Castor
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Castor is the name of several things:

Places

Canada

• Castor, Alberta - a town in East Central Alberta[1]

United Kingdom

• Castor - a village near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
• Caistor St Edmund, in Norfolk - Castor being an old name for it

United States

• Castor, Louisiana

Other

• In Greek mythology, Castor was the son of Zeus and Leda and twin brother of Polydeuces. See Castor and Polydeuces.
• The castor bean (a poisonous spurge seed) and its castor oil.
• Castor is the genus name of the beaver.
• Castor (α Geminorum) is also a star, named after the character from Greek mythology. See Castor (star).
• A Castor is a wheel mounted with an offset steering pivot such that the wheel will automatically align itself to the direction in which it is pushed. It is used for example on shopping carts and furniture. See also Castor angle.
• Castor Oyl is a cartoon character, brother of Olive Oyl.
• The Castor Cracking Group is a demo group from Sweden active on ZX Spectrum.
• castor.org a data binding framework for Java

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