2528 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

Kassel is a city of 201 000 people. It was first mentioned in 913. It was a fortification at a bridge crossing the Fulda River.

The Brothers Grimm - Jacob and Wilhelm - spent time in Kassel. First in 1796 to attend the Friedrichgymnasium in Kassel. It was a school that promoted a humanist education and focused on music and foreign languages, especially Latin and Greek. Both brothers graduated at the head of their classes - Jacob in 1803; Wilhelm in 1804.

Jacob began work as the librarian in Kassel in 1808 with Wilhelm joining him soon after. It is here they began to collect folk tales and published them. They soon moved on to other positions, including as parliamentarians in the National Assembly at Mainz.

Wilhelm died of an infection in Berlin in 1859, while Jacob passed on in 1863.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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