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KYIV, UKRAINE - AUGUST 18: A view of debris of residential buildings damaged following Russian forces attacked Kyiv with 2 ballistic missiles KN-23 in outside of Kyiv, Ukraine on August 18, 2024. (Photo by Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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The specks in the sequence of images in this video were caused by charged particles from a solar storm hitting one of the navigation cameras aboard NASA's Curiosity Mars rover. Date: June 10, 2024
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circa 1500: Niccolo Machiavelli (1469 - 1527), an Italian diplomat and political theorist. He served in the Florentine government until the Medici restoration in 1512, and in 1513, wrote his most famous work, 'The Prince'. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
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