Richard Arvin Overton, 111 years old, is the oldest living World War II veteran in the United States Battlefields News Strangeness
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Palais des Papes: the large Gothic building that housed the anti-popes became a prison during the French Revolution Interiors News Strangeness
Castel Sant’Angelo: the mausoleum of Emperor Hadrian turned into a refuge for the popes during wars, sacks, and sieges Interiors Strangeness
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Beatrix Potter, work rejected, self-published “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” now a bestseller for all time News Lifestyle Strangeness
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