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  2. Pantheon, Rome - Wikipedia

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    The Pantheon ( UK: / ˈpænθiən /, US: /- ɒn /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Greek Πάνθειον Pantheion, " [temple] of all the gods") is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church ( Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier temple ...

  3. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    A long and winding route had to be taken to reach topside; the steerage-class accommodation, located on C through G decks, was at the extreme ends of the decks, and so was the farthest away from the lifeboats. By contrast, the first-class accommodation was located on the upper decks and so was nearest.

  4. Kaaba - Wikipedia

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    The Kaaba is a cuboid -shaped structure made of stones. It is approximately 15 m (49 ft 3 in) high with sides measuring 12 m (39 ft 4 in) × 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in) wide [88] (Hawting states 10 m (32 ft 10 in). [89] Inside the Kaaba, the floor is made of marble and limestone.

  5. Man from Mundania - Wikipedia

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    The protagonist of Man from Mundania is seventeen-year-old Princess Ivy, daughter of King Dor and Queen Irene, older sister to Prince Dolph. Due to her ancestor Bink's deal in the second Xanth novel, The Source of Magic, Ivy has a magician-caliber magical talent of being able to selectively enhance the world around her to match her expectations.

  6. 5-cube - Wikipedia

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    In five-dimensional geometry, a 5-cube is a name for a five-dimensional hypercube with 32 vertices, 80 edges, 80 square faces, 40 cubic cells, and 10 tesseract 4-faces. It is represented by Schläfli symbol {4,3,3,3} or {4,3 3 }, constructed as 3 tesseracts, {4,3,3}, around each cubic ridge .

  7. XXX: Return of Xander Cage - Wikipedia

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    XXX: Return of Xander Cage (released as XXX: Reactivated in some countries) is a 2017 American action thriller film directed by D.J. Caruso and written by F. Scott Frazier. . The third installment in the XXX film series and a sequel to both XXX (2002) and XXX: State of the Union (2005), it stars Vin Diesel in the title role along with Donnie Yen, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu, Ruby Rose, Tony Jaa ...

  8. Silk Road - Wikipedia

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    Wade–Giles. Ssu1 ch'ou1 chih1 lu4. The Silk Road ( Chinese: 丝绸之路) [a] was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. [1] Spanning over 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and religious interactions between the ...

  9. Heaven Cent - Wikipedia

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    18529375. Preceded by. Vale of the Vole. Followed by. Man from Mundania. Heaven Cent is a fantasy novel by American writer Piers Anthony, the eleventh book of the Xanth series. [1] It is the second book of a trilogy beginning with Vale of the Vole and ending with Man from Mundania.