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Scientist Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. This discovery revolutionized medicine by introducing antibiotics, capable of treating many bacterial infections.

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The Lonicera genus is also known as honeysuckle. These climbing or shrubby plants are prized for their fragrant flowers.

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The siege of Constantinople in 1204 by the Crusaders followed the first siege and resulted in the capture and sacking of the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire (or Byzantine Empire).

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.

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In 1686, German scientist Otto von Guericke invented the air pump, a revolutionary device for studying vacuum and atmospheric pressure.

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Spring is an allegorical painting by Sandro Botticelli, executed in tempera on wooden panels between 1478 and 1482, during the First Renaissance. This work was found in the Medici villa in Castello of its patron Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici.

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The Garden of Earthly Delights is an oil painting on wood by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. The work is structured in triptychs: Left panel, Paradise, Eve's creation, her presentation to Adam and their union; Central panel, Humanity before the Flood; Right panel, Hell.

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Carlos Casagemas is a Spanish painter famous for his friendship with Pablo Picasso and died on February 17, 1901 in Paris, France.

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Niger's capital is Niamey, a city located along the River Niger in the west of the country.

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The Council of Trent was convened in 1542 by Pope Paul III to respond to the Protestant Reformation and reaffirm Catholic doctrine.

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