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Shabandar Cafe, Baghdad ๐ฎ๐ถ
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Opened in 1917 on Al-Mutanabbi Street near the Tigris, Shabandar Cafe is one of Baghdadโs oldest cultural cafes. For decades, it has been a meeting place for writers, poets, intellectuals, and regulars who come for tea, conversation, and newspapers.
Despite surviving wars and the 2007 bombing that killed four sons and a grandson of its longtime owner Haj Mohammed Al-Kheshali, the cafe continues to stand as a living part of Baghdadโs daily life, with walls lined with old photographs and memories of the city.
Photo by Abdullah Dhiaa Al-Deen (@abdullalii)
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Across the globe, enjoying fried dough treats like Dutch oliebollen or ring-shaped donuts is a popular New Year's Eve tradition believed to bring good luck.
These sweet delicacies often symbolize the year coming full circle and are eaten to ensure prosperity and financial abundance in the months ahead.
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Celebrating Anthony Hopkinsโ 88th birthday!
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE, born 31 December 1937, is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer.
He has received many accolades, including two Academy Awards for Best Actor, four BAFTAs, two Emmys, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and a British Academy Television Award. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.
Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 and the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2008.
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"It's a good day to dive". ๐คฟ
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"It's a good day to dive". ๐คฟ
In 1939, Victor Albert Bouffort built a prototype of an aerodynamic car with futuristic shapes in France.
The car was built on a modified chassis of the Citroen Traction Avant.
The engine was 1.3 L and produced 33 horsepower.
The car has been preserved and has been carefully restored.
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If you were to gather New Year cakes from around the world into a single box, it would look something like this.
Across cultures, these festive cakes and breads function as edible symbols of transition, carrying ideas of luck, renewal, continuity, and prosperity from one year into the next.
Shaped by local ingredients and rituals - hidden coins, stacked forms, rings, and dense rice or fruit bases - they preserve centuries-old beliefs about time, fortune, and the hope embedded in new beginnings.
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CHARGER III, the most aerodynamic car ever conceived and built by Dodge, an experimental two-seater only 42 inches high, 184 inches long, and 73 inches wide.
Features include jet-aircraft-type canopy, swing-away steering wheel, elevating bucket seats, spoiler-type air brake flaps.
Twin hood scoops supplement air entering engine compartment through grille. Side scoops ram cooling air to rear brakes.
From: Dodge Public Relations, P. O. Box 1259, Detroit, Michigan
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Last morning walk of 2025 with Amigo and Cypher to Whitesand Beach and Bulabog Beach โฑ๏ธ
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Another rooftop workout this morning.
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Happy New Year 2026 Nostriches ๐ ๐
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๐ฌ Today is the 58th anniversary of the western movie, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly! It was released in US theaters on December 29, 1967 & starred Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, & Eli Wallach.
It was co-written & directed by Sergio Leone & it is the 3rd movie in the Dollars Trilogy preceded by A Fistful of Dollars & A Few Dollars More.
#TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly #ClintEastwood #LeeVanCleef #EliWallach #SergioLeone
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An "Italy vibrant red beauty" 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 Mille Miglia Roadster
The Alfa Romeo 8C name was used on road, race and sports cars of the 1930s. The 8C means 8 cylinders, and originally referred to a straight 8-cylinder engine.
The Vittorio Jano designed 8C was Alfa Romeo's primary racing engine from its introduction in 1931 to its retirement in 1939.
In addition to the two-seater sports cars it was used in the world's first genuine single-seat Grand Prix racing car, the Monoposto 'Tipo B' - P3 from 1932 onwards.
Darius Hulea is an extraordinary metal sculptor as you can see by this sampling.
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The sun goes down on another day, and the Paraw sail boats are out for the sunset cruises.
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Born on this day 29th December 1947 ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ, drummer who made his name with major rock bands and artists such as ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ค ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐๐จ๐ฐ, ๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ซ๐,๐๐จ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ, ๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ก๐ข๐ญ๐๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ค๐, ๐๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง, ๐๐๐ค๐ & ๐๐จ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ and ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก.
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Whole Lotta Love
Led Zeppelin โง 1969
You need coolin', baby, I'm not foolin',
I'm gonna send you back to schoolin',
Way down inside honey, you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you my love.
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
You've been learnin', baby, I bean learnin',
All them good times, baby, baby, I've been yearnin',
Way, way down inside honey, you need it,
I'm gonna give you my love... I'm gonna give you my love.
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
You've been coolin', baby, I've been droolin',
All the good times I've been misusin',
Way, way down inside, I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you every inch of my love,
Gonna give you my love.
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Wanna Whole Lotta Love
Way down inside... woman... You need... love
Shake for me, girl. I wanna be your backdoor man
Keep it coolin', baby.
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