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ECONOMICS
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ROSES
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PORTUGAL
When Pedro I was crowned King of Portugal in 1357, he proclaimed his lover, Ines... MORE
COMOROS
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BORDEN
'Lizzie Borden had an axe, Gave her mother forty whacks.When she saw what... MORE
MARSTON
William Moulton Marston's two greatest achievements were both connected with the pursuit of justice: he... MORE
GIRL
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ULCER
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SEX TEST
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SOUTH POLE
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BUFFALO
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CHILDREN
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ROBIN HOOD
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NIETZSCHE
The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche has more consecutive consonants in his surname that any other... MORE
