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  2. Seven Cities of Gold - Wikipedia

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    In the turn-based strategy game Sid Meier's Colonization (1994), scouting lost city ruins (tiles in the map) may result in finding one or more of the Seven Cities of Cibola, granting the player a treasure with a huge amount of gold. The Western genre game Gun centers on a land baron's search for Quivira in the 1880s.

  3. List of nicknames of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Great Manager[ 43] The Little Magician, given to him during his time in the state of New York, because of his smooth politics and short stature. [ 45][ 46] Machiavellian Bellshazzar, given to him by detractors [ 47] Martin Van Ruin[ 43] The Master Spirit[ 43] Matty Van from "Tippecanoe Songs of 1840" [ 48]

  4. D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm - Wikipedia

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    On 18 August 1942, a day before the Dieppe raid, 'Dieppe' appeared as an answer in The Daily Telegraph crossword (set on 17 August 1942) (clued "French port"), causing a security alarm. The War Office suspected that the crossword had been used to pass intelligence to the enemy and called upon Lord Tweedsmuir, then a senior intelligence officer ...

  5. Chris McCandless - Wikipedia

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    Billie McCandless. Christopher Johnson McCandless ( / məˈkændlɪs /; February 12, 1968 [ 1] – c. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym " Alexander Supertramp ", [ 2] was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. McCandless is the subject of Into the Wild, a nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer that ...

  6. Location hypotheses of Atlantis - Wikipedia

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    Location hypotheses of Atlantis. A map showing the supposed extent of the Atlantean Empire. From Ignatius L. Donnelly 's Atlantis: the Antediluvian World, 1882. [ 1] There are several hypotheses about real-world events that could have inspired Plato 's fictional story of Atlantis, told in the Timaeus and Critias.

  7. Oh snap! Jets' Thomas Hennessy details what goes into ... - AOL

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    Thomas Hennessy's journey to the NFL began with one big snap decision in high school. Hennessy wanted to be part of Don Bosco Preparatory's team in Ramsey, New Jersey, and contribute, even if it ...

  8. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  9. 'The crew is vomiting': United Airlines flight diverted after ...

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    The crew is vomiting and passengers all around are asking for masks, etc." says a voice on the recording, presumably from the flight crew. RadarBox credited the recording to @Thenewarea51, which ...