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Female North Korean soldiers patrol along the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 11, 2013. South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile launch on Thursday as the hermit kingdom turned its attention to celebrating its ruling Kim dynasty and appeared to tone down rhetoric of impending war. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)

Female North Korean soldiers patrol along the banks of Yalu River, near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, April 11, 2013. South Korea and the United States were on high alert for a North Korean missile launch on Thursday as the hermit kingdom turned its attention to celebrating its ruling Kim dynasty and appeared to tone down rhetoric of impending war. (Photo by Jacky Chen/Reuters)

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13 Apr 2013 14:48:00


“The Guinness World Records has consistently listed Sherlock Holmes as the “most portrayed movie character” with 75 actors playing the part in over 211 films. Holmes' first screen appearance was in the Mutoscope film Sherlock Holmes Baffled in 1900, albeit in a barely-recognisable form”. – Wikipedia

Photo: William Gillette as the lead in a stage production of “Sherlock Holmes”, at the Lyceum Theatre. Playwright: William Gillette, Arthur Conan Doyle (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images). 9th September 1901
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20 Jun 2011 10:55:00
Winnie-The-Pooh

“Alan Alexander “A. A.” Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author. Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh”. – Wikipedia

Photo: A rare American first edition of a Winnie-the-Pooh book signed by the author A.A. Milne and illustrator E. H. Shephard is displayed with Pooh characters form a 1930's game at a press preview at Sotheby's Auctioneers on December 15, 2008 in London. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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28 Aug 2011 13:34:00
Models are seen at the backstage before the runway at The 2nd Skin Co. show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid Spring/Summer 2020 at Ifema on July 09, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images)

Models are seen at the backstage before the runway at The 2nd Skin Co. show during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Madrid Spring/Summer 2020 at Ifema on July 09, 2019 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Cuadra/Getty Images)
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11 Jul 2019 00:05:00
(L-R) Marisa Berenson, Caroline de Maigret, Nicki Minaj and Lou Doillon attend the Haider Ackermann show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018 on March 4, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)

(L-R) Marisa Berenson, Caroline de Maigret, Nicki Minaj and Lou Doillon attend the Haider Ackermann show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Fall/Winter 2017/2018 on March 4, 2017 in Paris, France. (Photo by Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty Images)
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07 Mar 2017 00:06:00
A car “crashed” into the ground at Hackescher Markt in Berlin, Germany on November 15, 2016, ahead of the launch of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's new show, “The Grand Tour”, on Amazon Prime Video, on Friday. (Photo by Clemens Bilan/Getty Images for Amazon Prime Video)

A car “crashed” into the ground at Hackescher Markt in Berlin, Germany on November 15, 2016, ahead of the launch of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May's new show, “The Grand Tour”, on Amazon Prime Video, on Friday. (Photo by Clemens Bilan/Getty Images for Amazon Prime Video)
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16 Nov 2016 11:29:00


Esau the ape at the piano. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images). Circa 1900
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27 Mar 2011 12:07:00


A group of children and their dog playing an Easter game in Cardiff. The game involves trying to eat an Easter egg off a piece of string without using their hands. (Photo by Richards/Fox Photos/Getty Images). 26th March 1937
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22 Apr 2011 09:10:00