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French cycling legend Jeannie Longo won 59 French championship titles during her exceptional career.

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The capital of Tajikistan is Dushanbe, a city located in the center of the country and bordered by the Pamir Mountains.

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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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The schism of 1054, also known as the Great Schism, marked the definitive separation between the Eastern Church (Orthodox) and the Western Church (Catholic).

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The Allegory of the Triumph of Venus is an allegorical painting made around 1545 by the Florentine painter Agnolo Bronzino. It is currently housed in the National Gallery in London.

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The eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia on 27 August 1883, where the explosion was heard as far as Rodrigues Island, 500 kilometres east of Mauritius.

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Shinkansen is the high-speed train system in operation in Japan. The name refers to both the trains and the infrastructure. The use of a set of dedicated lines and the techniques employed made Shinkansen a forerunner and Japan the pioneer of high-speed rail travel when it came into service in 1964.

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Euclid's geometric construction is based on five axioms, or postulates, set out in his major work The Elements, written around 300 BC.

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There are several species of harriers grouped in the genus Circus, which includes about 16 species and numerous subspecies worldwide.

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He reigned over Austrasia from 622 to 632 and was king of the Franks from 629 to 639.

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