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  2. Category:Television series set in the 1840s - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Television series set in the 1840s" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  3. List of common misconceptions about history - Wikipedia

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    After his death in 1821, the French emperor's height was recorded as 5 feet 2 inches in French feet, which in English measurements is 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m). [62] [63] The nose of the Great Sphinx of Giza was not shot off by Napoleon's troops during the French campaign in Egypt (1798–1801); it has been missing since at least the 10th century.

  4. Cranford (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson. The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1858: Cranford, My Lady Ludlow and Mr Harrison's Confessions.

  5. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    [4] [5] The Coca-Cola bottle's contour bottle was not designed by famous industrial designer Raymond Loewy. [6] [7] The common image of Santa Claus (Father Christmas) as a jolly large man in red garments was not created by the Coca-Cola Company as an advertising tool. Santa Claus had already taken this form in American popular culture by the ...

  6. Great auk - Wikipedia

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    The Irish name for the great auk is falcóg mhór, meaning "big seabird/auk". The Basque name is arponaz, meaning "spearbill". Its early French name was apponatz, while modern French uses grand pingouin. The Norse called the great auk geirfugl, which means "spearbird". This has led to an alternative English common name for the bird, garefowl or ...

  7. Category:1840s - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "1840s" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... This page was last edited on 22 November 2021, at 10:04 (UTC).

  8. History of baseball team nicknames - Wikipedia

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    During 1905, "Colts" was still more common, as Selee preferred that name. But Selee retired due to ill health in mid-season 1905, and Frank Chance was elevated to the managing job. With new management and an emerging dynasty, by 1906 the old "Colts" was largely passé and "Cubs" was the primary nickname.

  9. List of slave owners - Wikipedia

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    This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a list of notable people who owned other people as slaves, where there is a consensus of historical evidence of slave ownership, in alphabetical order by last name. Part of a series on Forced labour and slavery Contemporary ...