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In 1795, French confectioner Nicolas Appert invented the method of preserving food by sterilization in hermetically sealed containers, known as appertization.

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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) by Michel Gondry, with Jim Carrey in a dramatic role originally intended for Nicolas Cage.

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The Mekong rises on the Tibetan plateau in China's Qinghai province, at an altitude of around 5,000 metres, near Mount Guozongmucha.

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Khartoum is the capital of Sudan, located at the confluence of the Blue and White Niles. Founded in 1823, it is the country's political, economic and cultural center.

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The abolition of slavery in the United States was officially proclaimed in 1865 with the adoption of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

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Stonehenge is located in the county of Wiltshire, England. This famous megalithic monument attracts millions of visitors every year and remains an archaeological mystery.

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All the President's Men is an American film directed by Alan J. Pakula, released in 1976. It is an adaptation of the book by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two journalists who investigated the Watergate scandal for the Washington Post.

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The Red Sea owes its name to natural phenomena, notably the presence of cyanobacteria such as Trichodesmium erythraeum, which give the water a reddish hue when they bloom.

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Delivery of the Keys is a religiously themed fresco by Perugino and his assistants, circa 1482, part of the decoration in the middle register of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.

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Honshū is Japan's largest island, formerly known in the West as "Hondo", on which the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hiroshima, Yokohama, Nara and Nagoya, among others, are located.

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