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Narendra Modi Stadium in the Motera neighbourhood of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, is the largest cricket ground in the world with a seating capacity of 132,000 (or 1.1 lakh) spectators. Previously known as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium and the Motera Stadium, the former, smaller stadium was closed and demolished in 2015 and completely rebuilt as the larger capacity present-day Read more...
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Bogibeel Bridge connects the districts of Dibrugarh and Dhemaji in Assam in the northeast of India. The dual-deck steel truss bridge over the Brahmaputra river carries National Highway 15 on a three-lane upper road deck, and railway trains on the lower deck. At 4.9 kilometres (or 3.1 miles) long, the Bogibeel Bridge is the longest road-and-rail bridge in India. It Read more...
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WFUV radio is located in the basement of Keating Hall on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in the Bronx, New York City. The station moved to its present location in 2005, having previously been based on the third floor of Keating Hall since first signing on in 1947. Owned by Fordham University, WFUV is a listener-supported NPR affiliate Read more...
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Dulles Airport’s IAD identifier is derived from the initial letters of its name, Dulles International Airport. When Dulles originally opened in 1962 it was given the logical airport code DIA. It changed to IAD in 1967 to avoid confusion and accidental fight routing errors with nearby Washington National Airport (now Reagan National Airport) which uses the code DCA. IATA has Read more...
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The iconic section of Lombard Street in San Francisco is the block between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets in the Russian Hill neighborhood. Here, the one-way downhill section snakes its way through a series of eight tight hairpin turns, leading to it being dubbed the Crooked Street. This red-brick-paved section was created in 1922 to make the hill’s steep grade more Read more...
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On 30 January 1969, the Beatles performed live on the rooftop of the headquarters of their media company, Apple Corps, at 3 Savile Row in the Mayfair area of central London. Although pre-planned, the daytime concert was unannounced, but soon drew crowds on the street below. Their set lasted 42 minutes before London’s Metropolitan Police attended the property to request Read more...
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The Farallon Islands lie some 28 miles off the west coast of San Francisco in the Pacific Ocean’s Gulf of the Farallones. On clear days, the group of rocky islands and sea stacks are visible from the mainland as jagged peaks on the horizon, and despite their distance offshore, they are formally part of the City and County of San Read more...
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The San Mateo-Hayward Bridge has a total length of 7 miles (or 11.3 kilometers), making it the longest bridge in California. It carries the six-lane State Route 92 across San Francisco Bay between Foster City on the San Francisco Peninsula and the city of Hayward in the East Bay. The bridge comprises a 1.9-mile highrise orthotropic deck western span and Read more...
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Bratislava Castle houses the Slovak Museum of History which is open to the public by ticket admission or free with the Bratislava Card. Access to the Treasury only is offered at a reduced rate and there is free admission to the entire museum on the first Sunday of every month. Museum admission offers an opportunity to tour the castle’s interior Read more...
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The Rakotz Bridge (Rakotzbrücke) is a stone arch bridge across the Rakotz Lake in Kromlau’s Azalea and Rhododendron Park in the municipality of Gablenz in eastern Saxony, Germany. The bridge’s elegant semi-circular arch forms a complete circle with its reflection in the water on still days, making it a popular location for photography. Because of its delicate structure, access to Read more...
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The Theme Building at Los Angeles International Airport is a futuristic-looking structure, actually constructed in 1961, comprising an elevated circular tower beneath two crossed parabolic arches of stucco-covered steel. The iconic mid-century modernist structure is often described as resembling a UFO or flying saucer on legs, and is an example of the Googie style of architecture common to Southern California Read more...
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Pipe Dream is the student-run newspaper at Binghamton University, which publishes twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays during the spring and fall semesters, except finals week and holidays, and once during the summer break. The newspaper is run entirely by an executive board of BU undergraduates, and all Binghamton students may participate in publication of the paper, which is based Read more...
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On December 21st, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 flying from Frankfurt to Detroit via London Heathrow and New York JFK airports, exploded some 40 minutes after taking off from London. Much of the Boeing 747’s wreckage fell on the town of Lockerbie, Scotland. All 259 people aboard the aircraft died, along with 11 people on the ground in Lockerbie who Read more...
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Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher was born on 21 September 1972 at Saint Mary’s Hospital on Hathersage Road in Manchester. Born William John Paul Gallagher to Irish parents, Peggy and Thomas Gallagher, he is the youngest of their three sons. St Mary’s Hospital was demolished in 2010 to make way for new buildings, including a new Ronald McDonald House providing Read more...
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The Bronze Fonz statue is located on North RiverWalk Way just south of East Wells Street in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The life-size sculpture by Gerald P Sawyer depicts the character Arthur Fonzarelli, also known as The Fonz or Fonzie, played by Henry Winkler in the 1970s television sitcom Happy Days, which was set in 1950s Milwaukee, although never filmed there. Read more...
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Vail allows snowboarding on all of its trails. The Colorado ski resort has plenty of varied terrain to suit all ability levels of snowboarding and offers two freestyle terrain parks: Golden Peak located under the Riva Bahn chairlift, and Avanti Park, which is focused on beginners. Vail first allowed snowboarders on the mountain for the 1988-89 season, following a short Read more...
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The Mercedes-Benz US car manufacturing plant is located in Vance, Alabama, some 19 miles (or 31 kilometers) east of downtown Tuscaloosa, where the GLE, GLE coupé, and GLS model series of SUVs are produced. The US plant was established in 1995 by Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, on around 1,000 acres of land which Alabama donated in order to Read more...
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BBC television presenter and journalist Jill Dando was shot and killed, aged 37, on the doorstep of her home on Gowan Avenue in Fulham, southwest London, on 26 April 1999. As she returned home and approached her front door at about 11:32 am, Dando was pushed to the ground by an assailant who pressed a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol against Read more...
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Former professional American football player Vincent Jackson was found dead, aged 38, in his room at the Homewood Suites hotel in Brandon, Florida, on February 15th, 2021. A few days earlier, he had been spoken to by police at the hotel, located 12 miles east of Tampa, after being reported missing by his family. The wide receiver played college football Read more...
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A Park Pass is required to visit Banff as the town is within the Banff National Park, even if only stopping briefly for food, sightseeing or photo opportunities. The fees are collected by Parks Canada to help maintain the places and services used by visitors. Park passes are charged by the day and must cover at least the duration of Read more...