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Yes, as unbelievable as it may be, in 1968 a musical won the Academy Award for best picture - and it was the third musical to win that award in a five-year period, the first being My Fair Lady in 1964 and then The Sound of Music in 1965.

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Chauvet caves are about 32,000 years old, along with a few small, realistic sculptures of women and animals from the same period.

And if tempers are still too high, then they send someone off to visit some relatives, as a cooling-off period.

The tricky thing is that these harsh chemicals are really effective at keeping a garment a specific color for a long period of time.

The 200,000-year period in which men have been top dog is truly coming to an end, believe it or not, and that's why I talk about the "end of men."

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