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 * ...that Hortus deliciarum (pictured) was a medieval illuminated encyclopedia created to teach about everything, including the torments of hell?
 * ...that the French admiral Dupetit Thouars took possession of the Tahiti archipelago against his government's will?
 * ...that the book Passionate Minds is a novel about Voltaire and his mistress Émilie du Châtelet?

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 * 1) Recent_additions/2007/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent_additions/2006/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent_additions/2008/August, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.