| A. A. Milne Alan Alexander Milne () (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work. A._A._Milne
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| The Bronx {{Infobox Settlement The_Bronx
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| Battle of Blenheim |partof=the War of the Spanish Succession Battle_of_Blenheim
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| Dejima , was a fan-shaped artificial island in the bay of Nagasaki that was a Dutch trading port during Japan's self-imposed isolation (sakoku) of the Edo period, from 1641 until 1853. Dejima
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| Stephen Donaldson (activist) Stephen Donaldson (July 27, 1946 – July 18, 1996), born Robert Anthony Martin, Jr and also known by the pseudonym Donny the Punk, was an American political activist. He is best known for his pioneering activism in gay liberation and prison reform and his participation in the punk subculture. Stephen_Donaldson_(activist)
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| Édouard Manet | location = Paris Édouard_Manet
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| Empire State Building |location= 350 Fifth AvenueNew York, New York 10118The Empire State Building is located within the 10001 zip code area, but 10118 is assigned as the building's own zip code. Source: USPS. Empire_State_Building
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| Friedrich Nietzsche (Weimar, German Empire) Friedrich_Nietzsche
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| FM-2030 FM-2030 (October 15, 1930 – July 8, 2000) was a transhumanist philosopher and futurist. FM-2030 was born Fereidoun M. FM-2030
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| Gulag The Gulag was the government agency that administered the penal labor camps of the Soviet Union. Gulag is the Russian acronym for The Chief Administration of Corrective Labor Camps and Colonies (Russian: Главное Управление Исправительно-Трудовых Лагерей и колоний) of the NKVD. Gulag
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| History of Palestine The History of Palestine is the account of events in the greater geographic area in the Southern Levant known as Palestine, which includes not just the West Bank and Gaza but also the territory of the State of Israel. Historically "Palestine" referred to a larger area, including parts of Jordan and Syria, more or less approximating the ancient Jewish Judean kingdom that was destroyed by the Romans and then renamed. History_of_Palestine
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| Karl Benz Karl Friedrich Benz, sometimes spelled Carl, (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, Ladenburg, Germany) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile. Other German contemporaries, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach working as partners, also worked on similar types of inventions and apparently, without knowledge of the work of the other, but Benz patented his work first and, after that, patented all of the processes that made the internal combustion engine feasible for use in automobiles. Karl_Benz
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| Moscow Moscow (, romanised: Moskvá, [ see also other names) is the capital and the largest city of Russia. It is also the largest city in Europe, with its metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world. Moscow
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| Low-alcohol beer Low-alcohol beer (also non-alcoholic or NA beer, small beer, or small ale or near-beer) is beer with very low or no alcohol content. The vast majority of low alcohol beers are lagers, but there are to a lesser extent some ales. Low-alcohol_beer
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| House of Romanov The House of Romanov (Рома́нов, ) was the second and last imperial dynasty of Russia, which ruled the country from 1613 to 1917. From 1762 to 1917, the Russian Empire was ruled for five generations by a line of the House of Oldenburg descended from the marriage of a Romanov grand duchess to the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. House_of_Romanov
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| Salman Rushdie | birthplace = Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India Salman_Rushdie
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| Thirty Years' War Sweden Thirty_Years'_War
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| Vladimir Nabokov | birthplace = Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire Vladimir_Nabokov
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| Werner Herzog | location = Munich, Germany Werner_Herzog
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| War of the Spanish Succession Austria War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
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| Wallace Shawn | location = New York City Wallace_Shawn
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| Charles Pierce Charles Pierce (July 14 1926 - May 31 1999) was one of the 20th century's foremost female impersonators, particularly noted for his impersonation of Bette Davis. Charles_Pierce
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| Manhattan {{Infobox Settlement Manhattan
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| The Bronx Talk:The_Bronx
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| Interlingua Talk:Interlingua
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| Atlas An atlas is a collection of maps, typically of Earth or a region of Earth, but there are atlases of the other planets (and their satellites) in the solar system. Atlases have traditionally been bound into book form, but today many atlases are in multimedia formats. Atlas
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| H.M.S. Pinafore H.M. H.M.S._Pinafore
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| Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 – 22 September 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters in history. Berlin was one of the few Tin Pan Alley/Broadway songwriters who wrote both lyrics and music for his songs. Irving_Berlin
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| Angela Davis |placeofbirth = Birmingham, Alabama, USA Angela_Davis
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| Steal This Book Steal This Book is a book written by Abbie Hoffman in 1970 and published in 1971. Steal_This_Book
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| Richard Rodgers Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28, 1902, Arverne, Queens, New York City – December 30, 1979, New York City) was an American composer of the music for more than 900 songs and 40 Broadway musicals. He also composed music for films and television. Richard_Rodgers
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| Benny Goodman | Died = Benny_Goodman
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| Cigarette card Cigarette cards are trade cards issued by tobacco manufacturers to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands. Cigarette_card
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| Kobe is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture and a prominent port city in Japan with a population of about 1.5 million. Kobe
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| Margaret Atwood |birthplace = Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Margaret_Atwood
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| Michael Ondaatje Philip Michael Ondaatje, OC () (born 12 September, 1943 is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist and poet, perhaps best known for his Booker Prize-winning novel, which was adapted into an Academy-Award-winning film, The English Patient. Michael_Ondaatje
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| Public domain image resources Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
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| Vaslav Nijinsky Vaslav Fomich Nijinsky (Вацлав Фомич Нижинский; transliterated: Vatslav Fomich Nizhinsky; Polish: Wacław Niżyński) (March 12, 1889 – April 8, 1950) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer of Polish descent. Nijinsky was one of the most gifted male dancers in history, and he grew to be celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations. Vaslav_Nijinsky
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| Günter Grass | birthplace = Danzig-Langfuhr,Free City of Danzig Günter_Grass
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| Karl Benz Talk:Karl_Benz
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| John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer. John_Cage
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| Spoiler/Archive 13 Wikipedia_talk:Spoiler/Archive_13
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| Georges Bizet Georges Bizet (25 October 1838 – 3 June 1875) was a French composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He is best known for the opera Carmen. Georges_Bizet
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| John Barrymore | birthplace = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania John_Barrymore
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| Flag of France The national flag of France (known in French as drapeau tricolore, drapeau français,and in military parlance, les couleurs) is a tricolour featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red. Flag_of_France
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| Jacob Riis | location = Ribe, Denmark Jacob_Riis
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| Cinderella Cinderella (French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta, Italian: Cenerentola, Czech: Popelka, Polish: Kopciuszek, Greek: Σταχτοπούτα) is a popular fairy tale embodying a classic folk tale myth-element of unjust oppression/triumphant reward. Thousands of variants are known throughout the world. Cinderella
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| Częstochowa | subdivision_type1 = Voivodeship Częstochowa
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| Battle of Almansa Great Britain Battle_of_Almansa
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| Pierre-Joseph Redouté Pierre-Joseph Redouté (July 10, 1759 - June 20, 1840), was a Belgian painter and botanist, known for his paintings of the roses, lilies and other flowers at Malmaison. Redouté was born in Saint-Hubert, Luxembourg, which is now part of Belgium. Pierre-Joseph_Redouté
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