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    The term magnate, from the late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus, "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to...
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    Smallwood is a civil parish and small village in the unitary authority of Cheshire East and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. The village is...
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    The River Garw (Afon Garw in Welsh, meaning "rugged river") runs for about 12 miles from its source in the hills north of Blaengarw to the confluence with...
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  • MySQL AB was a Swedish software company founded in 1995. It was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008, Sun was in turn acquired by Oracle Corporation in...
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  • Vivian "Viv" Nicholson (née Asprey; 3 April 1936 – 11 April 2015) was a British woman who became famous when she told the media that she would "spend,...
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    Communic is a Norwegian progressive metal band from Kristiansand. The band was founded in 2003 and has released six albums. The first two have received...
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  • King's Park, Bournemouth is asserted to be a KGVF. However this is subject to confirmation[citation needed] "King George V Playing Field (Ferndown)". Fields...
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  • Pentwyn Dynamos Football Club (Pentwyn Dynamos) is a football (soccer) club from Pentwyn, in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, whose first team play in the...
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    AB Bolinder-Munktell (BM) was a tractor and machines manufacturer founded in Eskilstuna, Sweden in 1932 through the merger of the mechanical companies...
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    50°07′41″N 5°33′14″W / 50.128°N 5.5538°W / 50.128; -5.5538 Heamoor (formerly Hea) (Cornish: An Hay) is a village in Cornwall, England. Formerly a secondary...
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    Shaw National Distribution Centre (also known as Shaw NDC) was a warehouse distribution centre located in Shaw and Crompton, a town in Greater Manchester...
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  • The Stockholm Party (Swedish: Stockholmspartiet) is a Political Party in Sweden, registered for the Municipal and County Council elections. It was founded...
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  • Sång till Skåne (A song for Skåne), or Vackra hembygd, du som vilar is a poem written by Nils Hansson. The author of the music is Joseph Haydn. It is used...
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    50°06′07″N 5°33′07″W / 50.102°N 5.552°W / 50.102; -5.552 Gwavas is a residential council estate on the southern outskirts of the town of Newlyn in west...
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  • Robert Thistlethwayte (baptized 16 December 1690 – c. January, 1744) was the third son of Francis Thistlethwayte (b. 1658) of Winterslow, Wiltshire. He...
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  • Silverscreen was a British chain store brand founded in 2003 in the United Kingdom and focused on films. It was founded by Ernesto Schmitt and Sebastian...
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  • The Loyalist Anti-Repeal Union was an Irish unionist organisation established in 1886 in Ulster. It was created by the most influential Protestant groups...
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  • Cyril Terence "Tom" Delaney (8 January 1911 – 31 August 2006) was a British sportsman and industrialist, perhaps best known in his later years for being...
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