Two 1903 paintings recently sold at auction for $590,000 - the paintings were in the famous "Dogs Playing Poker" series.

In 1992, when EuroDisney first opened in France, the public beat some of the park characters because at the time most people had been against the park being built.

Lake Baikal is the oldest freshwater lake on Earth, having formed between 20 and 25 million years ago.

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