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Lucy Li
(21:05, 19 June 2014 - 05:20, 20 June 2014)
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29357
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21637.5
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2622.7
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... that golfer Lucy Li set records as the youngest U.S. Women's Amateur Championship qualifier at age 10 in 2013 and the youngest U.S. Women's Open Championship qualifier at age 11 in 2014?
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Rosemary's Baby (miniseries)
(22:21, 11 May 2014 - 10:36, 12 May 2014)
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12:15
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18788
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... that the 2014 adaptation of Rosemary's Baby starring Zoe Saldana is set in Paris rather than New York City like the original novel?
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Emily Ratajkowski
(12:11, 24 October 2014 - 00:00, 25 October 2014)
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11:49
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21069
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... that Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model Emily Ratajkowski is featured in the music video for "Blurred Lines", which was the number one song of 2013 in several countries?
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Disappearing Model
(18:48, 1 May 2009 - 00:48, 2 May 2009)
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6:00
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18300
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... that Disappearing Model, a body painting in which a model is painted so that she is indistinguishable from her background, is Joanne Gair's most famous work and was displayed on Ripley's Believe It or Not!?
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Ready for Love (TV series)
(23:00, 9 April 2013 - 07:15, 10 April 2013)
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8:15
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16148
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1957.3
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13587.5
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... that after NBC shuffled its 2012–13 television schedule, Ready for Love was given a two-hour timeslot following The Voice, starting April 9?
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Dylan Penn
treats!
(0:00, 9 September 2014 - 12:00, 9 September 2014)
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12:00
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16085=12804 + 3281
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1340.4
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15362
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... that Dylan Penn—daughter of Sean Penn and Robin Wright—declined a US$150,000 offer to pose for a Playboy cover, but later appeared nude behind a $6000 Fendi bag on a treats! cover?
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Maria de Lujan Telpuk
(18:38, 21 March 2008 - 02:06, 22 March 2008)
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7:28
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...that after discovering a suitcase with US$800,000 in Maletinazo (the suitcase scandal), policewoman Maria de Lujan Telpuk appeared on the cover of the Argentine and Venezuelan editions of Playboy?
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Willie Gillis
(18:51, 9 April 2008 - 03:17, 10 April 2008)
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8:26
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11721
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11649.5
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...that when Norman Rockwell's model for his World War II Willie Gillis series enlisted, The Saturday Evening Post demanded that Rockwell continue the character?
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Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers
(12:00, 27 October 2014 - 00:00, 28 October 2014)
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12:00
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11445
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... that if built as planned, the Old Chicago Main Post Office Twin Towers will be the tallest building in North America?
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Demi's Birthday Suit
(17:39, 30 March 2008 - 01:34, 31 March 2008)
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7:55
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10448
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1319.7
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10223.5
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1291.4
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...that when Demi Moore appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair in the body painting/photograph Demi's Birthday Suit, it commemorated More Demi Moore's one-year anniversary?
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Sleeping Girl
I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!
Ohhh...Alright...
(00:00, 28 May 2012 - 08:00, 28 May 2012)
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8:00
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10447 [4] [5]
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1305.9
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10045
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... that Ohhh...Alright..., I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!, and Sleeping Girl set records for highest priced Roy Lichtenstein work sales at $42.6, $43.2, and $44.8 million, respectively?
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Girl with Ball
(16:00, 23 May 2012 - 00:00, 24 May 2012)
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8:00
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9722
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9486
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... that Roy Lichtenstein's pop art painting Girl with Ball, which was based on a newspaper ad that was still running more than 20 years later, was first sold to Philip Johnson?
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TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time
(16:30, 10 April 2012 - 00:15, 11 April 2012)
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7:45
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9,606
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1239.5
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8851.5
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1142.1
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... that both the 1997 and 2009 versions of TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time included episodes that were only aired two months prior?
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Jessica Hart (model)
(11:19, 14 February 2009 - 18:33, 14 February 2009)
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7:14
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9495
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9212.5
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... that model Jessica Hart, who was selected to appear in the 2009 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, is known for her gap tooth smile?
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A Christmas Story: The Musical
The Trip to Bountiful (play)
(16:00, 9 June 2013 - 00:00, 10 June 2013)
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8:00
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8798 [6]
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1035.3
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... that 67th Tony Awards Best Musical nominee A Christmas Story: The Musical was adapted from a 1980s film and Best Revival of a Play nominee The Trip to Bountiful had been adapted into a 1980s film?
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Whaam!
(16:00, 22 May 2012 - 00:00, 23 May 2012)
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8:00
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8669
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1083.6
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... that Roy Lichtenstein considered the discordant panels of his diptych painting Whaam! humorous?
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Takka Takka (Roy Lichtenstein)
(16:00, 26 June 2013 - 0:00, 27 June 2013)
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8:00
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8544
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1068
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8495.5
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...that Takka Takka is a Roy Lichtenstein painting that depicts combat at the Battle of Guadalcanal?
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Carly Foulkes
Powers (FX TV series)
(00:00, 5 August 2011 - 08:00, 5 August 2011)
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8:00
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8479 [7]
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1059.9
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6334
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791.8
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... that T-Mobile myTouch 4G spokesperson Carly Foulkes has been cast in the FX Network television series Powers?
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John W. Rogers, Jr.
(18:50, 22 December 2008 - 00:55, 23 December 2008)
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6:05
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8401
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1381.0
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8332
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1369.6
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... that at a fantasy basketball camp, John W. Rogers, Jr. defeated Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, witnessed by John Thompson, Jr., Mike Krzyzewski and Damon Wayans?
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United Nations Honour Flag
(16:00, 22 July 2011 - 00:00, 23 July 2011)
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8:00
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8304
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1038.0
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8304
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1038.0
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... that the United Nations Honour Flag was designed as a symbol of the Allies of World War II at the suggestion of Winston Churchill?
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Christine Jorgensen Reveals
(16:00, 8 July 2011 - 00:00, 9 July 2011)
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8:00
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8160
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1020.0
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8160
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... that Christine Jorgensen Reveals is a docudrama about the first celebrity transsexual, who was called the world's most famous woman at the time?
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Ariel Meredith
(12:00, 14 March 2009 - 18:51, 14 March 2009)
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6:51
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8137
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1187.9
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7975.5
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1164.3
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... that a modeling agency once demanded that swimsuit model Ariel Meredith have breast reduction surgery, but she refused and was dropped from the agency?
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View of the World from 9th Avenue
(00:00, 15 October 2012 - 08:00, 15 October 2012)
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8:00
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8,071
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1,008.9
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8,071
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1,008.9
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... that Saul Steinberg's famous New Yorker cover, View of the World from 9th Avenue, was named the fourth greatest magazine cover in a 40-year survey?
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More Demi Moore
(14:02, 23 February 2008 - 21:27, 23 February 2008)
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7:25
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7816
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1053.8
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7564.5
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1019.9
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...that in More Demi Moore, Demi Moore appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair eight-months pregnant and wearing only a diamond ring?
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Freedom of Speech (painting)
Freedom to Worship (painting)
Freedom from Want (painting)
(04:17, 18 April 2008 - 11:20, 18 April 2008)
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7:03
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7299 [8] [9]
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1035.3
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7067
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1002.4
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...that although Norman Rockwell felt Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Worship were the most successful of his Four Freedoms painting series, Freedom from Want has had the most enduring success?
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Bratatat!
Varoom!
(08:10, 26 June 2013 - 16:00, 26 June 2013)
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7:50
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7144 [10]
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908.2
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7022.5
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896.5
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...that Whaam!, Bratatat! and Varoom! are among Roy Lichtenstein's most well-known onomatopoeic works?
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Big Painting No. 6
Torpedo...Los!
(00:00, 23 May 2012 - 16:00, 2 May 2012)
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8:00
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7087 [11]
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885.9
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5060
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632.5
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... that Big Painting No. 6 set a record for highest auction price for a painting by a living artist and Torpedo...Los! set a record for price for a Roy Lichtenstein work?
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Harper Court
(05:24, 15 July 2014 - 06:54, 16 July 2014 )
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25:30
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7082
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277.7
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7064
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277.0
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... that the University of Chicago exercised its option to buy Harper Court for $98 million in November 2013 and listed it for sale in March 2014?
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A.C.O.D.
(00:46, 19 April 2012 - 08:31, 19 April 2012)
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7:45
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7062
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911.2
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6994.5
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902.5
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...that Jessica Alba got a tattoo of a bow on her tailbone for her role in A.C.O.D.?
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Quiana Grant
(11:47, 19 February 2008 - 17:47, 19 February 2008)
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6:00
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6859
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1143.2
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6688
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...that 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Quiana Grant served for four years as her mother's eyes while the latter underwent a series of corrective surgeries for chorioretinitis?
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Body Issue
(16:07, 4 December 2009 - 22:08, 4 December 2009)
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6:01
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6849
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1138.3
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6816
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1132.9
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... that ESPN The Magazine's October 9, 2009, Body Issue sold more issues at the news stand than any other issue of the magazine in the prior two years?
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Mural with Blue Brushstroke
Look Mickey
Artist's Studio—Look Mickey
(16:00, 19 June 2012 - 00:00, 20 June 2012)
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8:00
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6757 [12] [13]
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844.6
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6615.5
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826.9
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... that Roy Lichtenstein's Mural with Blue Brushstroke incorporates elements of his earlier works as does Artist's Studio—Look Mickey, which includes most of Look Mickey, the artist's first work to use Ben-Day dots and a speech balloon?
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Mike Vranos
(01:53, 13 December 2007 - 12:16, 13 December 2007)
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10:23
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6689
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644.2
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6634
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638.9
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...that Mike Vranos, a man considered by some to be the most powerful man on Wall Street in the early 1990s, was known for breaking up business meetings to issue armwrestling challenges?
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The Sun Also Rises (ballet)
The Sun Also Rises (1984 film)
The Select (The Sun Also Rises)
(12:00, 9 June 2014 - 00:00, 10 June 2014)
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12:00
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2720 + 232 1965 + 187 1271 + 114=6489
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540.8
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6450
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537.5
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... that The Sun Also Rises is the first version of Hemingway's novel en pointe; The Sun Also Rises increases the story's death count; and The Sun Also Rises is known for its award-winning sound design?
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Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)
(22:01, 13 April 2008 - 04:23, 14 April 2008)
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6:22
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6450
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1013.1
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6288
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987.6
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...that after Norman Rockwell's Four Freedoms were published in the Saturday Evening Post, 25 million people bought posters of them?
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Jasmine_Tookes
(00:00, 22 December 2012 - 12:00, 22 December 2012)
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12:00
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6449
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537.4
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6250.5
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520.9
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... that when Oprah Winfrey saw American model Jasmine Tookes perform on the runway at Lincoln Center, she extolled Tookes' "butter" soft skin and requested that Tookes "rub your face against mine"?
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"Hill Street Station"
(16:16, 17 April 2012 - 01:31, 18 April 2012)
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9:15
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6434
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695.6
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6371
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688.8
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... that "Hill Street Station", the first episode of Hill Street Blues, suffered "confusion and conflict in its marketing" to the point that it was considered a surprise the show survived to be aired?
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Fountain of the Great Lakes
(09:17, 25 March 2009 - 15:26, 25 March 2009)
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6:09
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6411
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1042.4
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6364.5
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1034.9
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... that the Fountain of the Great Lakes, with three semi-nude figures, was not dedicated until after Chicago changed its obscenity laws for public art in 1913?
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E. Normus Johnson
Big Johnson
(00:00, 7 September 2010 - 06:00, 7 September 2010)
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6:00
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6246 [14]
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1041.0
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6186
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1031.0
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... that E. Normus Johnson is a fictional advertising mascot depicted in comic art on Big Johnson T-shirts that use double entendres?
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As I Opened Fire
(08:00, 22 May 2012 - 16:00, 22 May 2012)
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8:00
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6098
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762.3
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5797
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724.6
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... that As I Opened Fire was part of the culmination of the dramatic war-comic works of Roy Lichtenstein?
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Nia Sanchez
(21:20, 22 June 2014 - 05:35, 23 June 2014)
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8:15
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6004
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727.8
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5392
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653.6
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... that Miss USA 2014 Nia Sanchez is a fourth degree black belt in taekwondo, and once worked at Hong Kong Disneyland?
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Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration
(19:25, 23 December 2008 - 01:30, 24 December 2008)
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6:05
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5998
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986.0
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5041.5
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828.7
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... that the Barack Obama 2009 presidential inauguration is scheduled for four days of celebration, with Washington, D.C. bars authorized to stay open until 5:00 a.m.?
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1000 South Michigan
(12:00, 11 December 2015 - 00:00, 12 December 2015)
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12:00
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5806
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483.8
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5776
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481.3
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... that Chicago's 1000 South Michigan is a supertall skyscraper planned to rise to over 1,000 feet (300 m), even though it is in a historic district zoned for buildings up to 425 feet (130 m)?
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The Fab Five (film)
(08:00, 7 April 2011 - 16:00, 7 April 2011)
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8:00
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5536
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692.0
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5221
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652.6
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... that in response to Jalen Rose's comments in The Fab Five, which has become the highest-rated ESPN documentary, Grant Hill's response was shared by nearly 100,000 people on Facebook in the next few days?
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Olivia Pope
(04:35, 17 July 2014 - 15:41, 17 July 2014)
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11:06
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5496
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495.1
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5052
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455.1
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... that Olivia Pope was spoofed by Jennifer Hudson when the Obama administration needed a spokesman for its Affordable Care Act?
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Melissa Haro
(06:12, 20 February 2008 - 13:35, 20 February 2008)
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7:23
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5494
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744.1
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5165
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699.5
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...that 2008 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model Melissa Haro was the youngest fashion model contestant on the first season of Project Runway?
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The Honest Company
(23:55, 19 December 2014 - 12:00, 20 December 2014)
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12:05
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5318 + 135=5453
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451.3
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5281.5
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437.1
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... that The Honest Company, which was co-founded by Jessica Alba in 2011, is valued at approximately US$1 billion?
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"Semper Fidelis" (march)
(12:00, 28 April 2011 - 18:00, 28 April 2011)
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6:00
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5366
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894.3
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5254
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875.7
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... that "Semper Fidelis" by John Philip Sousa is regarded as the official march of the United States Marine Corps?
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Diane Guerrero
(16:00, 29 June 2014 - 03:40, 30 June 2014)
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11:40
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5362
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459.6
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4184
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358.6
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... that Colombian-American Orange Is the New Black actress Diane Guerrero's parents and older brother were deported to Colombia when she was 14 years old?
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Fountain of Time
(15:16, 29 January 2009 - 21:09, 29 January 2009)
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5:53
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5230
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889.0
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5167.5
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878.3
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... that Chicago's Fountain of Time by Lorado Taft is considered the earliest outdoor concrete sculpture?
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Babette March
(22:00, 17 August 2009 - 04:00, 18 August 2009)
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6:00
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5120
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853.3
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5070
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845
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... that Babette March, the first cover model of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, became a farmer in Canada and is now an artist, entrepreneur and chef in Halfway, Oregon?
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Next Big Sound
(13:40, 20 January 2009 - 19:51, 20 January 2009)
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6:11
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5053
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817.2
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5011
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810.4
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... that venture capitalists committed US$25,000 to the Next Big Sound after a group of Northwestern University students presented it as their entrepreneur class assignment?
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Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
George F. Kennan: An American Life
Water by the Spoonful
(16:00, 1 July 2012 - 00:00, 2 July 2012)
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8:00
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5031 [15] [16] [17]
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628.9
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4917
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614.6
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... that Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, George F. Kennan: An American Life and Water by the Spoonful won 2012 Pulitzer Prizes for History, General Non-Fiction, Biography or Autobiography and Drama, respectively?
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Mermaid (Roy Lichtenstein)
(16:00, 11 June 2012 - 00:00, 12 June 2012)
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8:00
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5028
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628.5
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4975
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621.9
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... that Mermaid in Miami Beach was Roy Lichtenstein's first commissioned public art?
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