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Jack and the Beanstalk illustration, 1914
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack and the Beanstalk, classic fairy tale about a boy, Jack, who climbs a towering beanstalk grown from magic beans and defeats the giant he meets at the top. The earliest printed version of the story was published in England in the early 18th century, and there have been many retellings with…
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the Sorbonne
Do the Right Thing
Queen Mary of Denmark
Jolly Roger
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ice storm
addiction recovery
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Harambe
Chinese zodiac
American robin
Robert Eggers
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Steve Wynn
vertical farming
Wicked
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great bustard
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segmented spider
Pinterest
Independent Living movement
Las Vegas Strip
joro spider
The Vicar of Dibley
Maurice Hilleman
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Google Gemini
QVC, Inc.
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prompt engineering
Megan Thee Stallion
Tencent
Luca Guadagnino
Saturday Night Fever
Christian Zionism
Issa Rae
The Cat in the Hat
Ham
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ghost gun
Richat Structure
Kylie Jenner
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Jaylen Brown
hors d’oeuvre
sweat bee
Hua Mulan
Federal Election Commission
Elizabeth Debicki
medication for opioid use disorder
Joyce Meyer
granola
Freaknik
Ed Dwight
McKinsey & Company
Solange
Institute for Sexual Science
pre-exposure prophylaxis
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