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  2. Mystery Spot - Wikipedia

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    One of the many optical illusions at the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot. The Mystery Spot was opened by George Prather in 1939. Prather was an electrician, mechanic, and inventor who was born near Fresno and moved to Santa Cruz in 1920. He owned a welding shop and repair garage in the area before he opened the Mystery Spot.

  3. Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons - Wikipedia

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    The cartoons were a very precise sketch, in color and real size, of the motif that the weavers had to reproduce. These paintings owe their name of cartoon to the fact that they were usually painted on that material and not on canvas or board. The choice of such a humble support is explained by the fact that these models or patterns were not ...

  4. Santa Cruz, California - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz (Spanish for "Holy Cross") is the largest city and the county seat of Santa Cruz County, in Northern California.As of the 2020 census, the city population was 62,956. [10]

  5. List of Francisco Goya's tapestry cartoons - Wikipedia

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    In general the cartoons are playful and depict the leisure activities of a variety of ages and social classes. Nine are hunting scenes that were for the dining room at the Escorial, which pleased the king's son—the future Charles IV—who was an avid hunter. A further ten were created for the dining room at El Pardo. [13]

  6. Santa Cruz County, California - Wikipedia

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    Santa Cruz County was a Republican stronghold for most of the 19th and 20th centuries; from 1860 through 1980 the only Democrats to carry Santa Cruz were Woodrow Wilson in 1916, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and Jimmy Carter in 1976. [51]

  7. Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - Wikipedia

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    The boardwalk extends along the coast of the Monterey Bay, from just east of the Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf to the mouth of the San Lorenzo River.At the western edge of the park lies a large building originally known as The Plunge, now Neptune's Kingdom, a pirate-themed recreation center which contains a video arcade and an indoor miniature golf course.

  8. Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Wikipedia

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    The Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife ... 1997 – Prehistory: The set was simple: ... 2014 – The Cartoons: This was the first year that the placard of the ...

  9. Christmas Comes to Pac-Land - Wikipedia

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    The ghosts then chase and injure Pac-Man, while Chomp-Chomp takes the sack of toys. The two make it back to Pac-Man's house and return the gifts, and the sleigh has been fixed. Santa says it is too late to save Christmas, but Pac-Man gets an idea that might work. Pac-Man and the gang drive somewhere, but then get cornered by the Ghost Monsters.