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Highest rank below king prince
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Duke
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were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of their time,[2][3] the other two being the Saxons and the Angles.
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Jutes
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Simnel became the figurehead of a Yorkist rebellion organised by
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John de la pole, earl of Lincoln
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Chinese girl print by
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Vladimir tretchikoff
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Played Jekyll and Hyde 1941
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Spencer Tracy
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He is best known for his Oscar-winning film Women in Love (1969), The Devils (1971), The Who's Tommy (1975), and the science fiction film Altered States (1980)
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Ken Russell
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Samuel Goldwyn romantic comedy feature film from 1947, starring Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven in a story about an angel who helps a bishop with his problems
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The bishops wife
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1958 titanic film
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A night to remember
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1936 American film, starring Leslie Howard, Bette Davis, and Humphrey Bogart. A precursor of film noir, it was adapted from Robert E. Sherwood's stage play of the same name.[1] The screenplay was written by Delmer Daves and Charles Kenyon, and adaptations were later performed on radio and television as well.
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The petrified forest
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Alfred harms worth created what paper
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Mirror
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His best-known films include Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed dramas and detective films.
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Blake Edwards
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His best-known films include Breakfast at Tiffany's, Days of Wine and Roses, and the hugely successful Pink Panther film series with British comedian Peter Sellers. Often thought of as primarily a director of comedies, he also directed dramas and detective films.
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Blake Edwards
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Wrote the shrinking man
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Richard matheson
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film adaptation of Maugham's book starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis
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Of human bondage
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film adaptation of Maugham's book starring Leslie Howard and Bette Davis
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Of human bondage
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Game where people guess initials
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Botticelli
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Hitchcock film about Jack the Ripper
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The lodger
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By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment[3] and modern biblical criticism,[4] including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe,[5] he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.[6] His magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes's mind–body dualism, has earned him recognition as one of Western philosophy's most important thinkers
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Baruch Spinoza
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By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment[3] and modern biblical criticism,[4] including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe,[5] he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.[6] His magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes's mind–body dualism, has earned him recognition as one of Western philosophy's most important thinkers
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Baruch Spinoza
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1968 American crime film action film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike
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Bullitt
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By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment[3] and modern biblical criticism,[4] including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe,[5] he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.[6] His magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes's mind–body dualism, has earned him recognition as one of Western philosophy's most important thinkers
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Baruch Spinoza
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1968 American crime film action film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike
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Bullitt
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1950 comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was credited to Albert Mannheimer based on the stage play of the same name by Garson Kanin. Judy Holliday won Oscar
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Born yesterday
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By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment[3] and modern biblical criticism,[4] including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe,[5] he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.[6] His magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes's mind–body dualism, has earned him recognition as one of Western philosophy's most important thinkers
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Baruch Spinoza
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1968 American crime film action film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike
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Bullitt
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1950 comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was credited to Albert Mannheimer based on the stage play of the same name by Garson Kanin. Judy Holliday won Oscar
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Born yesterday
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1952 biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby.
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The winning team
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By laying the groundwork for the 18th-century Enlightenment[3] and modern biblical criticism,[4] including modern conceptions of the self and, arguably, the universe,[5] he came to be considered one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.[6] His magnum opus, the posthumous Ethics, in which he opposed Descartes's mind–body dualism, has earned him recognition as one of Western philosophy's most important thinkers
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Baruch Spinoza
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1968 American crime film action film directed by Peter Yates and produced by Philip D'Antoni. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn and Jacqueline Bisset. The screenplay by Alan R. Trustman and Harry Kleiner was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness by Robert L. Fish, writing under the pseudonym Robert L. Pike
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Bullitt
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1950 comedy-drama film based on the play of the same name by Garson Kanin and directed by George Cukor. The screenplay was credited to Albert Mannheimer based on the stage play of the same name by Garson Kanin. Judy Holliday won Oscar
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Born yesterday
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1952 biographical film directed by Lewis Seiler. It is a fictionalized biography of the life of major league pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander (1887–1950) starring Ronald Reagan as Alexander, Doris Day as his wife, Aimee and Frank Lovejoy as baseball star Rogers Hornsby.
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The winning team
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Groucho plays detective Wolf J. Flywheel
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The big store
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Arnold Schwarzenegger ex wife
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Maria shriver
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WHICH FRENCH ANIMATOR (1931-1990) is fondly remembered for creating the TV series 'Le Manège enchanté' in 1963, which became known in its English-language version as 'The Magic Roundabout'?
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Serge danot
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WHICH FRENCH ANIMATOR (1931-1990) is fondly remembered for creating the TV series 'Le Manège enchanté' in 1963, which became known in its English-language version as 'The Magic Roundabout'?
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Serge danot
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Recently turned 18, what is the GIVEN NAME of the eldest of singer Madonna’s four children?
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Lourdes
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WHICH FRENCH ANIMATOR (1931-1990) is fondly remembered for creating the TV series 'Le Manège enchanté' in 1963, which became known in its English-language version as 'The Magic Roundabout'?
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Serge danot
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Recently turned 18, what is the GIVEN NAME of the eldest of singer Madonna’s four children?
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Lourdes
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Based on the one act play 'Juicy and Delicious', WHICH acclaimed fantasy-drama FILM concerns a little girl called 'Hush Puppy' and her father 'Wink' who live on an island they call 'the bathtub'? The story also features a boat called 'Grumpy' and a floating brothel the 'Elysian Fields'. Oh, and there's 'aurochs' too!
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Beasts of the southern wild
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He passed this historic landmark while playing against England in 2001; WHO WAS THE FIRST RUGBY PLAYER to score more than 1,000 points in rugby union internationals?
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Neil Jenkins
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London marathon month
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April
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He passed this historic landmark while playing against England in 2001; WHO WAS THE FIRST RUGBY PLAYER to score more than 1,000 points in rugby union internationals?
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Neil Jenkins
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London marathon month
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April
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1958 American Western film directed by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck, who also co-produced the film with Wyler, plus Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, and Chuck Connors. It was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton.[2] The opening title sequence was created by Saul Bass
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The big country
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1955 American science fiction film directed by Joseph M. Newman. It is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones which was originally published in the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories as three related novelettes: "The Alien Machine" in the June 1949 issue, "The Shroud of Secrecy" in December 1949, and "The Greater Conflict" in February 1950. The film stars Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue and Rex Reason
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This island earth
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He passed this historic landmark while playing against England in 2001; WHO WAS THE FIRST RUGBY PLAYER to score more than 1,000 points in rugby union internationals?
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Neil Jenkins
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London marathon month
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April
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1958 American Western film directed by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck, who also co-produced the film with Wyler, plus Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, and Chuck Connors. It was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton.[2] The opening title sequence was created by Saul Bass
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The big country
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1955 American science fiction film directed by Joseph M. Newman. It is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones which was originally published in the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories as three related novelettes: "The Alien Machine" in the June 1949 issue, "The Shroud of Secrecy" in December 1949, and "The Greater Conflict" in February 1950. The film stars Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue and Rex Reason
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This island earth
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colour of dyed woollen cloth associated with Robin Hood and his merry men in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
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Lincoln green
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He passed this historic landmark while playing against England in 2001; WHO WAS THE FIRST RUGBY PLAYER to score more than 1,000 points in rugby union internationals?
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Neil Jenkins
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London marathon month
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April
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1958 American Western film directed by William Wyler. It stars Gregory Peck, who also co-produced the film with Wyler, plus Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, and Chuck Connors. It was based on the serialized magazine novel Ambush at Blanco Canyon by Donald Hamilton.[2] The opening title sequence was created by Saul Bass
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The big country
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1955 American science fiction film directed by Joseph M. Newman. It is based on the novel of the same name by Raymond F. Jones which was originally published in the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories as three related novelettes: "The Alien Machine" in the June 1949 issue, "The Shroud of Secrecy" in December 1949, and "The Greater Conflict" in February 1950. The film stars Jeff Morrow, Faith Domergue and Rex Reason
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This island earth
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colour of dyed woollen cloth associated with Robin Hood and his merry men in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
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Lincoln green
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capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995. He was the world points scoring record holder when he retired,[2] with 911 points
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Michael lynagh
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Pine tree state
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Maine
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Caroline aherne spoof chat show host
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Mrs Merton
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Female Williams test drievr
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Suzy Wolff
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Who played Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name?
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Warren Beatty
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Who played Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name?
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Warren Beatty
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Which self-confessed al-Qaeda agent, the only man to be charged over the September 11 attacks, was sentenced to life in jail in 2006?
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Zacarias moussaoui
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Who played Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name?
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Warren Beatty
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Which self-confessed al-Qaeda agent, the only man to be charged over the September 11 attacks, was sentenced to life in jail in 2006?
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Zacarias moussaoui
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The Pizzica (pronunced "pittsika") is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia. It belongs to which larger and better-known family of dances?
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Tarantella
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Who played Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name?
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Warren Beatty
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Which self-confessed al-Qaeda agent, the only man to be charged over the September 11 attacks, was sentenced to life in jail in 2006?
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Zacarias moussaoui
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The Pizzica (pronunced "pittsika") is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia. It belongs to which larger and better-known family of dances?
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Tarantella
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According to Islamic texts including the Quran, they are made of a smokeless, "scorching fire" and inhabit an unseen world beyond the known universe. Together with humans and angels, they are God's three sapient creations and have free will, so can be good or evil. WHAT WELL KNOWN GENERIC NAME do we use to refer to one of these supernatural creatures in Islamic and pre-Islamic Arabian myth?
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Djinn
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Who played Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name?
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Warren Beatty
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Which self-confessed al-Qaeda agent, the only man to be charged over the September 11 attacks, was sentenced to life in jail in 2006?
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Zacarias moussaoui
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The Pizzica (pronunced "pittsika") is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia. It belongs to which larger and better-known family of dances?
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Tarantella
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According to Islamic texts including the Quran, they are made of a smokeless, "scorching fire" and inhabit an unseen world beyond the known universe. Together with humans and angels, they are God's three sapient creations and have free will, so can be good or evil. WHAT WELL KNOWN GENERIC NAME do we use to refer to one of these supernatural creatures in Islamic and pre-Islamic Arabian myth?
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Djinn
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Calling a police officer or authority figure "" has become an American slang term for gross ineptitude or overzealousness. This was done recently in the Scott Peterson case, where the defendant's mother referred to the local police captain as
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Barney fife
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Who played Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name?
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Warren Beatty
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Which self-confessed al-Qaeda agent, the only man to be charged over the September 11 attacks, was sentenced to life in jail in 2006?
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Zacarias moussaoui
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The Pizzica (pronunced "pittsika") is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia. It belongs to which larger and better-known family of dances?
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Tarantella
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According to Islamic texts including the Quran, they are made of a smokeless, "scorching fire" and inhabit an unseen world beyond the known universe. Together with humans and angels, they are God's three sapient creations and have free will, so can be good or evil. WHAT WELL KNOWN GENERIC NAME do we use to refer to one of these supernatural creatures in Islamic and pre-Islamic Arabian myth?
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Djinn
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Calling a police officer or authority figure "" has become an American slang term for gross ineptitude or overzealousness. This was done recently in the Scott Peterson case, where the defendant's mother referred to the local police captain as
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Barney fife
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Magonus succetus becane
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St Patrick
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Which card game, devised by Segundo Santos and Alberto Serrato in Montevideo in 1939, takes its name from the Spanish word for "basket"?
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Canasta
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A founder of the science of physical chemistry, he was the first Swede to win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1903) and served as director of the Nobel Institute from 1905 until his death in 1927. Giving his name to an 'equation', a 'definition of an acid', and a lunar crater, WHO IS ALSO NOTED for being an 'enemy' of Paul Ehrlich, Walther Nernst, and Dmitri Mendeleev? While he failed to stop two of those receiving a Nobel Prize, he saw to it that Mendeleev never got the honour!
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Svante Arrhenius
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Who played Dick Tracy in the 1990 film of the same name?
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Warren Beatty
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Which self-confessed al-Qaeda agent, the only man to be charged over the September 11 attacks, was sentenced to life in jail in 2006?
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Zacarias moussaoui
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The Pizzica (pronunced "pittsika") is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia. It belongs to which larger and better-known family of dances?
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Tarantella
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According to Islamic texts including the Quran, they are made of a smokeless, "scorching fire" and inhabit an unseen world beyond the known universe. Together with humans and angels, they are God's three sapient creations and have free will, so can be good or evil. WHAT WELL KNOWN GENERIC NAME do we use to refer to one of these supernatural creatures in Islamic and pre-Islamic Arabian myth?
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Djinn
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Calling a police officer or authority figure "" has become an American slang term for gross ineptitude or overzealousness. This was done recently in the Scott Peterson case, where the defendant's mother referred to the local police captain as
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Barney fife
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Magonus succetus becane
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St Patrick
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London and Zurich agreements which nations independence
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Cyprus
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Witch trials two places Lancashire 1612
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Pendle samlesbury
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influential political dynasty who ruled Nicaragua as a family dictatorship from 1936 to 1979.
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Somoza
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influential political dynasty who ruled Nicaragua as a family dictatorship from 1936 to 1979.
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Somoza
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Clinton first secretary of state
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Warren Christopher
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Liquid fuel rocket 1926
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Robert Goddard
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Two African countries confederation 1982
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Senegal Gambia
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Two African countries confederation 1982
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Senegal Gambia
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Two African countries confederation 1982
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Senegal Gambia
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convened at the initiative of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in July 1938 to respond to the plight of the increasing numbers of Jewish refugees fleeing persecution in Europe by the Nazis
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Evian conference
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1920 disease outbreak India
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Bubonic plague
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Claimed New England for liz i
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Francis drake
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Rank below earl
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Marquis
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King captured at Poitiers
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John ii
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Old French word for coin from Latin for shield
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Ecu
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King captured at Poitiers
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John ii
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Old French word for coin from Latin for shield
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Ecu
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Founded order of garter
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Edward iii
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King captured at Poitiers
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John ii
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Old French word for coin from Latin for shield
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Ecu
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Founded order of garter
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Edward iii
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Children's book by prince charles
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Old man of lochnagar
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King captured at Poitiers
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John ii
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Old French word for coin from Latin for shield
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Ecu
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Founded order of garter
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Edward iii
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Children's book by prince charles
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Old man of lochnagar
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Prince charles book on architecture
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A vision of Britain
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King captured at Poitiers
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John ii
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Old French word for coin from Latin for shield
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Ecu
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Founded order of garter
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Edward iii
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Children's book by prince charles
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Old man of lochnagar
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Prince charles book on architecture
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A vision of Britain
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Songs from a Room (1969) (featuring the often-recorded "Bird on the Wire") and Songs of Love and Hate (1971). His 1977 record, Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector
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Leonard Cohen
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King captured at Poitiers
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John ii
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Old French word for coin from Latin for shield
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Ecu
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Founded order of garter
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Edward iii
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Children's book by prince charles
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Old man of lochnagar
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Prince charles book on architecture
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A vision of Britain
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Songs from a Room (1969) (featuring the often-recorded "Bird on the Wire") and Songs of Love and Hate (1971). His 1977 record, Death of a Ladies' Man was co-written and produced by Phil Spector
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Leonard Cohen
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Home Secretary 79-83, previously Northern Ireland minister
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Willie white law
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Key siege during 1857 Indian mutiny
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Lucknow
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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Iraq inquiry began 2009
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Chilcot
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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Iraq inquiry began 2009
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Chilcot
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German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London
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Josef jakobs
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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Iraq inquiry began 2009
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Chilcot
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German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London
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Josef jakobs
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Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland
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Daniel oconnell
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Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland
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Ring of brodgar
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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Iraq inquiry began 2009
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Chilcot
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German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London
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Josef jakobs
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Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland
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Daniel oconnell
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Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland
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Ring of brodgar
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British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. He was the member of Parliament for Braintree from 1974–1997, and was later a member of the House of Lords. Leader of House of Commons 92-97
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Tony Newton
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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Iraq inquiry began 2009
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Chilcot
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German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London
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Josef jakobs
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Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland
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Daniel oconnell
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Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland
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Ring of brodgar
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British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. He was the member of Parliament for Braintree from 1974–1997, and was later a member of the House of Lords. Leader of House of Commons 92-97
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Tony Newton
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Armada 1779 attempted invade Britain 3 countries
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France Spain USA
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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Iraq inquiry began 2009
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Chilcot
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German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London
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Josef jakobs
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Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland
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Daniel oconnell
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Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland
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Ring of brodgar
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British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. He was the member of Parliament for Braintree from 1974–1997, and was later a member of the House of Lords. Leader of House of Commons 92-97
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Tony Newton
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Armada 1779 attempted invade Britain 3 countries
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France Spain USA
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Scottish sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. As such he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the United States Navy"
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John Paul jones
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First Briton in space
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Helen sharman
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Iraq inquiry began 2009
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Chilcot
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German spy and the last person to be executed at the Tower of London
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Josef jakobs
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Irish political leader in the first half of the 19th century. He campaigned for Catholic Emancipation—including the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, denied for over 100 years—and repeal of the Act of Union which combined Great Britain and Ireland
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Daniel oconnell
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Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on the Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland
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Ring of brodgar
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British Conservative politician and former Cabinet member. He was the member of Parliament for Braintree from 1974–1997, and was later a member of the House of Lords. Leader of House of Commons 92-97
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Tony Newton
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Armada 1779 attempted invade Britain 3 countries
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France Spain USA
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Scottish sailor and the United States' first well-known naval fighter in the American Revolutionary War. Although he made enemies among America's political elites, his actions in British waters during the Revolution earned him an international reputation which persists to this day. As such he is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the United States Navy"
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John Paul jones
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He was the first captain placed in command of a US warship commissioned for service under the Continental flag.[2]
After the war, he became America's first commissioned naval officer, at the rank of commodore, receiving his commission from President George Washington in 1797. |
John Barry
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in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. It ended in the surrender of the British army, which historian Edmund Morgan argues, "was a great turning point of the war, because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory
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Saratoga
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Emily Davison horse
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Anmer
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in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. It ended in the surrender of the British army, which historian Edmund Morgan argues, "was a great turning point of the war, because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory
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Saratoga
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Emily Davison horse
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Anmer
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in 1777 was an attempt by the British high command for North America to gain military control of the strategically important Hudson River valley during the American Revolutionary War. It ended in the surrender of the British army, which historian Edmund Morgan argues, "was a great turning point of the war, because it won for Americans the foreign assistance which was the last element needed for victory
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Saratoga
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Emily Davison horse
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Anmer
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the last private owner of Stonehenge, which he donated to the British government in 1918.
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Cecil Chubb
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Rosetta Stone town now called
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Rashid
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Gaius julius Caesar germanicus
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Caligula
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Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and protruding mizzen mast. It also can refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea
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Xebec
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Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and protruding mizzen mast. It also can refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea
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Xebec
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Lepanto
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Leap to
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Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and protruding mizzen mast. It also can refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea
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Xebec
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Lepanto
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Leap to
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Jew fought against Romans then defected
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Flavius Josephus
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Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and protruding mizzen mast. It also can refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea
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Xebec
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Lepanto
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Leap to
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Jew fought against Romans then defected
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Flavius Josephus
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Destroyed Jerusalem and temple 587 bc
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Nebuchadnezzar ii
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Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and protruding mizzen mast. It also can refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea
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Xebec
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Lepanto
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Leap to
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Jew fought against Romans then defected
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Flavius Josephus
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Destroyed Jerusalem and temple 587 bc
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Nebuchadnezzar ii
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Rome founded hill
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Palatine
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Mediterranean sailing ship that was used mostly for trading. It would have a long overhanging bowsprit and protruding mizzen mast. It also can refer to a small, fast vessel of the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries, used almost exclusively in the Mediterranean Sea
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Xebec
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Lepanto
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took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of southern European Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire in five hours of fighting on the northern edge of the Gulf of Corinth, off western Greece
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Leap to
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Jew fought against Romans then defected
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Flavius Josephus
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Destroyed Jerusalem and temple 587 bc
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Nebuchadnezzar ii
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Rome founded hill
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Palatine
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Influential partner of Pericles
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Aspasia
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Influential partner of Pericles
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Aspasia
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archeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete.
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Mohenjo daro
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Influential partner of Pericles
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Aspasia
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archeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete.
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Mohenjo daro
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Ishtar gate where now
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Pergamon, Berlin
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Influential partner of Pericles
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Aspasia
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archeological site in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2600 BCE, it was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization, and one of the world's earliest major urban settlements, contemporaneous with the civilizations of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Crete.
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Mohenjo daro
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Ishtar gate where now
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Pergamon, Berlin
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ancient name of a historical region located south of the Amu Darya and west of Gandhara, one of the ancient civilizations of Iranian peoples, covering the modern-day flat region that straddles Afghanistan and Tajikistan. was in present-day northern Afghanistan, between the Hindu Kush mountain range and the Amu Darya.
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Bactria
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Benigno Aquino wife
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Corazon
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She was the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine for 32 years.[
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Helen gurley brown
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political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910
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Brown dog affair
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political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910
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Brown dog affair
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Discovered hormones
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William Bayliss
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political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910
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Brown dog affair
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Discovered hormones
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William Bayliss
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famous American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.[
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Scopes monkey trial
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political controversy about vivisection that raged in Edwardian England from 1903 until 1910
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Brown dog affair
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Discovered hormones
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William Bayliss
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famous American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.[
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Scopes monkey trial
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It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that opened travel to the common middle-class American
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Ford model t
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named as the coach of South Africa's national team, the Springboks in January 2008, the first-ever non-white to be appointed to the position
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Peter de villiers
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named as the coach of South Africa's national team, the Springboks in January 2008, the first-ever non-white to be appointed to the position
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Peter de villiers
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He holds the world record as the youngest player to have played 100 test matches at 29 years and 4 days. Rugby union
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George smith
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2006 drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by him and his brother Jonathan Nolan from Christopher Priest's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results
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The prestige
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English-Australian actor, best known for the portrayals of Jake Sully in Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel, Wrath of the Titans, and Alex Mason in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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Sam worthington
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2006 drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by him and his brother Jonathan Nolan from Christopher Priest's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results
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The prestige
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English-Australian actor, best known for the portrayals of Jake Sully in Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel, Wrath of the Titans, and Alex Mason in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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Sam worthington
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Plays rid dick
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Vin diesel
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2006 drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by him and his brother Jonathan Nolan from Christopher Priest's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results
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The prestige
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English-Australian actor, best known for the portrayals of Jake Sully in Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel, Wrath of the Titans, and Alex Mason in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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Sam worthington
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Plays rid dick
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Vin diesel
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Actor born mark Sinclair
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Vin diesel
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2006 drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by him and his brother Jonathan Nolan from Christopher Priest's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results
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The prestige
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English-Australian actor, best known for the portrayals of Jake Sully in Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel, Wrath of the Titans, and Alex Mason in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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Sam worthington
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Plays rid dick
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Vin diesel
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Actor born mark Sinclair
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Vin diesel
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2005 Italian movie starring and directed by Roberto Benigni. The film is a romantic comedy set in contemporary Rome and in occupied Baghdad during the Iraq War. The story, inspired by the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," features singer-songwriter Tom Waits as himself in recurring dream sequences
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The tiger and the snow
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2006 drama film directed by Christopher Nolan, from a screenplay adapted by him and his brother Jonathan Nolan from Christopher Priest's 1995 World Fantasy Award-winning novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century. Obsessed with creating the best stage illusion, they engage in competitive one-upmanship with tragic results
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The prestige
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English-Australian actor, best known for the portrayals of Jake Sully in Avatar, Marcus Wright in Terminator Salvation, Perseus in Clash of the Titans and its sequel, Wrath of the Titans, and Alex Mason in the video game Call of Duty: Black Ops and its sequel Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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Sam worthington
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Plays rid dick
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Vin diesel
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Actor born mark Sinclair
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Vin diesel
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2005 Italian movie starring and directed by Roberto Benigni. The film is a romantic comedy set in contemporary Rome and in occupied Baghdad during the Iraq War. The story, inspired by the fairy tale "Sleeping Beauty," features singer-songwriter Tom Waits as himself in recurring dream sequences
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The tiger and the snow
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2009 American comedy film directed by Phil Traill that stars Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, and Bradley Cooper as the eponymous
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All about Steve
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English film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the award-winning science fiction films Moon (2009) and Source Code (2011dunca
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Duncan jones
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English film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the award-winning science fiction films Moon (2009) and Source Code (2011
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Duncan jones
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Julianne Moore Oscar nominations 50s housewife same year
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Far from heaven, the hours
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Julianne Moore Oscar nominations 50s housewife same year
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Far from heaven, the hours
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royal society president
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Paul nurse
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Largest park in Dublin
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Phoenix
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Undertones lead singer
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Feargal sharkey
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Irish mythology place of everlasting youth
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Tir na nog
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Irish mythology place of everlasting youth
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Tir na nog
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involved a pre-emptive lockdown of the city gates in December 1688[1] and a violent defensive action lasting from 18 April to 28 July 1689, during the Williamite War in Ireland. The city, a Williamite stronghold, was besieged by a Jacobite army until it was relieved by Royal Navy ships
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Siege of derry
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Dolce gabbana first names
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Domenico stefano
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Irish mythology place of everlasting youth
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Tir na nog
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involved a pre-emptive lockdown of the city gates in December 1688[1] and a violent defensive action lasting from 18 April to 28 July 1689, during the Williamite War in Ireland. The city, a Williamite stronghold, was besieged by a Jacobite army until it was relieved by Royal Navy ships
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Siege of derry
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Dolce gabbana first names
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Domenico stefano
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Coco Chanel real name
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Gabrielle bonheur Chanel
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Florence nightingale graham known as
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Elizabeth Arden
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Florence nightingale graham known as
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Elizabeth Arden
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Fashion week cities order
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New York London Milan Paris
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Tallest church in Ireland
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St. John's cathedral, limerick
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Tallest church in Ireland
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St. John's cathedral, limerick
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Tallest church spire in England
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Salisbury
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Tallest church in Ireland
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St. John's cathedral, limerick
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Tallest church spire in England
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Salisbury
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Tallest church in the world
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Ulm minster
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Gospel book in trinity college Dublin
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Book of kells
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Gospel book in trinity college Dublin
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Book of kells
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Turning point of 1798 Irish rebellion
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Battle of ballinamuck
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name of a fictional dog who has been the focus of several movies from 1974 through the 2000s.
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Benji
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name of a fictional dog who has been the focus of several movies from 1974 through the 2000s.
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Benji
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Chemical in chocolate poisonous to dogs
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Theobromine
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thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule.
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Yaroslav the wise
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Last book Old Testament
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Malachi
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Soap set Los barcos
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El dorado
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Last book Old Testament
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Malachi
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Soap set Los barcos
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El dorado
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Welsh soap opera set cwmderi
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Pobol y cwm
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