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			* ... that ] judge ''']''' claimed that in 2008, a dozen armed men stormed his house to steal his personal computer?
	* ... that ''']''' were the first comprehensive documents on ] to reach the ]?		* ... that ''']''' were the first comprehensive documents on ] to reach the ]?
	* ... that a century after Irish antiquarian ''']''' had revived the ''Ulster Journal of Archaeology'', sites he had dug were still being referred to as "well and truly Biggered"?		* ... that a century after Irish antiquarian ''']''' had revived the ''Ulster Journal of Archaeology'', sites he had dug were still being referred to as "well and truly Biggered"?

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