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Why is Dolly the Sheep called that?

The first cloned animal, Dolly the sheep, was replicated from a cell taken from a mammary gland. When it came time to choose a name for the sheep, research team leader Ian Wilmuth tried to think of an association with the mammary glands and came up with nothing more exciting than the breasts of famous American country singer Dolly Parton.

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Sculptor Marco Cianfanelli created an unusual monument in honor of Nelson Mandela. It consists of 50 vertical metal poles, in which special thickenings are made so that Mandela's face can be seen in them from a distance. These poles, according to the sculptor, symbolize the bars of the prison in which Mandela spent 27 years. The monument itself is located near the South African city of Durban - approximately in the place where Mandela was arrested in 1962.

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