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01The column's 190-metre relief spiral shows explicit scenes of decapitation and mass drowning of Germanic prisoners.
02A hermit was permitted to inhabit the column's interior chamber for an extended period in the medieval era.
03Pope Sixtus V replaced Aurelius's statue at the top with one of Saint Paul in 1589.

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Illustration of a Hungarian Hajduk, from an 1703 book from Bavaria.

01Hajduks disbanded each winter to hide among ordinary villagers as farmers, reconvening as armed bands each spring.
02Serbian epic poetry named individual hajduks — Starina Novak, Mijat Tomić — canonizing their kills in oral verse cycles.
03Ottoman authorities offered cash bounties per hajduk head, yet local priests sometimes sheltered them inside monastery walls.

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01'Back to Back' was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2016 Grammys — the first diss track ever nominated.
02Meek Mill had alleged via Twitter that Drake used ghostwriter Quentin Miller, then released no musical response for weeks.
03Drake performed the song at the OVO Fest with a Meek Mill bobblehead onstage, institutionalizing the humiliation.

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01Midna sits on wolf-Link's back throughout the game, her weight and posture changing with her mood.
02The Twilight Realm visually desaturates the entire Hyrule palette to grey-gold, a deliberate artistic mourning.
03Midna became one of the most beloved Zelda companions ever written — despite being openly rude to Link for hours.

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01Vincent Gigante fired the shot in the elevator lobby of 115 Central Park West.
02Costello survived, refused to name his shooter, and was effectively forced into retirement anyway.
03The note found in his pocket listed casino earnings — evidence used against him in tax court.

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01The Battle of Qadisiyyah in 636 AD ended four days of fighting with Rostam's death and Sasanian collapse.
02Persian legend records his sister, Gordafarid, donning armor and charging Arab lines upon hearing of his death.
03His defeat ended 400 years of Sasanian rule and opened Persia permanently to Islamic conquest.

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01The dividing line between Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd runs through Germany to this day, each operating independently.
02Together the two chains operate over 10,000 stores across more than 20 countries.
03Theo Albrecht was kidnapped in 1971 and held for 17 days before being released for a reported ransom of 7 million DM.

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01The dik-dik's preorbital gland sits so close to the eye that marking a twig looks like self-blinding.
02Mated pairs are monogamous for life; the male shadow-follows the female within two body-lengths at all times.
03When alarmed, dik-diks produce a sharp 'dik-dik' nasal whistle that named the entire species.

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A block of silica aerogel in a hand.

01Silica aerogel holds 15 Guinness World Records, including lowest-density solid ever produced at 1.9 mg/cm³.
02NASA used aerogel blankets to insulate the Mars Pathfinder rover against temperatures of −80 °C.
03Aerogel can support up to 4,000 times its own weight before the nano-silica structure collapses.

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