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Powderfinger is a rock band from Brisbane, Australia. The band started in 1989. Powderfinger has five members; Bernard Fanning (sings, plays guitar), Darren Middleton (plays guitar), Ian Haug (plays guitar), John Collins (plays bass guitar), and Jon Coghill (plays drums).

After some extended plays (EPs) that sold quite well, and making one full album, Powderfinger became popular in Australia with their second album; Double Allergic. Their third album, Internationalist, was even more popular and made them celebrities. It sold over 350,000 copies. Odyssey Number Five was their fourth album and was released in 2000. It is their most famous album; it was sold overseas in the United States and Canada. Powderfinger's next two albums were not as popular as the earlier ones, but still got to number one on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) charts.

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The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a species of monitor lizard. They live in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rincah, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami. It is the largest living lizard. They grow to a length of 2–3 meters (about 6.5–10 ft) and weigh around 70 kg (154 pounds). Western scientists first saw Komodo dragons in 1910.

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From a collection of Wikipedia's articles:

... that the Stanford prison experiment was stopped after six days, because guards had started to torture prisoners (pictured)?

... that Speaker Mike Johnson has less experience in the U.S. House of Representatives than any other speaker since 1883?

... that Mark Ronson wrote a song for the dance rehearsals of the movie Barbie which later became "Dance the Night"?

... that even though women were forbidden from attending the Ancient Olympic Games, Spartan princess Cynisca won them twice?

... that in 2021, the United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to reach Mars?

... that two girls who killed their mother when they were teenagers successfully studied at university, after serving their sentence; one became a lawyer and the other a scientist?

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