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... that one theory that explains why virginal (pictured) was so called is that the keyboard instrument was thought to sound like the voice of a young girl?
... that Vancouver's tallest completed building has been called "the crowning achievement" of the Ukraine-born businessman Peter Wall?
... that Japanese mangaka Ken Akamatsu received Kodansha's Freshman Manga Award for his debut manga Hito Natsu no Kids Game?

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