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Chat Avenue is a web site that hosts chat rooms. A total of 20 chat rooms are available. Originally launched with DigiChat software based on Java, it was subsequently changed and built with 123 Flash Chat, an Adobe Flash -based software for in-browser chat rooms in October 2005. [2] In 2018, new PHP software was added to the website due to ...
Tyrian purple ( Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura ), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish- purple natural dye. The name Tyrian refers to Tyre, Lebanon, once Phoenicia. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Muricidae, rock snails originally known by the name Murex ( Bolinus brandaris, Hexaplex ...
Purple is one of the least used colors in vexillology and heraldry. Currently, the color appears in only four national flags: that of Dominica, Spain, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, and one co-official national flag, the Wiphala (co-official national flag of Bolivia ). However, it is also present in the flags of several administrative subdivisions around the world, as well as flags of political ...
Zhongnanhai ( Chinese : 中南海) is a compound that houses the offices of and serves as a residence for the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the State Council. It was a former imperial garden, and is located adjacent to the Forbidden Palace in Beijing. The term Zhongnanhai is often used as a metonym for China's central government and its leadership at large.
US$8,307,000 (last sale, 8 June 2021, including buyer's premium) [1] [2] The British Guiana 1c magenta is regarded by many philatelists as the world's most famous rare stamp. [3] [4] It was issued in limited numbers in British Guiana (now Guyana) in 1856, and only one specimen is now known to exist. It is the only major postage stamp ever ...
One of the world’s most expensive cities will become more affordable for travelers — if you go green. In a bid to improve on its already green reputation, the tourist board of Denmark's ...
The set has been celebrated by the Monopoly pub crawl, which attempts to visit all the locations on the board and have a drink at a pub in each one. [10] [11] The relative wealth of the various places has changed slightly. Whitechapel Road is now the cheapest (as opposed to Old Kent Road) but Mayfair remains the most expensive; in 2016 an estimate by loan provider West One showed the average ...
Costliest cities in the world. According to the Worldwide Cost of Living 2020 report issued by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), Singapore, Hong Kong, and Osaka share the title of costliest city in the world. [1] The list was prepared based on their Worldwide Cost of Living (WCOL) Index scores. [2] The Worldwide Cost of Living survey was ...