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... that the Soviet Tupolev Tu-142 (pictured) maritime patrol aircraft was developed in response to the American UGM-27 Polaris submarine-launched ballistic missile?
... that Harry Powers said that watching his victims die was more fun than a brothel?
... that the effort put forth by the subject of Miró's 1937 Naked woman climbing a staircase and her heavy limbs are thought to reflect the tragedy of the Spanish Civil War?
... that 49% of German military losses happened in the last 10 months of the Second World War in Europe?
... that Thomas Edison lost a fortune in his ore-milling company, but "had a hell of a good time spending it"?
... that American McCaull Comic Opera Company actress May Yohé, once the owner of the Hope Diamond, died poor?
... that Egyptian political cartoonist Ahmad Nady took part in the 2011 Egyptian revolution, drawing cartoons while he demonstrated?
... that finds unearthed at the Israelite Tower in Jerusalem's Jewish Quarter attest to the Babylonian sack of the city in 586 BCE?

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