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Before becoming the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange was a brilliant but arrogant neurosurgeon, specializing in pathologies of the brain and nervous system.

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The American musical romantic comedy film Singin' in the Rain was released in 1952. Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, it illustrates the transition from silent to talking pictures.

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Billie Holiday first performed Strange Fruit in 1939 at New York's Café Society, marking a turning point in her career and in committed music.

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Serena Williams is a tennis legend with 39 Grand Slam titles to her name (23 singles and 16 doubles). She is considered one of the greatest players of all time.

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Solomon Burke is a singer of gospel, rhythm and blues, soul and American country. He is, along with Sam Cooke and Ray Charles, one of the pioneers of soul music. His most famous song is Everybody Needs Somebody to Love.

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The first electric battery, invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800, is known as the voltaic battery.

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Giovanni Branca is an Italian engineer, architect and technical writer of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. He described steam turbines in 1629.

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The mercury barometer, invented by Torricelli in 1643, is an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure using a column of mercury in a sealed tube.

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It was in the United States that she met Stan Getz, with whom she recorded The Girl from Ipanema in 1963, which is now a bossa nova standard.

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Tripoli is the capital of Libya, located on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in the 7th century BC, it is the political, economic and cultural center of the country.

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