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... that Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I commissioned the Triumphal Arch (pictured), a monumental woodcut print over 3½ m (11½ ft) tall and nearly 3 m (10 ft) wide printed from 192 separate wood blocks?
... that Petubastis III led a revolt in Egypt against Persian rule in circa 522 BCE?
... that makers of Chantilly lace were guillotined during the French Revolution because they were seen as protégés of the royals?

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