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The King pigeon is a breed of pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding primarily as a utility breed. [1] Kings along with other varieties of domesticated pigeons are all descendants from the rock dove (Columba livia).
Pigeon pie is a savoury game pie made of pigeon meat and various other ingredients traditional to French cuisine and present in other European cuisines. [1] It has been eaten at least as early as 1670 in French cuisine.
The 2025 Ferrari Challenge Australasia is the first season of Ferrari Challenge Australasia. The season consists of five rounds, starting at Mount Panorama Circuit on 31 January 2025 and ending at The Bend Motorsport Park on 7 September 2025.
The 2025 Japanese Super Formula Championship is the fifty-third season of premier Japanese open-wheel motor racing, and the twelfth under the moniker of Super Formula. The season started in March at Suzuka Circuit and is due to be contested over 12 rounds in seven race weekends, ending in November at Suzuka. [1] Vantelin Team TOM’S driver Sho Tsuboi entered the season as the defending ...
Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 – May 17, 1947) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States who became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938. A small horse, at 15.2 hands high, [1] Seabiscuit had an inauspicious start to his ...
MV Horizon-1 was a dry bulk cargo ship owned and operated by the Istanbul based Turkish company Horizon Denizcilik İç ve Dış Ticaret A.Ş. (Horizon Maritime Trading Co.). On July 8, 2009, the ship was captured by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. [2] At the time of the seizure, the Horizon-1 ' s crew consisted of 23 Turks including a female third officer. [3] The vessel had experienced a ...
Camel Trophy Land Rover Defender 110 '91 Tanzania-Burundi Communications Unit A pre scout expedition in 1991 in Guyana to explore the route for the Trophy 1992 planned to happen there. The vehicles are Land Rover Defender 110. Camel Trophy was an off-road vehicle-oriented competition that was held annually between 1980 and 2000. [1][2][3] It was best known for its use of Land Rover vehicles ...
This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), able to exceed 320 km/h (200 mph) in its dives. [1][2] A close relative of the common swift, the ...