3087 - Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Düsseldorf is the capital city and largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia with a population of 618 000. It is found at the confluence of the Rhine and of the Düssel. It has become a telecommunications centre in Germany with two of the four big German providers of mobile services found here.

Düsseldorf EG plays in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) and plays at the ISS Dome, which opened in 2006 and can seat 13 400 for hockey. Düsseldorf EG were founded in 1935 and have been the German champions 8 times, the last time in 1996. Three Canadians are a part of the Düsseldorf EG roster - Kyle Cumiskey (Abbotsford) who has played with Colorado Avalanche and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (he won the Stanley Cup with Chicago in 2015), Modo and Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Elite League, and with Düsseldorf EG since 2020. He has 139 NHL games, and 294 American Hockey League games under his belt. Stephen MacAulay (Cole Harbour) and Marc Zanetti (Richmond Hill) also play for Düsseldorf EG

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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.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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