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Precursor to challah adapted from a recipe in the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ

... that the Kitāb al-ṭabīẖ, a medieval Andalusian cookbook, contains an early version of Jewish challah bread (pictured), which traveled with Jews expelled from Spain and likely influenced Ashkenazi cuisine?
... that at the 2024 Olympics, unranked North Korean table tennis pair Ri Jong Sik and Kim Kum Yong defeated the defending champions and went on to win the silver medal?
... that rivers form 23% of international borders?
... that after composer Maxim Berezovsky's death, Catherine the Great secretly ordered that the papers in his rooms be burned?
... that a Los Angeles summer camp teaches children how to become YouTubers by making toy unboxing videos?
... that brothers Mike McCartney and Paul McCartney, and sisters Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, use their middle names as their first names?
... that Abdul Ali Deobandi stipulated that women were prohibited from learning to read and write, even at home?
... that actress Lisa Coleman attended artist Euan Uglow's studio one to three times a week from 1993 to 1996 to model for Articulation?
... that in The Gambia, there is a belief that people can summon evil spirits to cause abortions?

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Damage from the Canterbury earthquake in Christchurch

476 – Germanic leader Odoacer captured Ravenna and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustus, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
1800 – French Revolutionary Wars: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers per day, the French garrison in Malta surrendered to British forces, ending a two-year siege.
1843 – The state wedding of Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil took place at the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.
1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre occurred in Chinatown, San Francisco, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city.
2010 – A magnitude-7.1 earthquake (damage pictured) struck the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, causing two deaths and up to NZ$40 billion in damages.

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