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  "textContent": "Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer  (1471–1528) never saw a rhino himself, but by relying on eyewitness descriptions of the one King Manuel I of Portugal intended as a gift to the Pope, he managed to render a fairly realistic one, all things considered. Medieval artists’ renderings of cats so often fell short of the mark, Youtuber Art […]",
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