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01Korematsu's conviction was upheld in 1944; it wasn't formally vacated until 1983 — 39 years later.
02He changed his name to 'Clyde Sarah' and claimed Spanish-Hawaiian heritage to avoid the evacuation order.
03His case, Korematsu v. United States, was cited as precedent in post-9/11 detention debates.

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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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01Herzog cooked the shoe with garlic and duck fat before eating it in front of an audience.
02Les Blank filmed the entire meal; the resulting short, 'Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe,' runs 28 minutes.
03He made the original bet to push Errol Morris to finish 'Gates of Heaven' — and Morris did.

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01Spencer's DNA conviction in 1994 was the first execution in U.S. history based solely on genetic evidence.
02His DNA simultaneously exonerated David Vasquez, who had falsely confessed and served five years for one murder.
03Spencer killed four women in the Richmond area between 1987 and 1988; he was called 'The Southside Strangler.'

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Parthian-era bronze statue believed by some scholars to represent General Surena.

01At Carrhae, Surena killed roughly 20,000 Romans and captured 10,000, destroying Crassus's entire eastern army.
02He killed the triumvir Crassus — one-third of Rome's ruling power — ending Rome's richest man.
03King Orodes II had Surena executed shortly after the victory, reportedly fearing his general's growing prestige.

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Logo of 1Malaysia Development Berhad

01Low Taek Jho, a 28-year-old financier, allegedly orchestrated the diversion of $4.5 billion from the Malaysian state fund.
02Goldman Sachs paid $2.9 billion in 2020 — its largest-ever settlement — for its role arranging 1MDB bond offerings.
03Prime Minister Najib Razak was convicted in 2020 on all seven counts and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

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01Pakistan's planners named the operation after Gibraltar, expecting a similar strategic seizure of territory.
02Kashmiris who were supposed to join the uprising instead led Indian forces to the infiltrators' positions.
03The operation's failure directly triggered the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, which ended in a UN-brokered ceasefire.

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01The id team rented office space in a Mesquite, Texas strip mall directly above a little Caesar's pizza.
02Carmack's BSP rendering engine was so fast the team's benchmark software could not time it accurately.
03Doom was installed on more PCs than Windows 95 within its first year, according to Bill Gates's own team.

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01Stoudenmire killed three men in eleven seconds during the Four Dead in Five Seconds gunfight, April 14, 1881.
02He accidentally shot an innocent Mexican bystander during the melee — the fourth body in those five seconds.
03Stoudenmire's murder of a political opponent's dog directly triggered the Manning brothers' vendetta that eventually killed him.

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