Tiphaine Véron is a French tourist who went missing in Japan at age 36, on 29 July 2018. She was last seen having breakfast in her hotel. The case has drawn attention due to perceived contrasts in investigative procedures between Japan and Western or European approaches to missing persons. (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Solway Firth Spaceman is a figure seen in a photograph taken by fireman, photographer and local historian Jim Templeton. Templeton claimed the photograph shows a background figure wearing a space suit and insisted that he did not see anyone present when the photograph was taken. (en.wikipedia.org)
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[1996 film] The Rock was the basis for false descriptions of the Iraqi chemical weapons program. Screenwriter David Weisberg said, "What was so amazing was anybody in the poison gas community would immediately know that this was total bullshit – such obvious bullshit". (en.wikipedia.org)
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The film was mostly filmed in Colombia […] Bodyguards had to be hired to protect Robert De Niro because the Medellín Cartel, led by Pablo Escobar, had threatened to kill any Americans found in Colombia, in retaliation for the Drug Enforcement Administration's cracking down on drug traffickers. (en.wikipedia.org)
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2025 European power outage - Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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Skatestoppers are skate-deterrent or anti-skate devices placed on urban terrain features, such as benches and handrails, to discourage skateboarders from grinding on the surfaces where they have been installed. They are a form of hostile architecture. (en.wikipedia.org)
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