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Steve McCurry first went to Afghanistan in 1979, just before the Soviet invasion, to capture striking images of the conflict.

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The eruption of the Tambora in 1815 was the most violent volcanic eruption ever known historically, and above all the most deadly.

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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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Banana plants are not trees. They are giant herbaceous plants belonging to the Musa genus. Their trunk is in fact a pseudo-trunk formed by rolled-up leaves.

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The Dead Man is a painting by the painter Édouard Manet in the mid-1860s. It belongs to Manet's Hispanic period, during which the painter was greatly influenced by Spanish painting. The Dead Man (originally: The Dead Bullfighter), is kept in Washington.

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Monsters, Inc. was created by director and screenwriter Pete Docter, and produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was released in 2001 under Disney's management.

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During the gold rush in the Klondike in northwestern Canada in 1896, a poor lone prospector (Charlot) found refuge in the isolated cabin of Black Larsen, a dangerous convict who refused to rescue him.

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Dorothea Lange, the famous American photographer, was commissioned to document the effects of the Great Depression and the living conditions of the underprivileged.

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Alfred Dreyfus was a captain in the French army. Wrongly accused of espionage in 1894, he was at the heart of the Dreyfus Affair, a major legal scandal.

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Slovenia's capital is Ljubljana. This charming city is known for its rich cultural heritage and its many green spaces.

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