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  • 22Hurricane Stan — Infobox Hurricane Name=Hurricane Stan Type=hurricane Year=2005 Basin=Atl Image location=Stan 04oct05.jpg Formed=October 1, 2005 Dissipated=October 5, 2005 1 min winds=70 Pressure=977 Da Inflated=2 Fatalities=80 direct, 1,540 2,000 indirect… …

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  • 23Canoe Brook — is a tributary of the Passaic River. It runs behind several municipal buildings in Livingston, New Jersey such as the police station and town hall. Its average depth is about 6 inches (15.2 cm) deep, but its water level can rise to well more than …

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  • 24Corning Museum of Glass — The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, New York, explores every facet of glass, including art, history, culture, science and technology, craft, and design. Tower Sculpture containing 600 glass bowls The Museum is home to the world’s most… …

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  • 25Iron Pagoda — The Iron Pagoda (鐵塔) of Youguo Temple (佑國寺), Kaifeng City, Henan province, is a Buddhist Chinese pagoda built in 1049 AD during the Song Dynasty (960–1279) of China. (The name of the pagoda refers to the color of the building, not the metal.) It… …

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  • 26Lower Town —    The sections of the city that date from the earliest origins of the city constitute the lower town (bas de la ville). The name derives from the area s geographic location in the Senne River valley below the Coudenberg and Treurenberg hills, on …

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  • 272006 Falk Corporation explosion — The 2006 Falk Corporation explosion refers to a large and fatal propane gas explosion at the Falk Corporation facility in the industrial Menomonee River Valley neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on December 6, 2006. Three people were… …

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  • 292008 Tanana Valley flood — Infobox flood image location=2008 Tanana River flood at Nenana.png name= Tanana Valley Flood of 2008 duration=July 28 ndash;Aug. 3, 2008 total damages (USD)=$10 million+ (2008) total fatalities= 0 deaths areas affected= Salcha, Fairbanks,… …

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  • 30Tegucigalpa — Municipio del Distrito Central Municipality of the Central District   City   Tegucigalpa, M.D.C …

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