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BUTTOCKS
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DOYLE
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FATHER CHRISTMAS
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MADAGASCAR
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MANDELA
On Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday on 18 July 1988, Margaret Thatcher was the only Western... MORE

NEW GUINEA
New Guinea is the world's second largest island after Greenland.... MORE

SNOW
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