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  2. Transylvania University book heist - Wikipedia

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    The library at Transylvania University was the beneficiary of book collectors, particularly Clara Peck, a wealthy New York sportswoman. [3] Her donations included original folios of The Birds of America by John James Audubon, a two volume edition of Hortus Sanitatis and a first edition of On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

  3. Hotel Transylvania: Serve ghosts, skeletons and more in ... - AOL

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    Hotel Transylvania: Serve ghosts, skeletons and more in Sony's Hotel City clone. Brandy Shaul. Updated August 10, 2016 at 7:07 PM.

  4. Self-service - Wikipedia

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    Self-service is the practice of serving oneself, usually when purchasing items. Common examples include many gas stations, where the customer pumps their own gas rather than have an attendant do it (full service is required by law in New Jersey, urban parts of Oregon, most of Mexico, and Richmond, British Columbia, but is the exception rather than the rule elsewhere [6]).

  5. Hotel Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    The first film, Hotel Transylvania, was released in September 2012, with two sequels, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, released in September 2015 and July 2018, respectively. The films have received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $1.3 billion worldwide against a combined production budget of $245 million.

  6. Iron Maiden (album) - Wikipedia

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    Transylvania" is an instrumental piece composed by Harris, which was later covered by Iced Earth on the album Horror Show. [ 28 ] Of all the album's songs, "Phantom of the Opera", "Running Free", "Sanctuary" and "Iron Maiden" are the most frequently played in the band's concert tours, with the last being played at every show since the band's ...

  7. List of princes of Transylvania - Wikipedia

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    Transylvania was ruled by Radu Şerban of Wallachia who held the title of voivode [17] September 1603–1604: Transylvania is administered by General Giorgio Basta in the name of Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor [18] 1605–1606: Stephen Bocskai: 1 January 1557 Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) son of George Bocskai and Krisztina Sulyok Kata Hagymássy ...

  8. Transylvania in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Largely as a result of the success of Bram Stoker's Dracula, Transylvania has become a popular setting for gothic horror fiction, and most particularly vampire fiction. In some later books and movies Stoker's Count Dracula was conflated with the historical Vlad III Dracula, known as Vlad the Impaler (1431–1476), who though most likely born in the Transylvanian city of Sighișoara, ruled over ...

  9. Transylvania University - Wikipedia

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    Medical Hall, which burned down in 1863. The new institution used Transylvania's campus in Lexington while perpetuating the Kentucky University name. [9] The university was reorganized into several new colleges, including the Agricultural and Mechanical College (A&M) of Kentucky, publicly chartered as a department of Kentucky University as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Act. [11]