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Asmara is the capital and largest city of Eritrea. It is located on the Hamasen Plateau at an altitude of 2,325 meters and is the second highest capital city in Africa and the sixth highest in the world.

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Nigeria's capital is Abuja. Officially designated in 1991, it replaced Lagos to give the country a more central and balanced location.

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In Greek mythology, Eos is the goddess of dawn. Daughter of the Titans Hyperion and Theia, she opens the gates of heaven every day to allow the sun to shine.

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The battle of Appomattox ended the Civil War, even though the fighting did not stop immediately.

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The Human Genome Project was officially launched in 1990, with the aim of mapping the entire human genome within fifteen years.

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Palikir has been the federal capital of Micronesia since 1989. It is located on the island of Pohnpei, in the state with the same name as the island, in the municipality of Sokehs.

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French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps was behind the construction of the Suez Canal. Inaugurated in 1869, the canal links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

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Bulgarian athlete Stefka Kostadinova competes in the high jump, a discipline in which she still holds the women's world record set in 1987.

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The Obninsk nuclear power plant was built in the "Scientific City" of Obninsk in Kaluga oblast. It is the first civil nuclear power station in the world. It was operational from 1951 to 2002, although electricity production for the power grid ceased in 1959.

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The Hotel Tassel is a mansion built between 1892 and 1893 by Victor Horta in Brussels, Belgium.

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