4166 - Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland

Tampere is home to two professional men's hockey clubs that play in the Liiga, the top tier of professional hockey in Finland. There was a third professional team, Koovee, that played mostly in Mestis, the second tier of professional hockey.

Tappara was founded in 1932 as the Tammerfors Bollklubb, and in 1955 as Tappara. Tappara plays out of Nokia Arena, which has a capacity of 12 700. They are the most successful club in Finland having won 20 Finnish league championships - Kanada-malja (13 Liiga titles and 7 Sarja (predecessor to Liiga) titles) the last being in 2024. They were also the runners up 17 times - 13 Liiga and 4 Sarja. Internationally they have won the Champions Hockey League in 2023 and the Nordic Trophy in 2009.

Tampereen Ilves, or Ilves, was founded in 1931. They are the second most successful team in Liiga, with 16 Kanada-malja, and runners up nine times.

Koovee ry was founded in 1929, but dissolved in 2024. They mostly played in Mestis, the second tier of Finnish professional hockey. They did spend some time in the top leagues, Sarja and Liiga - 1950-51, 1953-1957, and 1958-1980.

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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...

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!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

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

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