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  • The Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy (or Muhammad cartoons crisis, Danish: Muhammed-krisen) began after the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten...
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  • Theologia Germanica, also known as Theologia Deutsch or Teutsch, or as Der Franckforter, is a mystical treatise believed to have been written in the later...
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    Lir or Ler (meaning "Sea" in Old Irish; Ler and Lir are the nominative and genitive forms, respectively) is a sea god in Irish mythology. His name suggests...
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    Tobacco was long used in the early Americas. The arrival of Spain introduced tobacco to the Europeans, and it became a lucrative, heavily traded commodity...
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  • A Nixie is a name given by the United States Postal Service to a piece of mail which is undeliverable as addressed. It is derived from "nix", English slang...
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    Turjak Castle (pronounced [tuˈɾjaːk]; Slovene: grad Turjak or turjaški grad, German: Burg Ursperg, later Burg Auersperg) is a 13th-century castle located...
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  • The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Palermo, Sicily, Italy. 734 BC - Phoenicians found Palermo 415 BC – Carthaginians in power, but...
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  • Leslie Browne (born June 29, 1957) is an American prima ballerina and actress. She was a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre in New York...
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  • Thomas Doughty (1545 – 2 July 1578) was an English nobleman, soldier, scholar and personal secretary of Christopher Hatton. His association with Francis...
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  • The year 531 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 223 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 531 BC for...
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    Nell Soto (June 18, 1926 – February 26, 2009) was an American politician. Soto represented the 61st Assembly district (including parts of Los Angeles and...
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    The Alchemical Door, also known as the Alchemy Gate or Magic Portal (Italian: Porta Alchemica or Porta Magica), is a monument built between 1678 and 1680...
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  • Branko Mladenović, Serbian magnate Vuk Branković, medieval Serbian nobleman Dejan, medieval Serbian nobleman Constantine Dragaš, medieval Serbian nobleman...
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  • Máiné of Tethbae or Máiné mac Néill was a supposed son of Niall Noigiallach. Writing of him in 1973, Irish historian Francis John Byrne stated his belief...
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    Il Gobbo di Rialto (the Hunchback of the Rialto) is a marble statue of a hunchback found opposite the Church of San Giacomo di Rialto at the end of the...
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  • Ariel Maria Dougherty (born May 21, 1947) is an American independent film maker, feminist media advocate and activist. She is best known as the co-founder...
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    Věra Waldes - Hromádková (3 June 1914 – 24 November 1995) was a prominent fighter in communist anti-nazi resistance in Paris during World War II. She was...
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  • The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Montpellier, France. 737 - Charles Martel destroyed Maguelonne. 986 - Lords of Montpellier begin...
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