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  2. Felix of Cantalice - Wikipedia

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    In Rome, Brother Felix became a familiar sight, wandering barefoot through the streets, with a sack slung over his shoulders, knocking on doors to seek donations. He received permission from his superiors to help the needy, especially widows with many children. It is said that his begging sack was as bottomless as his heart. [3]

  3. Ring-billed gull - Wikipedia

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    The ring-billed gull is a familiar sight in American and Canadian parking lots, where it can regularly be found congregating in large numbers. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] In some areas, it is displacing less aggressive birds such as the common tern .

  4. Raymond Buckland - Wikipedia

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    Buckland also appeared on the Alan Burke talk show, which is when his neighbors discovered that he practiced Wicca. Once 'outed', Buckland purchased and drove around in a hearse, where he was a familiar sight in the community. When Buckland and his wife separated in 1973, they both left the coven. [4]

  5. Barber's pole - Wikipedia

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    A "barber's pole" with a helical stripe is a familiar sight, and is used as a secondary metaphor to describe objects in many other contexts. For example, if the shaft or tower of a lighthouse has been painted with a helical stripe as a daymark , the lighthouse could be described as having been painted in "barber's pole" colors.

  6. Red telephone box - Wikipedia

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    The telephone box is a familiar sight on the streets of the United Kingdom, its associated Crown Dependencies, British Overseas Territories and Malta. Despite a reduction in their numbers in recent years, the traditional British red telephone kiosk can still be seen in many places throughout the UK, and in current or former British colonies ...

  7. Have you seen a 5-foot-5 emu running around? A Puyallup ... - AOL

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    It’s also apparent that emus, unlike cats or dogs, aren’t a familiar sight for everybody. A neighbor reported to Cassidy that she thought she saw the lost animal in a pond.

  8. William F. Kirk - Wikipedia

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    The Norsk Nightingale 1905. William F. Kirk is especially remembered for his Scandinavian dialect poetry, written for a daily column and later published in book form. His byline, "The Norsk Nightingale", was a familiar sight in newspapers across the country.

  9. Rufous hornero - Wikipedia

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    The rufous hornero is a familiar sight over much of its range and has been adopted as the national bird of Argentina and Uruguay. It is not threatened by human activities and is listed as least concern by the IUCN .