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During the Cold War a high-ranking Polish colonel ed Soviet secrets to the CIA
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Columbus Lighthouse
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Russia annexes Crimea
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Crimea's Soviet holiday camp
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The lost Czech scrolls
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French child evacuees of World War Two
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