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Hint
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Answer
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First Australian Prime Minister
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Edmund Barton
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Greek God of Wine
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Dionysus
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Wars fought between Rome and Carthage
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Punic Wars
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Famous fort/prison stormed during the French Revolution
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Bastille
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Period from 1300-1600 in Europe marking transition from the middle ages
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Renaissance
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Year of Freddie Mercury's death
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1991
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Odyssey of Homer mainly follows the King of
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Ithaca
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King who founded the Holy Roman Empire
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Charlemagne
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British house of monarchs that included Henry VIII
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Tudor
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People in central Mexico, powerful from 1300 to around 1520
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Aztecs
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Panama canal completed in this year
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1914
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Teacher of Alexander the Great
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Aristotle
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English king to fight in the Third Crusade
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Richard I
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Who was shot and killed by a partisan soldier near Lake Como in northern Italy in 1945
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Mussolini
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When did Pink Floyd form
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1965
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What country was formed by the union of Aragon and Castile
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Spain
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What is Siddhartha Gautama better known as
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Buddha
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What modern-day country contains most of the ancient region of Mesopotamia
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Iraq
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Who led England as Lord Protector from 1653 to 1658
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Oliver Cromwell
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Who died in 1948, having never won the Nobel Peace Prize
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Gandhi
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Country bordering Sweden to the West
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Norway
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Capital city of Nepal
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Kathmandu
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Major river that runs through Egypt and into the Mediterranean
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Nile
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State in which Apple is based
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California
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Islam's holiest city
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Mecca
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Ocean in which Nauru and Fiji are found
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Pacific
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First country in the world, alphabetically
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Afghanistan
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Australia's southernmost state
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Tasmania
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What was the Democratic Republic of the Congo known as from 1971 to 1997
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Zaire
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In which US state was the atomic bomb tested
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New Mexico
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Soccer club Feyenoord based in which city
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Rotterdam
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Where would you find the Capitoline and Palatine hills
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Rome
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Beijing means "northern capital" in Chinese. What city's name means "southern capital"
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Nanjing
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In which U.S. state is Cape Canaveral located
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Florida
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What French region's capital city is Ajaccio
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Corsica
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What is the highest mountain in the Alps
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Mont Blanc
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In what country would you find Mount Kilimanjaro
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Tanzania
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What peninsula was Yugoslavia located on
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Balkan
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On what island would you find the city of Palermo
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Sicily
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What city are you in if you land at DFW
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Dallas
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Bar above the goal in soccer called
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Crossbar
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Maximum amount of games in an NBA finals series
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7
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Score of one over par in golf
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Bogey
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South African rugby team nickname
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Springboks
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Other name for the French Open
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Roland-Garros
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Which fielder is involved in a stumping in cricket
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Wicket keeper
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Super bowl LII (feb 2018) winners
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Philadelphia Eagles
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Race of length 42.195 kilometers
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Marathon
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Main rivals of Fluminense in Brazil
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Flamengo
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Famous bike race that finishes in Paris in July
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Tour de France
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Gymnastics event involving 2 horizontal bars
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Parallel bars
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Major league baseball team from Detroit
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Tigers
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Position in rowing responsible for steering the boat
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Cox
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AFL team sporting the colours red, white, and black
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St kilda
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Olympic track and field event made up of 7 events
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Heptathlon
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Swimming relay with one leg of 4 different strokes
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Medley
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What is the most points one can score with a single dart throw
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60
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Home ground of Brentford fc
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Griffin Park
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What sport, similar to billiards, is played with one white ball, 15 red balls, and 6 balls of different colors
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Snooker
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Stadium at which the Boxing Day Test is played
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MCG
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Element with symbol Cr
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Chromium
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Name of chemical reaction involved in browning of food
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Maillard reaction
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Planet in our solar system with the shortest year
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Mercury
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Longest bone in the human body
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Femur
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Compound that makes eggs smell
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Hydrogen sulfide
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Mathematician whose sequence begins with 0,1,1,2,3,5
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Fibonacci
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What is lava called when it is below the Earth's surface
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Magma
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What does REM stand for in sleep
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Rapid eye movement
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What is approximately -273.15 ºC
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Absolute Zero
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What is a single particle of light called
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Photon
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Anaemia can be caused by a deficiency of which mineral
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Iron
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What Polish astronomer postulated that the Sun is the center of the solar system
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Copernicus
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What type of sugar does the brain use for energy
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Glucose
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The sun is currently a yellow dwarf. What type of star will it become in about 5 billion years
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Red giant
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What does a thermophile love
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Heat
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What gland, located at the base of the brain, produces human growth hormone
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Pituitary
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What gas is commonly known as "laughing gas"
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Nitrous Oxide
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Unit for measuring the amplitude of sound
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Decibel
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What does a horticulturist study
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Plants
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Addictive stimulant found in tobacco
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Nicotine
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Inflammation of the gums
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Gingivitis
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Pertaining to the kidneys
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Renal
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What word refers to the patterns worn by Scottish clans
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Tartan
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Arachnophobia is fear of which creature
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Spiders
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Poutine consists of cheese/gravy atop
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Fries
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Writer of Dracula
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Bram Stoker
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Adidas historical brand rival
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Puma
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Name of famous Ape in Nintendo games
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Donkey Kong
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Famous team not licensed in FIFA 20
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Juventus
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Fast food chain founded in 1940 in California
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McDonald's
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Cornell, Dartmouth and Brown are part of what group of universities
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Ivy League
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Tv series featuring a company in Scranton, Pennsylvania
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The Office
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Most expensive property in Monopoly
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Mayfair
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Star Wars episode V:
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The Empire Strikes Back
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Famous 3D puzzle invented in 1974 by a Hungarian professor
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Rubik's cube
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What M word refers to a decorative tower adjacent to a mosque
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Minaret
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Superman alter ego
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Clark Kent
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Collective noun for a group of owls
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Parliament
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Type of poem with 17 syllables
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Haiku
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What religious document does a person have to memorize to become a "hafiz"
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Quran
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