Aviva Directory
Aviva Directory
Computers & Internet |
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| Drawing Photoshop Tutorials |
| Learn how to create an old map, smilies, a traffic sign, a shiny bright sun, a cartoon character, a stylish vector t-shirt, Homer Simpson, a love struck smiley, and a security icon. |
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| History & Genealogy |
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| Galveston, Oh Galveston |
| Founded in 1839, Galveston, Texas was the harbor where Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca was shipwrecked in 1528. He and his crew named it Isla de Malhado, which translates to "Isle of Doom." |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| “Corncob Pipe Capital of the World” |
| Washington, Missouri has the distinction of being named the “Corncob Pipe Capital of the World.” The company whose work led to this distinction is the Missouri Meerschaum Company, one of the world’s largest producers of corncob pipes. This town sits in the low hills along the Missouri River. |
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| Sports & Recreation |
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| First Successful “Temporary Insanity” Plea in the United States |
| US Representative Daniel E. Sickles is the first defendant known to have won an acquittal of a first degree murder charge with a plea of not guilty by reason of temporary insanity. In 1859 he shot and killed Philip Barton Key, the son of composer Francis Scott Key, in broad daylight. |
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