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Hippos are the closest living relatives to whales.
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Thomas Harris, creator of Hannibal Lecter, has written just six novels in 50 years – and five were adapted into
The Channel Tunnel – the underwater rail link between England and France – was first proposed in 1802 but delayed
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The U.S. once had a long-lost state called Franklin, formed in 1784 in what is now eastern Tennessee. It collapsed
The man who stole the Mona Lisa in 1911 – Vincenzo Peruggia – served only seven months in prison, partly
