‘Homesick Hachiko’
It reuses a pedestal once occupied by a bronze statue of Hachi which was lost during World War II, melted down, and surrendered as scrap metal.
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Distantly-related animals like octopuses, rats, zebrafish, and zebra finches, separated by hundreds of millions of years of evolution, experience some type of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, the phase in which dreams are likelier to occur.
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Bred by Indigenous communities throughout much of the Upper Midwest, the stout ponies spent their summers roaming nearby woods and, in the winter months, helped pull lumber and performed other tasks.
Verviers Station’s Comical Hare and Tortoise Bas-relief
In 1843, its convenient location along the first international railway line linking the port of Antwerp in Belgium with Aachen in Germany, made it a prime prospect for future development.
‘Embracing Peace’
The statue depicts a kiss between a sailor (George Mendosa) and a dental assistant (Grete Zimmer Friedman) on the declaration of the end of the war with Japan in 1945.
Iwakiyama Shrine
The site of another legend can be found just beside the main building, as part of a shrine to the “Dragon God of the White Cloud.” It is actually dedicated to Kuniyasu-tamahime, a local dragon-maiden who was chosen by Ōkuninushi-no-kami, one of the major deities of Japanese mythology, to be his wife when he came to bless Mount Iwaki.
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There are even special bentos filled with regional foods for the curious traveler to try, that in Osaka might hold takoyaki (octopus balls) or wagyu beef in Yamagata Prefecture.
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The brush heads of the SURI electric toothbrush are made from plant-based corn starch and the bristles are from castor oil – materials that are bio-based as opposed to petroleum-based plastics.
Wolford Chapel
Simcoe’s compassion is further illustrated by the fact he is also recognized as sending the first documented Valentine’s Day letter in the United States.
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These truffle-like balls of cocoa powder and condensed milk were dubbed brigadeiros after Eduardo Gomes, a candidate and Air Force brigadier, and sold at his rallies during the first national election in which all Brazilian women could vote.
Murales de San Isidro
Years of fighting and poor treatment had left him weak, and Hernandez died in 1942, after succumbing to tuberculosis while in Alicante Prison.
Castner Glacier Ice Cave
The melting ice creates a roaring creek the color of chocolate milk that, at times, can feel like it slightly shakes the ground.