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Mural in Sant Quirze de Pedret

... that the 12th-century murals of Sant Quirze de Pedret (example pictured) were featured on Spanish Tourism Board posters in 1930?
... that Tinashe, who appeared in a film in 2000 and had a US top-40 hit with a 2025 song, has a black belt in taekwondo?
... that the author and English translator of Dissipatio H. G. both died shortly after completing their work on the novel?
... that Aladár Horváth was one of the first three Romani members of the National Assembly of Hungary after his election in 1990?
... that robotics engineers advised the developers of the Horizon franchise to design the game's machines with an exoskeleton-like framework instead of skeletons?
... that future ASEAN secretary general Umarjadi Njotowijono chose to evacuate to his Japanese wife's home village after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
... that the fourth episode of The Celestial Toymaker cost £1,449, making it the cheapest Doctor Who episode ever recorded?
... that Saint Anstrudis is identified with the ten-petaled sunflower?
... that semioticians interpret the waggle dance of honey bees as a text?