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Cupid of Men Unmarried by Thirty
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A resident of the Scottish town of Dunfermline invented a tripod with which one could walk on the surface of water
A resident of the Scottish town of Dunfermline invented a tripod with which one could walk on the surface of water. The three-legged conveyance rested on air cushions and was peerless for hunting. When William Kant was to demonstrate his invention to King George IV and set off across
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Alexander the Great in a Submarine
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Incidentally, on Luc Besson and The Fifth Element
Incidentally, on Luc Besson and The Fifth Element. The space diva Plavalaguna, invented by Besson, who performs the aria of Lucia di Lammermoor in the voice of the Albanian opera singer Inva Mula, owes her otherworldly name to the Croatian seaside resort of Plava Laguna, where Luc Besson spent a
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A Kirghiz convict painted by Vasily Perov in 1873 looks exactly like Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow
A Kirghiz convict painted by Vasily Perov in 1873 looks exactly like Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Collection of the Russian Museum
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Milestones of Life
Milestones of life. Jan Baptist Weenix, 1650s. According to this rather common seventeenth-century scheme of the ages and stages of life, the summit of existence falls at the age of 50. On the last step stands the figure 90. Weenix himself died at 38
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Napoleon Plays Chess with General Frost
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When Denis Davydov, on Bagration's instructions, reported to General Bennigsen that the enemy was under our nose, Bennigsen asked Davydov: "Under whose nose, Denis Vasilyevich? If yours, then he is close indeed; if under Prince Bagration's, then…
from Pushkin's diaries
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King Harald V of Norway, aged 86, fell but got up and went on his way
King Harald V of Norway, 86, has had a fall. But he got up and carried on
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A Meissen candelabrum of 1790 on seeing grocery prices in 2023
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Queen Camilla's book blog grows into a festival at Hampton Court near London
Queen Camilla's modest, not especially talented book blog has grown into a book festival of its own at Hampton Court, the English kings' country palace on the outskirts of London. It stands on the left bank of the River Thames. The festival bears the name of the