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WORLD CAPITAL ATTRACTIONS |
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Here's a 1659 work by & of this Dutch boy, who rarely said no to painting a selfie |
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In 2009 this company had orders for 263 commercial planes; in 2013, for 1,531 |
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In Boston, a month before he turned 8, John saw this first major battle of the American Revolution |
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The Mao Zedong Memorial Hall & Mausoleum |
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"You've Lost" this in the title of a 1965 Righteous Brothers No. 1 hit |
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"Riptide" is used synonymously for this strong current below the water's surface |
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He completed the self portrait here in August 1889, less than a year before his death |
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Caterpillar makes the 20,000-pound D5K2 type of this, something it hopes to use on the competition |
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5 months before he would have turned 81, John suffered a stroke while protesting this "most unrighteous war" |
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It was 50 years ago, July 1965, when this quintessential Rolling Stones song hit No. 1 |
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It's the sweet favorite seen here |
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Childhood accidents & disease robbed him of leg growth, perhaps explaining the angle of this Frenchman's selfie |
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With assets of more than $1.6 trillion, there's no more traveling by coach for this U.S. banking leader |
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This cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy, delivered to Congress Dec. 2, 1823, was largely the work of John Quincy Adams |
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"I Can't Help Myself" was a chart topper for this numerically named group that had been around for decades |
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You might bask in this 3-syllable word, a synonym for "phosphorescence" |
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This Spanish artist painted himself in 1820 being treated by his friend, Dr. Arrieta |
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In September 2014, in the largest IPO in history, investors said open sesame to this new stock from China |
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JQA feuded with this successor & called him "a barbarian who... could hardly spell his own name" |
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In March the Beatles had us all believing in this calendar impossibility |
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This type of fat was used to make soap & candles |
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This British artist of "The Blue Boy", captured himself as a boy around age 12 |
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Gaming company SJM Holdings has billions in assets, including 17 casinos it operates in this Asian territory |
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Adams was elected to the House of Reps in 1830 with the support of this third party that opposed a secret society |
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With a little help from Ecclesiastes, Pete Seeger wrote this song, a hit for The Byrds |
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Hamlet says, "I am but mad north-north-west. When the wind is southerly I know a hawk from" this tool |
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