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01Medieval ultramarine cost more per ounce than gold; patrons had to specify it in painting contracts.
02The sole source was the Sar-e-Sang lapis lazuli mine in Afghanistan's Kokcha River valley, mined since 7000 BC.
03Lapis beads from Badakhshan have been found in Mesopotamian royal tombs dating to 3000 BC — a 5,000-year supply chain.

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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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01Cargill's annual revenues have exceeded $160 billion, surpassing the GDP of many mid-sized nations.
02Founded in 1865 in Conover, Iowa, the company has remained family-controlled for over 150 years.
03Cargill operates in 70 countries and handles an estimated 25% of all U.S. grain exports.

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01Camarena's torture session lasted approximately 30 hours and was recorded in full on audiotape.
02His kidnappers used a doctor to keep him conscious through the ordeal — to extend it.
03The murder triggered Operation Leyenda, the largest DEA investigation ever conducted outside U.S. borders.

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01Eight victims were killed in four separate incidents along a 23-mile Virginia National Park Service road.
02Investigators believe the perpetrator may have impersonated a law enforcement officer to approach victims.
03As of 2024, no suspect has ever been charged; the FBI lists the Colonial Parkway murders as unsolved.

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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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A bile bear in a "crush cage" on Huizhou Farm, Huizhou , China

01An estimated 20,000 bears are currently held on bile farms in China and Vietnam, many in 'crush cages.'
02Bear bile contains ursodeoxycholic acid — a compound now synthesized cheaply in labs, making farming medically redundant.
03Moon bears on farms are often declawed and defanged at capture; some have been caged since cubhood.

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The Hereford Mappa Mundi , about 1300, Hereford Cathedral , England

01The Hereford Mappa Mundi measures 1.58 metres tall and was drawn on a single calfskin hide around 1300.
02Jerusalem sits at the precise geometric center, with the Garden of Eden positioned at the very top of the world.
03Over 500 named places, animals, and mythical peoples are inscribed across its surface, each a medieval truth.

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Eyguieres curse tablet

01Over 1,600 defixiones have been recovered; one found in Roman Britain names 'Docilianus son of Brucerus' by full name.
02Tablets were sometimes written in reverse script or mirror image to activate the curse's hidden logic.
03Victims cursed ranged from chariot-race rivals to unfaithful lovers to thieves who stole six silver coins.

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