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Blatnaya pesnya ("criminals' song") is a genre of Russian song characterized by depictions of criminal subculture and the urban underworld which are often romanticized and have criminally-perverted humor in nature.
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In information theory, perplexity is a measurement of how well a probability distribution or probability model predicts a sample. It may be used to compare probability models. A low perplexity indicates the probability distribution is good at predicting the sample.
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In 1994, Barbados and Grenada played each other in a qualification round for the Caribbean Cup of football. Both teams attempted to score own goals. The result has been described as "one of the strangest matches ever"
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Scambaiting is a form of internet vigilantism. Scambaiters pose as potential victims to waste the time and resources of scammers, gather information useful to authorities, and publicly expose scammers.
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Tetsuya Yamagami is a Japanese man who, as of 8 July 2022, is the main suspect in the case of the assassination of Shinzo Abe.
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Ligne claire (French for "clear line") is a style of drawing created and pioneered by Hergé, the Belgian cartoonist and creator of The Adventures of Tintin. It uses clear strong lines sometimes of varied width and no hatching, while contrast is downplayed as well.
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A Stolperstein is a ten-centimetre (3.9 in) concrete cube bearing a brass plate inscribed with the name and life dates of victims of Nazi extermination or persecution
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Terminal lucidity, also known as paradoxical lucidity, rallying or the rally, is an unexpected return of mental clarity and memory, or suddenly regained consciousness that occurs in the time shortly before death in patients.
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Cooperative eye hypothesis, a proposed explanation for the appearance of the human eye. It suggests that the eye's distinctive visible characteristics evolved to make it easier for humans to follow another's gaze while communicating or while working together on tasks.
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The author of "The Last Ringbearer", a retelling of "Lord of the Rings" from Mordor's point of view, also wrote "The Gospel of Afranius", a retelling of the New Testament from an atheistic point of view
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Post-SSRI sexual dysfunction (PSSD) is a iatrogenic disorder in which individuals who have been administered selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) report persistent changes in sexual function for an extended period after ceasing to take the SSRI
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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute: non-profit medical research org based in Chevy Chase, Maryland. The institute has an endowment of $22.6 billion, making it the second-wealthiest philanthropic organization in the United States and the second-best-endowed medical research foundation in the world.
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Patton's Speech to the Third Army: a series of speeches given by General George Patton to inexperienced troops in 1944, prior to invading France. Patton's profanity was viewed as unprofessional by some though a number of historians have acclaimed it as one of the greatest motivational speeches ever.
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Frequency illusion, a cognitive bias referring to the tendency to notice something more often after noticing it for the first time, leading to the belief that it has an increased frequency of occurrence.
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Black people and Mormonism: Until 1978, the LDS Church barred them from participating in ordinances of its temples necessary for salvation, prevented most from being ordained, supported segregation, taught that righteous Black people would be made White after death, and opposed interracial marriage.
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The existence and distinctiveness of the Macedonian language is disputed in Bulgaria and the name of the language was disputed by Greece... Macedonian dialects form a continuum with Bulgarian dialects forming the Eastern South Slavic sub-group
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At 572m (1877ft), Ball's Pyramid is the tallest stack in the world.
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A spread is a prison meal made by inmates with commissary ingredients, such as instant ramen and corn puffs. Other shelf stable snacks like pork rinds, drink mixes, and canned tuna are also often combined into improvised recipes.
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The Akan people of Ghana frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These "day names" have further meanings concerning the soul and character of the person.
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Buckfast Tonic Wine, a fortified wine with added caffeine, has gained such nicknames as "Wreck the Hoose Juice", "Commotion Lotion", "Cumbernauld Rocket Fuel", "Buckie Baracas", and a bottle of "what the hell are you looking at?". It has also the unofficial slogan, "Buckfast: gets you fucked fast".
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Lance Armstrong doping case: Cyclist Lance Armstrong is stripped of 7 consecutive Tour de France titles and an Olympic medal and admits to using performance-enhancing drugs. He was the ringleader of "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."
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According to Niebuhr, "the name Elagabalus is branded in history above all others" because of his "unspeakably disgusting life". An example of a modern historian's assessment is Goldsworthy's:"Elagabalus was not a tyrant, but he was an incompetent, probably the least able emperor Rome had ever had."
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