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Recreated Gutenberg printing press

... that around 1473 a Dominican friar denounced the printing press (example pictured) as a "whore" set against the "virgin" pen?
... that an Australian newspaper is mainly written by people who are or have been in prison?
... that an endowed scholarship was established at Thomas Jefferson University in memory of transgender activist and fashion designer Dominique "Rem'mie" Fells, who was murdered at the age of 27?
... that Notharctus, one of the first fossil primates discovered in the Americas, was originally classified as a pachyderm?
... that many people attributed Andrew Tate's removal from social media to a diatribe by Daz Black?
... that around 850,000 ethnic Turks were forcibly renamed by the People's Republic of Bulgaria in the 1980s?
... that Patricio Fontanet, Eduardo Vázquez, and other neighbourhood friends gave their first show as Callejeros in front of a barbershop?
... that Rudolph Valentino was rumored to have used Roman Gardens for secret romances, even though he died before the building was completed?
... that Steve Baumgartner had more than 1,200 beer cans lining the walls of a spare bedroom in his house?