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"A thick covering of ivy being pulled off the side of a building"
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"Sometimes there is a line to get on the 'Falls Viewing Platform', and sometimes there is a line to fish at the falls!"
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"A large stork nest near the village of Báscones del Aqua, Spain"
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#38 "Sometimes there is a line to get on the 'Falls Viewing Platform', and sometimes there is a line to fish at the falls!"
Thanks
No wonder it was breaking my brain... I stopped looking after a few seconds, but went back to be sure.
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