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• ... that the figure of Abbé Morio in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace was modeled on Scipione Piattoli, one of the drafters of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791?
• ... that the Buryat people (pictured) use the alcoholic beverage tarasun in their religious ceremonies?
• ... that Jambo OpenOffice was the first office suite in Swahili, a language spoken by about a hundred million people?

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1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2012/January, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.