Roller derby is the athletic pursuit that connects Santa Cruz, California and Tacoma, Washington. The Santa Cruz Derby Girls are a prominent amateur league that plays at the Kaiser Permanente Arena, the same venue as the NBA G League's Santa Cruz Warriors. In Tacoma, the Dockyard Derby Dames are a well-known all-female flat track league.
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Hokkien is spoken in both Sabah and Riau. In Sabah, it is one of the Chinese dialects commonly spoken alongside Hakka and Cantonese. Riau also features Hokkien as one of the languages spoken in the region, alongside Minangkabau and various Batak languages.
Duke Ellington, a titan of jazz, performed at both the Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah, Kentucky, and the Morton Building in Athens, Georgia. These venues were integral parts of the "Chitlin' Circuit," a network of theaters and clubs across the United States that hosted African-American musicians and entertainers.
The Amber Road, an ancient trade route, is believed to have been a significant pathway for both Cretans and Celts. Makarska is thought to have been a point used by the Cretans on their way up to the Adriatic, while Bystrzyca Kłodzka was an area where Celts established settlements along this historic route during the Roman Empire.
Roller derby is the athletic pursuit that connects Santa Cruz, California and Tacoma, Washington. The Santa Cruz Derby Girls are a prominent amateur league that plays at the Kaiser Permanente Arena, the same venue as the NBA G League's Santa Cruz Warriors. In Tacoma, the Dockyard Derby Dames are a well-known all-female flat track league.
Hokkien is spoken in both Sabah and Riau. In Sabah, it is one of the Chinese dialects commonly spoken alongside Hakka and Cantonese. Riau also features Hokkien as one of the languages spoken in the region, alongside Minangkabau and various Batak languages.
Duke Ellington, a titan of jazz, performed at both the Hotel Metropolitan in Paducah, Kentucky, and the Morton Building in Athens, Georgia. These venues were integral parts of the "Chitlin' Circuit," a network of theaters and clubs across the United States that hosted African-American musicians and entertainers.
The Amber Road, an ancient trade route, is believed to have been a significant pathway for both Cretans and Celts. Makarska is thought to have been a point used by the Cretans on their way up to the Adriatic, while Bystrzyca Kłodzka was an area where Celts established settlements along this historic route during the Roman Empire.
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What fictional desert planet had filming locations in both Iran and Tunisia?
George Lucas first pictured filming the Tatooine desert scenes for Star Wars in Iran, Libya, or Algeria, but 20th Century Fox turned those locations down. Lucas then chose Tunisia, and even took the name Tatooine from the southern Tunisian town of Tataouine.
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