The Pigeon Post House is located at 112 Newton Road, Newton, Auckland, New Zealand, on the corner of Newton Road and Upper Queen Street. From 1897 into...
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distances. Because of this skill, homing pigeons were used to carry messages, a practice referred to as "pigeon post". Until the introduction of telephones...
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Homing pigeons have long played an important role in war. Due to their homing ability, speed, and altitude, they were often used as military messengers...
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The passenger pigeon or wild pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America. Its common name is derived...
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Pigeon keeping or pigeon fancying is the art and science of breeding domestic pigeons. People have practiced pigeon keeping for at least 5,000 years and...
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Pigeon racing is the sport of releasing specially trained homing pigeons, which then return to their homes over a carefully measured distance. The time...
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The pigeon drop or Spanish handkerchief or Chilean handkerchief is a confidence trick in which a mark, or "pigeon", is persuaded to give up a sum of money...
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Pigeon Forge is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 6,343. Situated...
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23, 2015). "Post Malone's Homecoming". Pigeons & Planes. Archived from the original on October 26, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015. "Post Malone on Twitter:...
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Pigeon Street is a British cutout animated children's television series, written by Michael Cole, originally shown on the BBC in 1981 as part of its 'See-Saw'...
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June 3, 1961) was a pigeon noted for his service in the United States Army Pigeon Service. The bird was one of the homing pigeons used during World War...
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Pigeon shooting is a type of live bird wing shooting competition. Traditionally, there are two types of competition: box birds and columbaire. In box birds...
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Fred Gwynne (redirect from A Little Pigeon Toad)
Who Rained, Pondlarker, The Battle of the Frogs and Mice, and A Little Pigeon Toad. Many of these efforts were based on children's frequent misperceptions...
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Pigeonhole principle (redirect from Pigeon hole principle)
that house pigeons. Because furniture with pigeonholes is commonly used for storing or sorting things into many categories (such as letters in a post office...
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453, was a male pigeon of the RAF pigeon service. He was awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery in March 1945 for being the first pigeon to deliver a message...
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Site Three development". Pigeon Post House. On the corner of Upper Queen St and Newton Road is a small wooden Victorian house. Unremarkable in itself,...
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Louis-Joseph Pigeon (7 July 1922 – 2 March 1993) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an agrologist by...
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Spies in Disguise (redirect from Pigeon Impossible)
distributed by 20th Century Fox. Loosely inspired by the 2009 animated short Pigeon: Impossible by Lucas Martell, the film is directed by Troy Quane and Nick...
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The Loud House is an American animated television series created by Chris Savino that premiered on Nickelodeon on May 2, 2016. The series focuses on Lincoln...
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The Pigeon Forge Mill, commonly called the Old Mill, is a historic gristmill in the U.S. city of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. Located along the West Fork...
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of the years, many pigeon-houses were carved into the sides of the valley. Inside were many niches where pigeons could roost. Pigeon guano was widely used...
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B. F. Skinner (redirect from Superstitious pigeon)
animals, the pigeon. Skinner placed a series of hungry pigeons in a cage attached to an automatic mechanism that delivered food to the pigeon "at regular...
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homing pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal Billy, a Second World War homing pigeon awarded the Dickin Medal Broad Arrow, a Second World War homing pigeon awarded...
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adventure. If that interests you send physical letters to Disney! Messenger pigeons! Messenger bird tubes! [edit for spelling]" (Tweet). Archived from the...
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Many films have featured mid- and post-credits scenes. Such scenes often include comedic gags, plot revelations, outtakes, and/or hints about sequels....
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but was a success at the box office. On a beach in the fictional town of Pigeon Creek, Alabama, 10-year-olds Jake Perry (Thomas Curtis) and Melanie Smooter...
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of pigeon droppings, and the heating system often broke down. The GSA held a competition in 1978 to find a partner willing to redevelop the Old Post Office...
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fence on the West Gordon Street (southern) side of the house. It is believed he was hunting pigeons. The tip of one of the two spiked prongs he landed on...
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the bridge Moser Channel swing span in the railroad-era Approaching Pigeon Key post-highway conversion. Guardrails are made up of rails from the former...
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Kererū (redirect from New Zealand Wood Pigeon)
pigeon or wood pigeon is a species of pigeon native to New Zealand. Johann Friedrich Gmelin described the bird in 1789 as a large, conspicuous pigeon...
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