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Did you know this about Margate?
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Did You Know?
Lucy the Elephant has served as a real estate office, a tavern, a summer home, and a tourist attraction over her 140+ year history.
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Avalon calls itself "Cooler by a Mile"—the island's position actually does make it slightly cooler than surrounding beaches.
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Steel Pier's famous diving horses leaped 40 feet into a pool from 1929 to 1978. One rider, Sonora Webster Carver, went blind from a dive but continued performing for 11 more years.
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Wildwood's beaches are so wide—up to 1,000 feet in some places—that lifeguards drive trucks to their stations. The beach has grown over a mile since 1900.
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