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A Reminder
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On 13 March 1881, Alexander II was killed
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Exactly 9 years ago Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope and took the name Francis I
Exactly 9 years ago Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected Pope and took the name Francis I. Bergoglio became the first Jesuit Pope, the first Pope from the New World and the first in twelve centuries not from Europe. What I mean to say is, I hope not the last
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Boyarynya, Konstantin Makovsky
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Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon on the set of Ridley Scott's new film
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Frescoed and gilded vault of a Baroque church in shafts of light
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Doves in a detail of Louis Jean-François Lagrenée’s “Mars and Venus”, 1770
Louis Jean-François Lagrenée, Allegory of Peace, detail of the painting Mars and Venus. 1770
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Map of the Origin of the Name of the Colour Red in Different Countries
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If you have ever wondered whether a union between a man and a centaur is possible
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Fireboats spraying water on burning storage tanks at a waterfront industrial site
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