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2. Richard Petty - Wikipedia

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   Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed " the King ", is an American former stock car racing driver who competed from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notably driving the No. 43 Plymouth / Pontiac for Petty Enterprises. He is one of the members of the Petty ...

3. Orographic lift - Wikipedia

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   Orographic lift. A gravity wave cloud pattern—analogous to a ship wake —in the downwind zone behind the Île Amsterdam, seen from above over the far southern Indian Ocean. The island generates wave motion in the wind passing over it, creating regularly spaced orographic clouds. The wave crests raise and cool the air to form clouds, while ...

4. Ghost Town Village - Wikipedia

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   Ghost Town Village (formerly "Ghost Town in the Sky at Ghost Mountain Park") is an abandoned Wild West -themed amusement park in Maggie Valley, North Carolina, United States whose status is currently, as of March 2023, the subject of an ongoing lawsuit. [1] It sits atop Buck Mountain, with a top elevation of 4,650 ft (1,420 m).

5. Land of Oz (theme park) - Wikipedia

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   The Land of Oz is a theme park based on L. Frank Baum 's Land of Oz books, located in the resort town of Beech Mountain, North Carolina, US. Carolina Caribbean Corporation opened it in 1970 under the guidance of Grover Robbins, who had been successful with Tweetsie Railroad. Designed by Jack Pentes, the park was fully operational until 1980.

6. Appalachian temperate rainforest - Wikipedia

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   The Appalachian temperate rainforest or Appalachian cloud forest is located in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the eastern United States and is among the most biodiverse temperate regions in the world. [5][7] Centered primarily around Southern Appalachian spruce–fir forests between southwestern Virginia and southwestern North Carolina ...

7. Greensboro Grasshoppers - Wikipedia

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   The Greensboro Patriots joined the Carolina Association as charter members in 1908 and began a run of 10 straight seasons in pro ball. The league was reorganized as the North Carolina Association for 1913 and renamed itself the North Carolina State League in 1916. The league played one more season and then disbanded after 1917.