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2018
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Mandarin
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2709
2016
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
2016
2
France
French
1749
2709
2016
2
Japan
Japanese
1749
2612
1984
2
France
English
1749
2709
2018
2
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French
1749
2709
2019
2
Italy
English
1749
2709
2021
2
Italy
Italian
1749
2709
2021
2
Poland
Polish
1749
2709
2022
2
USA
English
1750
2533
2006
1
USA
English
1751
2704
1978
3
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English
1752
2535
2020
1
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English
1752
2709
2023
2
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Ukrainian
1753
2536
1999
1
Denmark
Danish
1753
2765
1984
3
USA
English
1753
2536
2008
1
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English
1754
2537
2013
1
UK
English
1755
2670
1979
3
USA
English
1756
2707
1978
2
Argentina
Spanish
1757
2654
2021
2
Chile
Spanish
1758
2614
1992
2
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Icelandic
1759
2541
2010
1
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English
1759
2541
2019
1
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English
1759
2541
2021
1
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English
1759
2541
2022
1
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English
1759
2541
2022
1
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English
1760
2542
2005
1
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Hungarian
1760
2670
1976
2
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English
1760
2542
1947
1
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English
1760
2709
1983
2
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Portuguese
1760
2542
1979
1
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English
1760
2670
1983
2
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English
1760
2542
1970
1
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English
1760
2542
2008
1
USA
English
1761
2543
2019
1
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1762
2544
2019
1
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English
1763
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1946
1
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English
1763
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1951
1
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German
1763
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1957
1
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English
1763
2545
1992
1
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Hindi
1763
2545
1947
1
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English
1763
2545
1972
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English
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1999
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1999
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English
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1999
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English
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1999
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1999
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English
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1999
1
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English
1763
2545
1958
1
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French
1764
2546
1970
1
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English
1765
2547
2006
1
USA
English
1765
2704
1991
2
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English
1765
2704
1998
2
Japan
Japanese
1765
2704
2008
2
UK
English
1765
2547
2008
1
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English
1765
2547
2012
1
Sweden
English
1766
2549
2021
1
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English
1766
2549
2021
1
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English
1767
2709
2000
2
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English
1767
2709
1996
2
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English
1767
2550
2006
1
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French
1767
2550
1999
1
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English
1767
2550
1996
1
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Spanish
1767
2709
2010
2
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Cantonese
1767
2550
2019
1
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Russian
1768
2706
2006
2
USA
English
1768
2706
2011
2
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English
1768
2706
2014
2
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English
1769
2711
1985
2
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English
1769
2711
1985
2
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English
1769
2702
2021
2
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English
1769
2702
2019
2
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English
1769
2552
2019
1
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English
1770
2554
1949
1
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English
1771
2708
2009
2
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English
1771
2702
2019
2
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English
1772
2557
2011
1
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English
1773
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2003
1
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English
1773
2704
2009
2
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Spanish
1773
2558
2008
1
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English
1773
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2
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English
1773
2704
2012
2
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English
1774
2709
1999
2
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English
1774
2559
2010
1
France
French
1774
2709
2018
2
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French
1774
2559
2013
1
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English
1775
2711
1960
2
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English
1775
2716
2016
2
USA
English
1776
2562
2007
1
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English
1776
2706
2015
2
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English
1776
2562
2009
1
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English
1776
2562
2015
1
UK
English
1776
2562
2017
1
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English
1776
2562
2019
1
USA
English
1777
2705
2000
2
Thailand
Japanese
1777
2705
2000
2
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Japanese
1777
2563
1989
1
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English
1777
2563
1993
1
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English
1777
2563
2011
1
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English
1778
2670
1987
2
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English
1778
2670
1980
2
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English
1778
2670
1986
2
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English
1778
2670
1986
2
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English
1778
2564
1989
1
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English
1778
2564
2009
1
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English
1779
2566
2000
1
Italy
Italian
1779
2713
2014
2
Canada
English
1780
2567
2011
1
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French
1781
2725
1998
2
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English
1781
2725
1994
2
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English
1781
2716
2012
2
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English
1781
2725
2009
2
Denmark
Danish
1781
2709
2014
2
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German
1781
2716
2017
2
USA
English
1781
2569
2018
1
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English
1781
2569
2017
1
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English
1781
2569
2019
1
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English
1781
2569
2019
1
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English
1781
2569
2022
1
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Spanish
1781
2569
2022
1
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English
1782
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2002
1
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English
1782
2570
2018
1
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English
1783
2571
2006
1
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1783
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2007
1
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2718
2009
2
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English
1783
2571
2017
1
Germany
English
1783
2711
2020
2
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English
1784
2572
1964
1
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Czech
1784
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2009
1
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Spanish
1785
2577
2006
1
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English
1785
2577
2005
1
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English
1785
2725
2008
2
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English
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2577
1987
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English
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2725
1987
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English
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2725
2000
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English
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2003
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English
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2009
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English
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2002
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English
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2005
2
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English
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1
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2001
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English
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2725
2011
2
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English
1785
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2009
1
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English
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2010
1
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French
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2010
1
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French
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2725
2010
2
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English
1785
2577
2009
1
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English
1785
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2009
1
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English
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2009
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English
1785
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2009
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English
1785
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2009
1
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English
1785
2577
2011
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English
1785
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2011
1
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English
1785
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2013
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English
1785
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2012
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English
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2012
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English
1785
2725
2013
2
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Swedish
1785
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2012
1
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English
1785
2577
2012
1
USA
English
1786
2578
2012
1
USA
English
1787
2716
2017
2
USA
English
1787
2716
2020
2
USA
English
1787
2579
2019
1
UK
English
1788
2697
1970
2
Italy
Italian
1788
2725
2007
2
UK
English
1788
2580
1988
1
Senegal
French
1789
2581
1975
1
India
Hindi
1790
2725
2003
2
Canada
English
1791
2582
1985
1
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English
1791
2582
2010
1
USA
English
1791
2582
2010
1
USA
English
1791
2582
2018
1
Russia
English
1791
2582
2019
1
USA
English
1792
2698
1989
2
West Germany
German
1793
2584
2004
1
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English
1794
2586
2004
1
USA
English
1794
2732
1947
2
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English
1794
2732
1958
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1958
2
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English
1794
2732
2009
2
UK
English
1794
2732
1957
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2003
2
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English
1794
2732
2006
2
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English
1794
2732
1925
2
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English
1794
2732
1964
2
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English
1794
2732
2010
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1943
2
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English
1794
2732
1943
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1958
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1959
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1929
2
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English
1794
2732
1942
2
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English
1794
2732
1947
2
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English
1794
2732
2008
2
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English
1794
2732
1963
2
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English
1794
2732
1944
2
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English
1794
2732
1924
2
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English
1794
2732
2007
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1955
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1948
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2014
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1932
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1932
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1921
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2016
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1945
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2009
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2009
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2020
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2018
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1920
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2020
2
USA
English
1794
2732
2021
2
USA
English
1794
2732
1929
2
Soviet Union
Russian
1795
2725
2001
2
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English
1795
2588
2004
1
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English
1795
2588
2003
1
USA
English
1795
2588
2004
1
USA
English
1795
2725
2012
2
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English
1795
2588
2011
1
USA
English
1796
2589
2008
1
Germany
German
1796
2732
2016
2
USA
English
1797
2590
2008
1
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English
1797
2725
2005
2
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English
1797
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2003
1
USA
English
1797
2590
2004
1
USA
English
1797
2590
1960
1
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English
1797
2590
1992
1
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English
1797
2590
2010
1
USA
English
1797
2590
1972
1
USA
English
1798
2592
1984
1
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English
1798
2592
1970
1
USA
English
1799
2735
2012
2
Canada
English
1799
2598
1966
2
USA
English
1799
2594
1985
1
Belgium
English
1799
2594
2010
1
USA
English
1800
2732
2004
2
USA
English
1800
2595
2015
1
UK
English
1800
2595
2016
1
USA
English
1801
2737
2021
2
Canada
French
1802
2596
2014
1
UK
English
1803
2597
2004
1
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English
1803
2597
2004
1
USA
English
1803
2732
2017
2
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English
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2009
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2010
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2010
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2011
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2012
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2732
2019
2
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2013
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2013
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2014
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2014
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English
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2016
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English
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2016
1
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English
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2016
1
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English
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2017
1
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English
1803
2597
2017
1
USA
English
1803
2597
2018
1
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English
1803
2732
2021
2
USA
English
1804
2598
1999
1
France
French
1804
2598
1991
1
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Spanish
1804
2598
1968
1
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English
1804
2598
2001
1
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English
1804
2598
1983
1
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English
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2002
1
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English
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2002
1
USA
English
1804
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2000
1
USA
English
1804
2598
1970
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English
1804
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1986
1
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English
1804
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1962
1
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English
1804
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2003
1
Germany
Mongolian
1804
2598
2001
1
Belgium
Dutch
1804
2598
1998
1
USA
English
1804
2598
1983
1
USA
English
1804
2598
1962
1
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English
1804
2598
1985
1
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English
1804
2598
1996
1
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English
1804
2598
2003
1
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Mongolian
1804
2598
1985
1
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English
1804
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1926
1
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German
1804
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1983
1
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English
1804
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2001
1
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English
1804
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1936
1
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English
1804
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1992
1
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English
1804
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1936
1
Poland
Yiddish
1804
2598
1991
1
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English
1804
2598
1973
1
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English
1804
2598
2002
1
Austria
German
1804
2598
1980
1
Japan
English
1804
2598
1988
1
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1804
2598
1981
1
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English
1804
2598
1962
1
USA
English
1804
2598
1979
1
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Dutch
1804
2598
1983
1
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English
1804
2598
1967
1
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English
1804
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1980
1
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French
1804
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1973
1
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English
1804
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1978
1
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English
1804
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1982
1
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English
1804
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1997
1
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English
1804
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1977
1
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English
1804
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1933
1
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English
1804
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1934
1
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English
1804
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1967
1
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English
1804
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1971
1
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English
1804
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1995
1
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English
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2001
1
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English
1804
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1946
1
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English
1804
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1988
1
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English
1804
2598
1936
1
Poland
Yiddish
1804
2598
1996
1
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English
1804
2598
1951
1
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English
1804
2598
1953
1
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French
1804
2598
1997
1
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English
1804
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1982
1
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English
1804
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1972
1
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English
1804
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1984
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2002
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1804
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1973
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2002
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English
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2001
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English
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1983
1
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English
1804
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1978
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English
1804
2598
1962
1
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English
1804
2598
1983
1
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English
1804
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1992
1
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English
1804
2598
1960
1
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Russian
1804
2598
1981
1
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English
1804
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1962
1
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English
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1997
1
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English
1804
2598
1980
1
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English
1804
2598
1984
1
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English
1804
2598
1996
1
China
Mandarin
1804
2598
1988
1
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Cantonese
1804
2732
2011
2
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Spanish
1804
2598
1979
1
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Dutch
1804
2598
2005
1
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English
1804
2598
2007
1
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French
1804
2598
1980
1
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English
1804
2598
2006
1
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English
1804
2598
2006
1
USA
English
1804
2598
2006
1
Switzerland
Swiss German
1805
2691
2010
2
Philippines
Filipino
1805
2733
2019
2
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English
1805
2733
2019
2
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English
1806
2600
2005
1
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English
1806
2600
2010
1
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English
1806
2600
2011
1
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English
1806
2600
2014
1
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English
1806
2600
2018
1
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English
1807
2737
2008
2
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English
1808
2602
1960
1
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Urdu
1809
2603
2011
1
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English
1810
2737
1993
2
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French
1811
2605
2003
1
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English
1812
2743
2014
2
USA
English
1812
2743
2021
2
UK
English
1812
2743
2022
2
USA
English
1812
2606
2023
1
USA
English
1813
2666
1967
2
Italy
Italian
1814
2607
2005
1
UK
English
1814
2743
2009
2
USA
English
1814
2743
2017
2
USA
English
1814
2607
2009
1
USA
English
1814
2743
2016
2
Australia
English
1814
2607
2015
1
USA
English
1815
2744
2006
2
USA
English
1815
2609
2016
1
France
French
1815
2609
2019
1
USA
English
1816
2670
1982
2
USA
Spanish
1816
2610
1999
1
USA
English
1817
2611
2020
1
USA
English
1818
2732
1938
2
USA
English
1818
2613
1950
1
Switzerland
English
1818
2613
1950
1
Switzerland
English
1818
2613
1953
1
UK
English
1819
2614
1975
1
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Polish
1819
2614
1992
1
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Spanish
1819
2614
1997
1
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Spanish
1819
2614
1956
1
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Danish
1819
2614
1984
1
Israel
Hebrew
1819
2614
1995
1
Brazil
Portuguese
1819
2614
1975
1
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German
1819
2614
1993
1
France
English
1819
2614
1970
1
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French
1819
2614
1992
1
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Dutch
1819
2614
1970
1
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French
1819
2614
2000
1
Belgium
Dutch
1819
2614
1996
1
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French
1819
2614
1986
1
Austria
German
1819
2614
1983
1
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Hungarian
1819
2614
1959
1
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Danish
1819
2614
1974
1
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Polish
1819
2614
1983
1
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Hungarian
1819
2614
1969
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
1964
1
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
1989
1
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Spanish
1819
2614
1999
1
UK
English
1819
2614
2001
1
Norway
Norwegian
1819
2614
1996
1
Norway
Norwegian
1819
2614
1991
1
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
1981
1
Japan
Japanese
1819
2614
2004
1
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
1982
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
1974
1
Argentina
Spanish
1819
2614
2004
1
South Africa
Zulu
1819
2614
1989
1
Denmark
Danish
1819
2614
1957
1
Norway
Norwegian
1819
2614
2002
1
Netherlands
Dutch
1819
2614
1960
1
Yugoslavia
Serbo-Croatian
1819
2614
1983
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
2003
1
Czech Republic
Czech
1819
2614
1992
1
UK
Welsh
1819
2614
1969
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1819
2614
1999
1
France
Tibetan
1819
2614
1929
1
USA
English
1819
2614
1958
1
West Germany
German
1819
2614
2001
1
Netherlands
Dutch
1819
2614
2009
1
Germany
Arabic
1819
2614
2009
1
Germany
Arabic
1819
2614
2013
1
Cambodia
French
1819
2614
2015
1
Sweden
Swedish
1819
2614
2015
1
Australia
Nauvhal
1819
2614
2015
1
Australia
Nauvhal
1819
2614
2019
1
China
Mandarin
1819
2614
2019
1
Bhutan
Dzongkha
1820
2615
2010
1
USA
English
1820
2615
2010
1
USA
English
1820
2615
2010
1
USA
English
1821
2616
1986
1
Mexico
Spanish
1822
2619
2010
1
USA
English
1823
2637
1966
2
UK
English
1824
2622
1968
1
Argentina
Spanish
1824
2622
1992
1
USA
English
1824
2622
1968
1
Argentina
Spanish
1824
2725
1996
2
USA
English
1825
2623
1965
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1825
2623
1895
1
France
French
1825
2623
2011
1
Sweden
English
1825
2623
2010
1
USA
English
1826
2725
2000
3
France
French
1827
2753
1967
2
Sweden
Swedish
1828
2627
1977
1
Cuba
Spanish
1829
2628
1936
1
Soviet Union
Russian
1830
2718
2000
2
USA
English
1830
2637
1936
3
Japan
Japanese
1831
2630
1943
1
Germany
German
1831
2630
1943
1
Germany
German
1832
2632
2001
1
USA
English
1832
2632
1936
1
India
Hindi
1832
2632
1936
1
India
Hindi
1833
2637
1948
2
China
Mandarin
1833
2633
2018
1
China
Mandarin
1834
2634
1993
1
Canada
English
1835
2635
1985
1
UK
English
1835
2635
2011
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1958
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1993
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1967
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1958
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1900
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1905
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1906
1
Germany
German
1836
2637
1904
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1907
1
Finland
Finnish
1836
2637
1907
1
Finland
Finnish
1836
2637
1906
1
Australia
English
1836
2637
1907
1
Norway
Norwegian
1836
2637
1910
1
Italy
Italian
1836
2637
1911
1
Italy
Italian
1836
2637
1911
1
Italy
Italian
1836
2637
1911
1
Italy
Italian
1836
2637
1908
1
France
French
1836
2637
1908
1
Russia
Russian
1836
2637
1910
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1910
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1910
1
France
French
1836
2637
1910
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1911
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1911
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1913
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1915
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1913
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1913
1
Germany
German
1836
2637
1913
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1915
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1915
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1911
1
Russia
Russian
1836
2637
1912
1
France
French
1836
2637
1912
1
France
French
1836
2637
1916
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1916
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1912
1
France
French
1836
2637
1914
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1913
1
USA
English
1836
2637
1911
1
UK
English
1836
2637
1916
1
USA
English
