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Rapala (/ ˈ r æ p ə l ɑː / RAP-ə-lah) [1] is a fishing product manufacturing company based in Finland. It was founded in 1936 by Lauri Rapala, who is credited for creating the world's first floating minnow lure carved from cork with a shoemaker's knife, covered with chocolate candy bar wrappers and melted photography film negatives, for a protective outer coating. [2]
The Original Floater is a wobbler type of fishing lure, manufactured by Rapala. It is modeled after the first lure created by founder Lauri Rapala, in Finland in 1936. That prototype was made of cork wrapped in tinfoil and covered in melted film negatives as a cheap alternative to lacquer. Today, the original floater is made in seven different ...
Lauri Rapala. Lauri Rapala (1905–1974) was a Finnish fisherman, inventor and the founder of Rapala -Normark Group, the world's largest fishing lure and tackle producer. He died in 1974 at the age of 69. During the course of his life, he married once and fathered seven children. [1] He created one of the first artificial fishing lures in 1936 ...
Local holiday. September 7. Website. www.cm-vn.pt. Vendas Novas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvẽdɐʒ ˈnɔvɐʃ] ⓘ) is a municipality in the District of Évora in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 11,846, [1] in an area of 222.39 km 2. [2] The city has 10,235 inhabitants. The present Mayor is Luís Dias, elected by the Socialist Party.
NA: April 10, 2007 (X360) [3] Genre (s) Sports. Mode (s) Single Player. Rapala Tournament Fishing is a fishing video game developed by Fun Labs and Magic Wand Productions and sponsored by Rapala. It was released by Activision on Wii and Xbox 360 in 2006-2007.
File:Rapala Logo.svg. File. File history. File usage. Global file usage. Size of this PNG preview of this SVG file: 386 × 118 pixels. Other resolutions: 320 × 98 pixels | 640 × 196 pixels | 1,024 × 313 pixels | 1,280 × 391 pixels | 2,560 × 783 pixels. Original file (SVG file, nominally 386 × 118 pixels, file size: 7 KB) This is a ...
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This is a list of supermarket chains in Portugal. Aldi - 137 stores [1] Amanhecer - ~330 stores. Apolonia Supermercados - 3 stores. Auchan (formerly known as Jumbo) - 111 stores [2] Continente - 369 stores [3] Coviran - 179 stores in Portugal [4] Dia - 487 stores [5]