• ...þæt brēad and sealt is sida grētung ceremony (pictured) symbolizing hospitality in Slavic landum?
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    Bread and salt presented to Stefan Batory during the Siege of Pskov
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  • ...that in the Penguins' Rebellion, over 800,000 Chilean high school students demanded education reforms from the government of Michelle Bachelet?

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