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The Triumphal Entry of Alexander Nevsky into the City of Pskov after His Victory over the Germans

The Triumphal Entry of Alexander Nevsky into the City of Pskov after His Victory over the Germans. Grigory Ugryumov, late eighteenth century

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The fortress of Rocca Calascio in the mountainous Abruzzo region of Italy consists of buildings of the 10th to 13th centuries

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When in the middle of June they decided to install heat guns on the restaurant terrace

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The most dangerous animal in nature: the very sign the Bronx Zoo hung above a mirror in 1963

An elderly woman in a tweed jacket holds a large tote with brown handles and a printed photo of three girls. A red carpet and black patent shoes are visible nearby.

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Tote bag printed with a photo of three girls, held by an elderly woman

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Weekend assignment: learning from the eighteenth-century Dutch draughtsman Johannes Merken how to react to an encounter with passive-aggressive yappers: we simply keep moving along in our elegant carriage, drawn by a charming little horse

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Remember Winnie-the-Pooh in Latin?

Remember Winnie-the-Pooh in Latin? It turns out there is an Ancient Greek version too!

Aerial photo of a giant cat-shaped geoglyph on a desert hillside, with a fenced path running alongside it.

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A 2,000-year-old geoglyph of a cat found on the Nazca plateau in Peru

This kitty from Peru is 2,000 years old. The giant geoglyph was discovered a few years ago on the famous Nazca plateau, where there are dozens of figures of people, birds, mammals and other objects and shapes

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After listening for ten minutes to girls discussing their skincare routines

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Filming Ghostbusters, 1984

Portrait of a girl with auburn curls in a pink lace-trimmed dress with a red sash, in a gilded frame. A museum label below reads: unknown artist, 19th century, oil on canvas.

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Portrait of Grand Princess Catherine Pavlovna, copy after Dmitry Levitsky

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Few people know it, but the smallest pocket on a pair of jeans is actually intended for a very small icon, and the slightly larger pocket for an icon of medium size