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In 1656, mathematician and astronomer Christiaan Huygens perfected the pendulum clock, improving the accuracy of time measurement.

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Allegory of Good and Bad Government is a set of frescoes by Ambrogio Lorenzetti placed on the walls of the Sala dei Nove or Sala della Pace of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena.

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The Gutenberg Bible, the first book printed using movable type, was completed around 1455 in Mainz, Germany, by Johannes Gutenberg.

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The bat's scientific name is Chiroptera. These flying mammals play an essential role in ecosystems, notably as pollinators and insect population controllers.

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Steve, Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement by retroacronymy, is a luminous phenomenon reported from 2015 onwards. It takes the form of a thin bright purple ribbon associated with green, adopting an east-west alignment. Its appearance is thus reminiscent of a polar aurora, although it is observed below the auroral zone.

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In Europe, there are four species of birch: wart birch (Betula pendula), downy birch (Betula pubescens), dwarf birch (Betula nana) and low birch (Betula humilis).

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The camphor tree, a resistant and symbolic tree, is the emblematic tree of Hiroshima, as some of them survived the atomic bomb of 1945.

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The Battle of Castillon, which took place on July 17, 1453, put an end to the Hundred Years' War. It marked the decisive victory of the French over the English.

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Yerevan has been the capital of Armenia since 1918. A thousand-year-old city, founded in 782 BC, it is located on the Ararat plain, close to Mount Ararat.

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's famous play Faust, written in 1808, is a two-part work exploring the pact between Faust and Mephistopheles.

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