• The Possum Drop is an annual New Year's Eve event in which an opossum is lowered at midnight. The first documented case of a possum drop was in 1990 in...
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    fireworks. The opossum was released afterward. The Possum Drop started in 1990 with twenty people, a covered dish supper, jam music, and a ceramic possum lowered...
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    Roger West (North Carolina politician) (category Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives)
    served 8.5 term in the state House. Representative West represented Brasstown, North Carolina, which holds an annual "Possum Drop" on New Year's Eve,...
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    titled by artist Lyell E. Carr depicting the area Today the town hosts an annual New Year's Eve Possum Drop, one of the largest New Year's Eve celebrations...
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  • trauma he suffered there. Possum is an adaption of Holness' short story of the same name, published in the horror anthology The New Uncanny: Tales of Unease...
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    The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula, from the Greek for "furry tailed" and the Latin for "little fox", previously in the genus Phalangista)...
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  • the roof of Clay Logan's convenience store for The Possum Drop. The possum is turned loose at the end of the celebration. Despite these measures, the...
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  • "Possum Kingdom" is a song by American alternative rock band Toadies released as the second single from their 1994 album, Rubberneck. The song's origins...
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    to as a possum (/ˈpɒsəm/; sometimes rendered as 'possum in written form to indicate the dropped "o"). Opossums should not be confused with the Australasian...
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    The common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula) was introduced from Australia to New Zealand, where it has become invasive and a major agricultural...
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