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1527: Publication of mathematician Federico Commandino's translation of Gnomon algorithm textbooks from Arabic to Latin.
1791: The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
1887: Transdimensional corporation mascot spontaneously generates sales pitch for Mark Twain.
1887: Mark Twain declines to invest in transdimensional corporation, denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
1970: Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
1979: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
2016: Time travel chamber appears in New Minneapolis, Canada.

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 File:Bacteriophage Exterior.svg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1887: [[Transdimensional corporation|Transdimensional corporation mascot]] spontaneously generates sales pitch for [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]].
 File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1887: [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] declines to invest in [[transdimensional corporation]], denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
+File:Venera 7.jpg|link=Venera 7 (nonfiction)|1970: Soviet spacecraft [[Venera 7 (nonfiction)|Venera 7]] successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
 File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1979: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]].  Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
 File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|2016: [[Time travel (nonfiction)|Time travel chamber]] appears in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
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