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01Dunhuang's Mogao Caves contain 492 decorated chambers spanning ten dynasties — over 45,000 square meters of murals.
02The town sat at the fork where the northern and southern Silk Road branches split around the Taklamakan Desert.
03Among the cave documents: a 10th-century Chinese contract for the sale of a girl, complete with her price in silk.

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01Rai stones can measure up to 3.6 meters across and weigh over 4 metric tons.
02One stone sank to the sea floor in transit; the family retained full ownership — everyone knew.
03Economists compare Yap's oral ledger to the gold France claimed from the US Federal Reserve in 1932 without moving it.

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01Prisoners were staked in open fields and hit with shrapnel grenades to induce controlled wound infections.
02Gangrene progression was logged hour-by-hour to produce infection-rate data usable in battlefield planning.
03The same bacterial strain, Clostridium perfringens, can kill a limb in under six hours without treatment.

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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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01Van de Velde's ball struck the grandstand rail, his own leg, and landed in deep rough — all on one shot.
02He stood in the water considering playing the submerged ball before finally taking a penalty drop.
03Paul Lawrie won the playoff at 6-over; Van de Velde had started the 18th at 6-under.

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01Abdulrahman was born in Denver, Colorado — an American citizen by birth, killed by American order.
02He had run away from home to find his father; he never made it back alive.
03White House press secretary Robert Gibbs suggested Abdulrahman should have 'had a more responsible father.'

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Corybantian dance , the type of dance most likely danced on Gymnopedia festivals (image from Smith 's Dictionary of Antiquities ).

01The festival lasted several days in July, the hottest period of the Spartan calendar, with no shade permitted.
02Choral competitions involved three age groups — boys, men, and elders — performing simultaneously.
03When news of the defeat at Leuctra arrived mid-festival in 371 BC, the ephors refused to stop the dancing.

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01Wind speeds on Ventoux's summit regularly exceed 90 km/h; the exposed limestone reflects heat like a furnace.
02Tom Simpson collapsed and died 1.3 km from the Ventoux summit on July 13, 1967.
03In 2016, Chris Froome ran 1 km uphill in cycling shoes, bike under his arm, after a crash with a motorcycle.

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Fritz Haber , 1918

01Haber's nitrogen fixation process now sustains roughly half of all human beings alive on Earth.
02He directed the April 22, 1915 chlorine attack at Ypres — 168 tons released in one morning.
03His wife Clara, also a chemist, shot herself with his service pistol days after Ypres.

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