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01Cridland has had medical nerve-conduction studies confirm genuine absence of pain response, not performance.
02He passes rods through his throat without hitting the trachea or carotid by long practice of anatomy.
03He performs under the name Zamora the Torture King and has toured since the 1980s.

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01Amphetamines and a half-empty brandy flask were found in Simpson's jersey pocket after his death.
02He collapsed twice within 500 metres of the summit; mechanics propped him upright and he pedalled on.
03A granite memorial on Mont Ventoux still receives cycling caps, bidons, and coins left by passing riders.

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01Individual blocks in the Cyclopean walls of Mycenae weigh up to 6 tonnes, stacked without mortar or binding agent.
02The Lion Gate lintel stone alone weighs approximately 20 tonnes and has remained in place since around 1250 BCE.
03Ancient Greeks named the construction style 'Cyclopean' because they believed only one-eyed giants could have lifted such stones.

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01The level 'Effect and Cause' is widely cited as one of the greatest single game levels ever designed.
02Titanfall 2 sold modestly on release in 2016, sandwiched between Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty launches.
03The time-rewind mechanic runs both environments simultaneously in memory, swapping the player between them in real time.

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01The Robert Bosch Stiftung distributes roughly €200 million annually to health, education, and civil society causes.
02Bosch GmbH employs over 400,000 people across 60 countries, entirely outside stock market pressure.
03Robert Bosch introduced the world's first high-voltage magneto ignition for automobiles in 1897.

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01He was officially listed in Guinness from 1980 until his death in 1986 as age 120.
02Japanese researchers found the 1865 birth record belonged to a grandfather of the same name.
03His likely true birth year of 1880 would still place him among the oldest verified humans.

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01HeLa cells were mailed to labs globally within a year of harvest; Lacks died of the same cancer eight months after the biopsy.
02Her family learned the cells existed in 1973 — from a researcher who called asking for their DNA.
03A single gram of HeLa cells was sold commercially for around $25 in the 1950s; her estate received nothing.

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01The larvae of Piophila casei jump up to 15 cm when threatened; eye protection is recommended while eating.
02Eating it after maggots have died is considered unsafe — the living state signals the cheese is still 'good.'
03The EU banned casu martzu; Sardinians got it listed as a traditional food product to sidestep the ruling.

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Illustrative woodcut from the Latin edition of Columbus's letter printed in Basel in 1494.

01Columbus wrote the letter during his return voyage, before even setting foot back on European soil.
02The letter was published in at least nine cities across Europe within a single year — 1493.
03It described inhabitants and islands in terms designed to appeal to Spanish royal investors, not explorers.

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