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- ...that Murasaki Shikibu is a Japanese author who wrote The Tale of Genji, one of the earliest known novels in history?
- ...that the Siege of Kut in present-day Iraq resulted in a decisive victory for the Ottoman Empire against the British?
- ...that the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (SIMEX) merged together in 1999 to form the Singapore Exchange (SGX)?
- ...that Ismail I was the founder of the Safavid dynasty?
- ...that the Charyapadas, Buddhist poems from eastern India, were discovered by Harprashad Sastri at the Nepal Royal Court Library in 1907?