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01Court painter Mao Yanshou allegedly sold flattering portraits to concubines who bribed him; Zhaojun refused and was painted plain.
02She was gifted to Huhanye, the Xiongnu khan, in 33 BCE and bore him two sons before his death.
03After Huhanye died, steppe custom required her to marry his son by another wife; Chinese sources record she appealed to be allowed to return home and was refused.

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01Two victims had fractured ribs consistent with 20,000 lbs of force — no external bruising.
02Lyudmila Dubinina's tongue, eyes, and lips were missing; soft tissue only, no blade marks.
03Soviet investigators closed the case citing 'an unknown compelling force' — then sealed it for 30 years.

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The eight "Chicago Black Sox"

01First baseman Chick Gandil organized the fix; the players received between $5,000 and $35,000, unevenly distributed.
02Shoeless Joe Jackson actually batted .375 in the Series and hit the only home run — yet was banned for life.
03Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis banned all eight players permanently, even after a jury acquitted them in 1921.

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01Tipton's birth sex was discovered by paramedics responding to his home in Spokane, Washington, on January 21, 1989.
02His son William Tipton Jr. stated publicly he had no idea — and that his father had been, by every measure, his father.
03Diane Wood Middlebrook's 1998 biography 'Suits Me' reconstructed Tipton's life from the outside in, since Tipton left almost no personal records.

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01El Cid died in 1099 but his armored corpse, tied to Babieca, led the final charge at Valencia.
02He fought for both Christian and Muslim rulers, switching sides twice without losing his legend.
03His nickname 'El Cid' comes from Arabic 'al-sayyid' — meaning 'the lord' — given by his enemies.

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01Liu Ziye conscripted his own paternal aunts as concubines, publicly parading them through the inner palace.
02He was assassinated at age sixteen in 465 CE, stabbed by a servant acting on minister's orders.
03His brief reign produced a purge of officials who dared complain about his incestuous harem.

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01US pilots described the slaughter as a 'turkey shoot'; some refused further passes over the column.
02The carnage stretched 60 miles from Kuwait City toward Basra along a single road.
03Photos of charred Iraqi soldiers in their vehicles, published worldwide, pressured Bush to call the ceasefire.

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A Coleman white gas lantern mantle glowing at full brightness

01Gas mantles contained thorium-232, a radioactive isotope with a half-life of 14 billion years.
02A single crushed mantle released radioactive dust directly into the breathing air of the room.
03Thorium mantles were still legally sold in camping supply shops in the United States into the 1990s.

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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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