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Robert Lee is first the commander of the Virginia Armed Forces and then Chief General of the Confederate State Army.

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The Arnolfini Portrait, painted in 1434, is the work of primitive Flemish painter Jan van Eyck, a master of oil painting.

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The capital of Liechtenstein is Vaduz. Situated on the banks of the Rhine, it is the principality's political and cultural center, albeit sparsely populated.

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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby was adapted for the screen by Baz Luhrmann in 2013. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby.

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Cleopatra VII, Egypt's last queen, died in Alexandria in August 30 BC, probably from an asp bite or poisoning.

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Kylian Mbappé became world champion at 19 years and 6 months old at the 2018 World Cup, scoring in the final and equaling historic records.

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Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (1857) recounts the quest of Emma Bovary, married to a provincial doctor, to escape boredom through adventure and excessive luxury.

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Francisco de Goya's painting The Third of May 1808 refers to the Spanish War of Independence (1808-1814), which pitted Spain against Napoleon's occupation.

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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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Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was first published in 1890, in the Victorian era, in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine.

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