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| Chili Williams |
2024-11-01 |
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37,218 |
1,550.8 |
... that a photograph of Chili Williams, known as the "Polka Dot Girl" (pictured), was one of the "two most famous pin-up pictures" of World War II?
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| James Davis (escaped convict) |
2024-11-03 |
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24,630 |
1,026.2 |
... that convict James Davis (pictured) escaped custody in Australia and lived with Aboriginal Australians for 13 years?
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| Methuselah (lungfish) |
2024-11-05 |
|
20,790 |
873.8 |
... that Methuselah likes belly rubs?
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| Anaïs Gallagher
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2024-11-02
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9,251
|
385.5
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... that after Liam and Noel Gallagher's band Oasis announced "the most controversial band reunion since the Sex Pistols' 1996 Filthy Lucre Tour", Noel's daughter Anaïs Gallagher criticised some fans for ageism and sexism?
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| Oasis Live '25 Tour
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7,666
|
319.4
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| Filthy Lucre Tour
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3,742
|
155.9
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| Total |
20,658 |
860.8
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| Zhuhai Fisher Girl
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2024-11-04
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15,262
|
635.7
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... that Chinese sculptor Pan He created the Zhuhai Fisher Girl (pictured), an icon of Zhuhai?
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| Pan He
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5,276
|
219.7
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| Total |
20,538 |
855.4
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| Sajou no Hana |
2024-11-06 |
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19,896 |
829.0 |
... that the name of the Japanese band Sajou no Hana (vocalist pictured) has no official meaning?
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| Lesser sign of the cross |
2024-11-06 |
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18,566 |
773.6 |
... that the practice of some Christians of making the lesser sign of the cross has been traced back to the 11th century?
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| Vivian Stranders |
2024-11-07 |
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17,788 |
741.2 |
... that Vivian Stranders, a British-born Jew, served as an officer in the Nazi SS?
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| Sailor Song (song)
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2024-11-07
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|
11,210
|
467.1
|
... that the lyrics of Gigi Perez's "Sailor Song" were criticized by far-right conservative Christian communities?
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| Gigi Perez
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5,692[a]
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237.2
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| Total |
16,902 |
704.2
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| Allison Reese |
2024-11-07 |
|
14,702 |
612.6 |
... that Allison Reese has received millions of views for her impressions of Kamala Harris?
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| Sammy Basso |
2024-11-05 |
|
14,491 |
609.1 |
... that Sammy Basso was the oldest known person with progeria?
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| Middlesex Regiment alien labour units |
2024-11-03 |
|
14,036 |
584.8 |
... that the British Army deployed companies of aliens to France during the First World War?
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| Mouthwashing (video game) |
2024-11-05 |
|
12,220[b] |
513.6 |
... that the 2024 psychological horror game Mouthwashing utilises non-diegetic scene transitions that mimic glitches and crashes?
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| John W. Keogh |
2024-11-05 |
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11,954 |
502.4 |
... that John W. Keogh killed an attorney to encourage redistricting?
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| HMNZS Manawanui (2019) |
2024-11-04 |
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10,848 |
451.8 |
... that in October 2024 Manawanui became the first Royal New Zealand Navy vessel to be lost in peacetime?
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| Conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season |
2024-11-07 |
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10,115 |
421.5 |
... that several major U.S. politicians have spread conspiracy theories about the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season?
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| Ana Eva Hei |
2024-11-03 |
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10,114 |
421.4 |
... that one of the last surviving women from Rapa Nui to receive traditional facial tattoos was queen consort Ana Eva Hei?
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| Francis W. Kelly |
2024-11-04 |
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9,890 |
412.0 |
... that Marine chaplain Francis W. Kelly was known as "Father Foxhole" for his presence on the front lines of the Pacific Theater?
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| 45 East 66th Street |
2024-11-03 |
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9,853 |
410.5 |
... that the tenants of a New York City apartment building protested against its owner by going to a racetrack and betting on his horse?
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| Funnyback |
2024-11-03 |
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9,462 |
394.2 |
... that America's first small-size silver certificate was referred to as a Funnyback?
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| George Frederick Cumming Smillie |
2024-11-06 |
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9,230 |
384.6 |
... that a portrait engraver made the controversial decision to change a Sioux chief's war bonnet so that it would fit on the 1899 United States five-dollar silver certificate?
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| Talk Talk (Charli XCX song) |
2024-11-06 |
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9,042 |
376.8 |
... that Charli XCX once followed George Daniel into a toilet but stopped halfway, and later wrote the song "Talk Talk" about the experience?
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| The True Record |
2024-11-07 |
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8,610 |
358.8 |
... that The True Record (issue pictured) closed shortly after implicating Provisional President Yuan Shikai in the assassination of Song Jiaoren?
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| Muadianvita Kazadi |
2024-11-01 |
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8,416 |
350.6 |
... that NFL player Muadianvita Kazadi viewed football as "war", according to a teammate?
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| Puck Building |
2024-11-04 |
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8,101 |
337.4 |
... that the Puck Building has two gilded Pucks?
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| Edmonds Band Rotunda |
2024-11-02 |
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8,015 |
334.0 |
... that the basement of the Edmonds Band Rotunda (pictured) was once used as a kitchen?
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| Yang Pao'an |
2024-11-01 |
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7,958 |
331.6 |
... that Yang Pao'an refused to forsake the Chinese Communist Party, reportedly even after a telephone call with Chiang Kai-shek?
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| Delibird |
2024-11-01 |
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7,928 |
330.3 |
... that, despite Delibird being directly inspired by Santa Claus, TheGamer refused to give it the title of Christmas Pokémon?
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| Alex Portal
|
2024-11-04
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4,590
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191.2
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... that swimmer Alex Portal and his brother Kylian Portal both won medals in the same event at the 2024 Paralympics?
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| Kylian Portal
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3,326
|
138.5
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| Total |
7,916 |
329.7
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| Rose O'Neill (Irish noblewoman) |
2024-11-06 |
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7,793 |
324.7 |
... that Rose O'Neill's marriage to Hugh Roe O'Donnell united two powerful noble families that had been rivals for centuries?
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| Manifesto (2015 film) |
2024-11-03 |
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7,513 |
313.0 |
... that Cate Blanchett played 13 different characters in the multi-screen film installation Manifesto?
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| Ivan Ivan (ice hockey) |
2024-11-03 |
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7,262 |
302.6 |
... that Ivan Ivan played for the Eagles and the Eagles?
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| Stadium ban decision |
2024-11-01 |
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6,678 |
278.3 |
... that a German court's decision involving football stadiums may preclude Facebook from arbitrarily banning users?
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| E-Defense |
2024-11-04 |
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6,546 |
272.7 |
... that when the E-Defense was commissioned in 2005, it was the world's largest 3D earthquake shake table?
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| Don Bragg (basketball) |
2024-11-05 |
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6,234 |
262.0 |
... that the Korean War allowed Don Bragg to set a UCLA basketball record for the most rebounds by a varsity freshman, which stood for almost 40 years?
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| Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures |
2024-11-02 |
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6,184 |
257.7 |
... that Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures excludes mentions of Nazism that are present in the Indiana Jones films?
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| Mitch Torres |
2024-11-02 |
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5,844 |
243.5 |
... that Mitch Torres is a "self-proclaimed damper destroyer"?
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| Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences |
2024-11-05 |
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5,700 |
239.6 |
... that a screen based on the circuitry of a rat brain (pictured) is displayed on the façade of the Jerusalem-based Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences?
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| Marie Marcks |
2024-11-03 |
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5,588 |
232.9 |
... that Marie Marcks sarcastically caricatured gender roles like no one before, according to Jutta Limbach?
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| You Are Here (song) |
2024-11-01 |
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5,360 |
223.3 |
... that the music video for John Lennon's "You Are Here", issued half a century after the song was released, shows previously unseen footage of Lennon?
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| Diplodus argenteus |
2024-11-01 |
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5,342 |
222.6 |
... that despite being commonly found off the coast of Argentina, Diplodus argenteus is not named after the country?
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| Black Lesbian and Gay Centre |
2024-11-06 |
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5,234 |
218.1 |
... that a rainbow plaque marks the site of Peckham's Black Lesbian and Gay Centre?
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| Second Adrian Hasler cabinet |
2024-11-02 |
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5,200 |
216.7 |
... that a member of the second Adrian Hasler cabinet was expelled in 2019 following an embezzlement scandal?
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| Malaysia Monument |
2024-11-04 |
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4,916 |
204.7 |
... that the Chinese community of Kota Kinabalu sponsored the creation of the Malaysia Monument just 20 days before it needed to be completed to mark the formation of Malaysia?
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| Come In (Weatherday album) |
2024-11-02 |
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4,736 |
197.3 |
... that Come In was recorded on a hands-free microphone attached to a pair of headphones?
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| Beijing Hanhai |
2024-11-06 |
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4,680 |
195.0 |
... that one of the paintings sold by Beijing Hanhai was stolen by an emperor, and another was hidden in a well?
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| Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs |
2024-11-07 |
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4,519 |
188.3 |
... that Manhood was Josh Hawley's second book to be published by Regnery, after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster for his support of attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election?
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| Tore Skeie |
2024-11-05 |
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4,435 |
186.4 |
... that Tore Skeie's first book, written while he faced severe financial hardship, won him a prize of NOK 100,000?
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| List of oral repositories |
2024-11-02 |
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4,409 |
183.7 |
... that oral repositories are individuals trusted with memorising a society's oral traditions, and have been termed "walking libraries"?
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| Teleke Lauti |
2024-11-01 |
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4,391 |
183.0 |
... that politician Teleke Lauti unseated a former prime minister, was himself unseated by a future prime minister, and later ran again to replace a former prime minister?
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| Pulp and paper industry in Indonesia |
2024-11-05 |
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4,020 |
168.9 |
... that the Indonesian pulp and paper industry collectively controls over 10 million hectares of land?
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| Od Warszawy do Ojcowa |
2024-11-06 |
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3,795 |
158.1 |
... that From Warsaw to Ojców, an 1897 Polish adventure and travel novel for young readers, was inspired by Jules Verne's works but reflects Polish patriotic and educational values?
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| Embassy of the Philippines, Bucharest |
2024-11-07 |
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3,732 |
155.5 |
... that the embassy of the Philippines in Bucharest is the country's first mission in the Eastern Bloc?
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| Blanche Badcock |
2024-11-02 |
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3,518 |
146.6 |
... that a poultry farmer was the first woman to compete for the Sovereign's Prize, the highest honour in British rifle shooting?
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| Tenzin Doendrup |
2024-11-07 |
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3,197 |
133.2 |
... that Tenzin Doendrup, the 68th Je Khenpo and chief abbot of Bhutan, issued a decree to stop the practice of animal sacrifices?
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| Beth Kempton |
2024-11-04 |
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3,194 |
133.1 |
... that self-help author Beth Kempton held positions at both the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Tokyo and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London?
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| Typhoon Thelma (1977) |
2024-11-05 |
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3,078 |
129.4 |
... that 1977's Typhoon Thelma was the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?
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| The Nualas |
2024-11-03 |
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2,421 |
100.9 |
... that the Nualas' 2015 novelty song "Yes 2 Love" was created to promote a yes vote?
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| Frederick Prigg |
2024-11-06 |
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2,304 |
96.0 |
... that Frederick Prigg and his predecessor as secretary of the Provisional Government of Oregon were both doctors who drowned in a river at Oregon City just three years apart?
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| Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape |
2024-11-04 |
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2,211 |
92.1 |
... that Toby Keith's last recording before his death was a cover of Joe Diffie's "Ships That Don't Come In" on the tribute album Hixtape: Vol. 3: Difftape?
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| Mind |
2024-11-01 |
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2,134[c] |
88.9 |
... that diverse fields study the mind, including psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy?
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| David de Pomis |
2024-11-02 |
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2,011 |
83.8 |
... that David de Pomis published a trilingual Hebrew–Aramaic, Latin and Italian dictionary in 1587?
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| 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix |
2024-11-07 |
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1,504 |
62.6 |
... that the first Chinese driver to race in Formula One debuted at the 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix?
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