World Cup 2022: Listing 50 reasons to be excited now

The 2022 FIFA World Cup is now just 100 days away, and the excitement surrounding the tournament is starting to feel palpable.

Woman killed after car backs into gas pump, starts fire
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Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a driver backed into a Pinellas County gas pump, setting off a blaze that killed another person who was pumping gas on the other side.

Made in Tampa Bay: Creative Crafthouse puzzles
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The team at Creative Crafthouse in Hudson designs and makes wooden brain-teaser puzzles and games. The picture frame puzzles are harder than a jigsaw puzzle, but owner Dave Janelle says you?re not just solving the puzzle; you?re developing your mind.

Made in Tampa Bay: Fox & Crow Paper Co.
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Evan Neidich, the artist behind Fox & Crow, has been creating works of art since she was a kid and now loves seeing the joy in children?s faces when they connect with her work at markets.

From 2011: Legoland Florida opens
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Families from all across Florida welcomed Legoland to the site of the iconic Cypress Gardens park in Winter Haven. Here's Josh Cascio's report from October 15, 2011.

From 2011: Building Legoland Florida
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Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the effort to turn Cypress Gardens into Legoland Florida. Originally aired August 2, 2011 -- two months before the park opened.

From 2004: Cypress Gardens Adventure Park prepares to open
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The park was rebranded in 2004 as 'Cypress Gardens Adventure Park,' though the opening was delayed by three hurricanes, as Bull Murphy explains in this report from November 2004.

The 'Unusual World of Florida' in 1964
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Here?s what a traveler crossing Florida would have seen in the early 1960s, everything from a Fort Lauderdale airboat ride to Marineland to a rocket launch at Cape Canaveral. Produced by Beckley Films in cooperation with FDC; sponsored by Eastern Airlines. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

Florida attractions: 1948 silent film
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This early movie begins with St. Augustine. Next, people are shown catching turtles at Silver Springs. The film continues with brief scenes of Marineland, Palm Beach, Bok Tower, water skiing at Cypress Gardens, St. Petersburg, Miami, Seminoles in the Everglades, and more. Produced by Castle Films. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

Polk County: 'Region with a Record'
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This circa 1963 film provides a look at Polk County, showing citrus groves and processing, Bok Tower, the Great Masterpiece and Cypress Gardens. An unusual scenic attraction is Sand Mountain, a phosphate debris pile. Next is a cattle farm and then Florida Southern College. Produced by Sanborn Film Productions; sponsored by Polk County Chamber of Commerce. Video courtesy State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

Ski champs in action at Cypress Gardens,1958
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Professional skiers demonstrate tricks and jumps at Cypress Gardens in this 1958 video produced by Cypress Gardens. Video courtesy State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory.

Bolts fans watch Lightning win Game 1 against Carolina from afar
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Amalie Arena was electric with Lightning fans watching on the big screen as the Bolts faced off against the Carolina Hurricanes. The watch party inside the venue on Sunday kicked off the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.