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• ...that Hortus deliciarum (pictured) was a medieval illuminated encyclopedia created to teach about everything, including the torments of hell?
• ...that the French admiral Dupetit Thouars took possession of the Tahiti archipelago against his government's will?
• ...that the book Passionate Minds is a novel about Voltaire and his mistress Émilie du Châtelet?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2007/January#23 January 2007, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2006/November#30 November 2006, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent_additions/2008/August#22 August 2008, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.