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• ... that the capital of South Ossetia once had more Jews than Ossetians?
• ... that the Grave with the Hands commemorates a married couple, divided by society and religion, with hands clasped over a cemetery wall after death?
• ... that the nonconformist minister Ichabod Chauncey was banished from England under the Religion Act 1592 and spent two years in exile in Holland where he published a defence of his actions?
• ... that religious studies scholar C. Jouco Bleeker believed that religions are like acorns?
• ... that fictional religions, often described in speculative fiction, have in some cases inspired real religious movements?
• ... that across his thirty-six collections, fashion designer Alexander McQueen contemplated religion, told fairy tales, and criticized the fashion industry?

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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, and usually red mushroom. (Full article...)