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MIAMI
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CATHERINE I
Born Martha Skavronsk, but rechristened Katarina Alexeyevna when she became the mistress of Peter the... MORE

GEORGE V
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AUSTRIA
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CURTIS
Jamie Lee Curtis was once engaged to a grandson of Marlene Dietrich. In both the 1994... MORE

BORGIA
The power of the House of Borgia in Italy and the Vatican began when the... MORE

DARWIN
Darwin was the grandson of the great potter Josiah Wedgwood. He married his first cousin, Emma... MORE

CHURCHILL
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SHEEP
With 155 mentions in the Old Testament and 45 in the New, sheep are the... MORE

TOURISM
Tourism began on 5 July 1841, when Thomas Cook organised his first trip for fellow... MORE

VIRGIN ISLANDS
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SEDUCTION
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DRIVING
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PUCCINI
Puccini's wife put bromide in his coffee and soaked his trousers in camphor when attractive... MORE