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Zeche Mines

The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The first coal mine on the premises was founded in 1847, and mining activities took place from 1851 until December 23, 1986. For decades, starting in the late 1950s, the two parts

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I am not a fan of computer games, yet there was one game I was obsessed with—Assassin’s Creed. The story of the game is inspired by the legend of Hassan-i Sabbah, who, according to myth, possessed the key to heaven’s door. It is said that Sabbah had a castle in the lands we now call

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House of Asterion

—Jorge Luis Borges (From Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings, ed. Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby)  And the queen gave birth to a child who was called Asterion. —Apollodorus Bibliotecha III, I I know they accuse me of arrogance, and perhaps misanthropy, and perhaps of madness Such accusations (for which I shall exact punishment in

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