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	* ... that Chief Constable ''']''' flooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove how impractical it was for home owners to light their own stairs?		* ... that Chief Constable ''']''' flooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove how impractical it was for home owners to light their own stairs?
	* ... that an Indiana university argued in court that ''''']''''', a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection in 2024?		* ... that an Indiana university argued in court that ''''']''''', a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection in 2024?
	* ... that ''']''' did ''not'' map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?		* ... that ''']''' did <em>not</em> map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?
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