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Sanaa is the capital of Yemen. Located in the northern mountains, it is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the Arab world.

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When he signed with Real Madrid in 2009, Cristiano Ronaldo inherited the legendary number 7 jersey, previously worn by Raúl and made famous by him.

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In The Mystery of Picasso (1956), Pablo Picasso works with Henri-Georges Clouzot. This documentary film reveals his creative process.

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Fernand de Magellan's fleet set sail from Seville on 10 August 1519.

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The Berlin Wall was erected in 1961. It symbolized the division between East and West during the Cold War. It fell in 1989, marking the end of that period.

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The law concerning the separation of Church and State is a law adopted on 9 December 1905 on the initiative of the Republican-Socialist deputy Aristide Briand, who was in favour of secularism without excess.

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For the promotion of Madonna's album Rebel Heart (2015), Jean-Michel Basquiat appears with his face tied with a black rope. Other historical figures have undergone the same hijacking; we can quote Martin Luther King, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, Bob Marley. These images have caused controversy.

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Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in 180 AD, probably of the Antonine plague, during a military campaign near Vindobona, modern-day Vienna.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is an American film directed by Miloš Forman, released in 1975. Adapted from the eponymous novel by Ken Kesey published in 1962, the film was awarded the five main Oscars, including Best Picture and six Golden Globes.

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Mark Rothko was an American painter of Latvian origin. Born in Daugavpils, he emigrated to the United States in 1913 and became a major figure in Abstract Expressionism.

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