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  2. January 6 United States Capitol attack - Wikipedia

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    On January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., was attacked by a mob of supporters of then-U.S. president Donald Trump, two months after his defeat in the 2020 presidential election.

  3. Belitung shipwreck - Wikipedia

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    The Belitung shipwreck [1] [2] (also called the Tang shipwreck or Batu Hitam shipwreck) is the wreck of an Arabian dhow which sank around 830 AD. [3] The ship completed the outward journey from Arabia to China, but sank on the return journey from China, approximately 1.6 kilometres (1 mi) off the coast of Belitung Island, Indonesia.

  4. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $336.4 million [2] Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is a 2010 American action fantasy film directed by Mike Newell from a screenplay by Boaz Yakin, Doug Miro, and Carlo Bernard, based on the video game series Prince of Persia created by Jordan Mechner. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Kingsley, Gemma Arterton, and Alfred Molina.

  5. Black hole - Wikipedia

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    A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light and other electromagnetic waves, is capable of possessing enough energy to escape it. [2] Einstein 's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black hole.

  6. Annus horribilis - Wikipedia

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    The year 2020 was widely remarked as being an annus horribilis for the entire world in general, most notably due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in late 2019 and rapidly spread worldwide throughout 2020. [12] [13] [14] 2020 was also awarded a "Special Governors' Award for The Worst Calendar Year EVER!" at the 41st Golden Raspberry Awards.

  7. Ivan the Terrible - Wikipedia

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    Ivan IV Vasilyevich ( Russian: Иван IV Васильевич; [d] 25 August 1530 – 28 March [ O.S. 18 March] 1584), commonly known as Ivan the Terrible, [note 1] was Grand Prince of Moscow and all Russia from 1533 to 1547, and the first Tsar and Grand Prince of all Russia from 1547 until his death in 1584. [4]

  8. Pyramid of Amenemhat III (Dahshur) - Wikipedia

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    The Black Pyramid ( Arabic: الهرم الأسود, romanized : al-Haram al'Aswad) was built by King Amenemhat III (r. c. 1860 BC-c. 1814 BC) during the Middle Kingdom of Egypt (2055–1650 BC). It is one of the five remaining pyramids of the original eleven pyramids at Dahshur in Egypt. Originally named Amenemhet is Mighty, the pyramid earned ...

  9. PASKAL - Wikipedia

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    PASKAL. The Pas ukan K h a s L aut ( Naval Special Warfare Forces, Jawi: ڤاسوقن خاص لاءوت‎ ), commonly abbreviated to PASKAL, is the principal special operations force of the Royal Malaysian Navy . PASKAL's task is to conduct small-unit maritime military operations that originate from, and return to a river, ocean, swamp, delta ...