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01The Treasury Department ruled that U.S. lawyers required a special license to legally represent al-Awlaki in court.
02A federal judge dismissed his father's lawsuit to remove him from the kill list, citing lack of standing.
03The Justice Department's legal memo authorizing the killing was classified for three years after his death.

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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 loris activates venom by rubbing its arm gland against its mouth before biting — a two-step weapon assembly.
02Its slow movement is not timidity; it is a mimic of the venomous Asian krait snake.
03Viral 'tickling' videos show lorises raised with clipped teeth — a mutilation done to make them safe pets.

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01The U.S. State Department placed a $1 million bounty on Sahiron under the Rewards for Justice program.
02Sahiron lost one arm in combat; he continues to command active operations in Sulu province.
03He has survived multiple AFP offensives, drone surveillance campaigns, and internal Abu Sayyaf leadership purges.

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01The 1995 Tour continued racing the day after Casartelli's death, with Stage 16 treated as a tribute ride.
02Motorola teammates finished Stage 16 holding Casartelli's bike upright across the finish line together.
03Race director Jean-Marie Leblanc faced immediate criticism for not cancelling the stage entirely.

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01The killers, aged 19, committed at least 21 murders and filmed several of them for personal entertainment.
02The victim, Sergei Yatzenko, was beaten with a hammer, screwdriver, and pipe over several minutes.
03The video spread globally online before investigators identified the perpetrators partly through leaked footage.

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01Macías banned fishing boats and private radios, sealing 300,000 people inside his personal terror state.
02He declared himself 'God' and had churches display the slogan: 'There is no God other than Macías.'
03An estimated 80,000 people were killed during his eleven-year rule — roughly a quarter of the population.

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Piles of new Notgeld banknotes awaiting distribution at the Reichsbank during the hyperinflation

01Weimar inflation peaked at 29,500% per month in October 1923; a postage stamp cost 10 billion marks.
02The German government printed money to pay World War I reparations; by 1923, paper notes were cheaper as fuel than firewood.
03A new currency, the Rentenmark, was introduced November 15, 1923 — one Rentenmark exchanged for one trillion old marks.

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01Quisling announced himself as Prime Minister on Norwegian national radio on April 9, 1940 — the same day German troops landed.
02His collaborationist government oversaw the deportation of Norway's Jewish population; 773 were killed at Auschwitz.
03He was shot at Akershus Fortress on October 24, 1945 — the very citadel he had helped deliver to the occupation.

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