in 1928, to BMW Group’s present-day and future vehicles and technologies. Since reopening in 2008 after redevelopment, the museum has two exhibition areas, one housing over 100 Read more...
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Since joining the NHL in 1979, the Edmonton Oilers have won the Stanley Cup five times, in the 1983–84, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, and 1989–90 seasons. Wayne Gretzky captained the Oilers to the first four Stanley Cup victories, before he was traded to the LA Kings during the 1988 off-season. Mark Messier was captain of the team for their last Stanley Read more...
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Between portals, the north tube of the Holland Tunnel, carrying westbound traffic under the Hudson River from Lower Manhattan to Jersey City, is 8,558 feet (or 2,608 meters) long. The south tube, for eastbound traffic leaving New York, is shorter at 8,371 feet (or 2,551 meters) in length. The two tubes of the tunnel run broadly parallel to each other, Read more...
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Zermatt is car-free, so you can only drive as far as the town of Täsch, 5 kilometres (or 3.1 miles) from Zermatt. There, the Matterhorn Terminal train station has 2,100 covered parking spaces in addition to parking offered in Täsch by hotels and taxi operators. From Täsch you can continue to Zermatt by taxi or limousine service, or on the Read more...
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Around 11 pm on April 15th, 2021, Brandon Scott Hole of Indianapolis fired a rifle in the parking lot and inside the FedEx facility near Indianapolis International Airport, killing 8 FedEx employees, before fatally shooting himself inside the building. 19-year-old Hole had previously worked for FedEx although the motive for the mass shooting is not known. The victims were identified Read more...
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La Tomatina tomato-throwing festival is held in the town of Buñol in the province of Valencia, Spain, on the last Wednesday of August each year. The hour-long tomato throwing frenzy in the town square and surrounding streets is part of a week of festivities in Buñol, and has its origins in a spontaneous tomato fight that started during a parade Read more...
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Cheyenne Frontier Days is held at Frontier Park in Cheyenne, Wyoming, beginning on a Friday, over the last full week of July every year. Described as the world’s largest outdoor rodeo, it attracts some 200,000 visitors annually and features rodeo events in the Frontier Park Arena, tours of the Old Frontier Town, carnival rides, and Indian Village exhibits, along with Read more...
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American rapper DMX died, aged 50, on April 9th, 2021, at White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York, following a heart attack. The rap artist and actor, whose real name was Earl Simmons and also went by the name Dark Man X, had been on life support at the hospital after suffering a heart attack at his White Plains Read more...
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The name Roodee for Chester Racecourse in Chester, England, is a corruption of its earlier name, Rood eye, thought to mean Island of the Cross. It is derived from a combination of the Saxon word ‘rood’ for ‘cross’, and the Norse ‘eye’, meaning ‘island’. The racecourse sits on the banks of the River Dee and much of it was under Read more...
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Dogs are permitted in Badlands National Park, South Dakota, provided they are on a leash and owners clean up after them. The weather in Badlands National Park can be hot and dry in summer. Additional water should be brought for dogs as there is none available on the hiking trails. Dog owners should consider the increased likelihood of encounters with Read more...
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The feral donkeys, or burros, in Custer State Park, South Dakota, are descendants of an abandoned herd that used to carry visitors in the park. They are often called the Begging Burros because they congregate at the roadside and approach vehicles on the Wildlife Loop Trail, having learned that visitors will often feed them snacks. Custer State Park occasionally includes Read more...
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KZSU is Stanford University’s radio station, broadcasting to the campus and wider Bay Area on 90.1 MHz FM and streaming online. The station broadcasts a mix of music, sports, news and public affairs programming, including live sports coverage of Stanford games and simulcasts of Palo Alto City Council meetings. Owned by the Board of Trustees of Stanford University, KZSU is Read more...