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Vancouver, Canada Clock plays Taylor Swift tune Between 5 and 13 December, Vancouver’s Gastown Steam Clock played Shake it Off by Taylor Swift. The clock has whistles powered by steam and usually plays the Westminster Chimes every 15 minutes – the tune that Big Ben in London plays. It switched to Swift to celebrate her Eras tour, which finished in the city on 8 December. Dallas, US Ruby slippers sell at auction A pair of shoes worn by the actor Judy Garland in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz have sold for £22 million. The sparkly ruby slippers are one of only four surviving pairs worn by Garland in the film. They are now the most valuable film object ever sold at auction (a sale where whoever offers the…

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