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brown’s hotel
from ralph fiennes, the grand budapest hotel posted in movies by pete_nice
Actor Ralph Fiennes worked as a porter at this posh hotel before he started being in the pictures. He would reprise his previous career when he played the concierge, M. Gustave, in the Wes Anderson The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
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from internet posted in technology by pete_nice
With nearly 20 billion pages views per month, craiglist.org is the 10th most popular website in the US, and 37th most popular worldwide. With only 28 employees, the craiglist empire is headquartered at this location.
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from home of the brave posted in radio by pete_nice
Writer/producer Scott Carrier starts teaching journalism at the Utah Valley University campus in the "Najibullah in America" episode of Home of the Brave.
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from this american life posted in radio by pete_nice
In Episode #555 of This American Life, the third act features a story about a family that moves into this building to start a church in the basement. The majority of the town lives in this single building.
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from mahatma gandhi posted in history by pete_nice
Mahatma Gandhi lived at this location (then called the Birla House) for the last 144 days of his life, until he was assassinated here on January 30, 1948. He was 78 years old.
Originally the home of a wealthy Indian family, the Birla House was transformed into the Gandhi Smriti (or Gandhi Remembrance)- a museum and shrine to the slain political and spiritual leader.
The Martyr's Column marks the location where the fifth assassination attempt on Gandhi ended his life.
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