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Mozart was baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart. His last Christian name, 'Theophilus' means 'Beloved... MORE

STAMMERING
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The jigsaw was invented by the English mapmaker and geographer John Spilsbury in 1760. His... MORE

HEROIN
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CATHERINE I
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DEATH
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