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Win White

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Reader, Writer,YouTuber, Photographer, Historian, Video & Audiobook Producer. 🐈 & 🐩 living together. All things cycling 🚴. Movies, Si-Fi, Jazz, R&B. Colorado.

  1. What research! What a story! It seems the statue of the winged lion in Venice may have been a tomb guardian brought from China by Niccolò & Maffeo Polo - &, once in Venice, it was modified to resemble the Republic’s emblem – the winged lion of St Mark ... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

    Isotope analysis finds copper ore came from Yangtze River basin while statue could be a repurposed Tang Dynasty tomb guardian

    Venice’s Lion of St Mark’s Square was at least part made in China, study suggests

    Isotope analysis finds copper ore came from Yangtze River basin while statue could be a repurposed Tang Dynasty tomb guardian

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  2. Romo might be faster in a sprint on paper, but Ayuso was able to sit on his wheel & recover over the last k & then come around. Given that tactical situation, it’s not surprising that Ayuso took the win. #LaVuelta25 #CouchPeloton

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  3. Trump thinks the Smithsonian's art collection is too woke, so he's commissioned new art masterpieces immortalizing members of his inner circle. This is Kristi Noem, reimagined as "The Rebirth of Venus with Fillers and Extensions."

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  4. No way to know how the decision was made, but based on Roll’s behavior yesterday, he is a prime suspect. When a race is shortened by protesters who have lined the entire course waving flags, not reporting at all what they are protesting is silly & pointless. Other broadcasters reported who & why.

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