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Auburn University’s athletics teams, known as the Tigers, have only one mascot, Aubie the Tiger. “War Eagle” is Auburn University’s battle cry and fight song, and at the beginning of Tigers football games at Auburn’s Jordan-Hare Stadium an eagle is released to circle the stadium. However, despite being symbolic of Auburn’s battle cry, the eagle is not a mascot, and Read more...
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For the TigerTown Shopping Center in Opelika, Alabama, on Interstate 85 take Exit #58 for US-280 West toward Opelika. From the exit ramp, turn on to Gateway Drive towards Opelika. The TigerTown Shopping Center is located adjacent to the intersection. The million-square-foot outdoor shopping mall opened in 2004 and is anchored by retailers such as Kroger, Home Depot, Target, and Read more...
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Auburn University uses private cleaning crews to remove the toilet paper hanging from the trees at Toomer’s Corner after the Auburn fans’ tradition of ‘rolling’ to celebrate a win by the university’s sports teams. After a team victory, two live oak trees standing at the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and College Street have long been a gathering point on campus 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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Jazz pianist and singer Nat King Cole was born on March 17th, 1919 in a house at 1524 St John Street in Montgomery, Alabama, located where the ASU Stadium stands today. The house was saved from demolition and has since been acquired by Alabama State University who relocated it in 2000 to the corner of Harris Way and North University Read more...