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The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the events leading up to William the Conqueror's conquest of England, in particular the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

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The Black Death, a devastating pandemic, ravaged Europe from 1347 to 1352, causing millions of deaths and profoundly altering medieval society.

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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a short novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson and published in January 1886. It tells the story of a notary public, Gabriel John Utterson, who investigates the strange connection between Edward Hyde and Dr. Henry Jekyll.

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Oregon pine is actually neither a pine nor a fir, but a member of the genus Pseudotsuga.

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The smallest antelope in the world is the dik-dik, a small antelope that lives in East Africa. It measures between 30 and 40 cm and weighs between 3 and 6 kg.

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At 2,962 meters, the Zugspitze is the highest peak in the Bavarian Alps and Germany, on the border with Austria.

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Fats Domino is an American rhythm and blues pianist, singer, composer and conductor, one of the pioneers of rock 'n' roll, author of the rock song Ain't That a Shame and the most famous performer of the 1940 ballad Blueberry Hill.

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The Black Sea owes its name to a Turco-Mongolian tradition associating black with the north. Located to the north of Turkey, it was named the Black Sea.

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Appeared in the early 1890s, Art Nouveau evolved into a more geometric style, characteristic of the artistic movement Art Déco (1910-1940).

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Bison are a genus of large ruminant cattle of which there are two living species: the European bison and the North American bison.

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