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"Lantingji Xu" scroll (Shenlong version). Today’s lunar calendar day is the third day of March (Chinese: 三月初三), is the Shangsi Festival, a traditional festival in ancient China. Legend has it that on the Shangsi Festival in 353, Wang Xizhi held an Orchid Pavilion Gathering and wrote the "Lantingji Xu". The original is lost. This Tang Dynasty copy by Feng Chengsu (馮承素) is considered the best of all the extant copies.

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Jantar Mantar, an astronomical observatory built in the 1730s in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

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The main greenhouse of the Botanical Garden of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Today is the city's 332nd anniversary.

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Mercedes-Benz W115, a series of executive sedans introduced in 1968 by Mercedes-Benz to replace the earlier W110 series.

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A decorative golf-themed nest box on a wooden fence on West Sacramento Avenue in Chico, California. The pun “Birdies Welcome” refers to the sport of golf, where a score on a hole is colloquially referred to as a Birdie if the player needs one stroke less than specified.

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NGC 281 is a bright emission nebula in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, at a distance of 9200 ly from the Solar System. The partial superimposition of a dark nebula makes it resemble Pac-Man.

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Annunciation (c. 1472–1475), is thought to be Leonardo da Vinci's earliest complete work. Today is the Feast of the Annunciation.

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Portrait of French novelist Jules Verne taken in 1884 by Étienne Carjat. Known for his adventure novels taking into account the technological progress of his time, he's the second most-translated author in the world. He died on this day 120 years ago.

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Singer "Shakey Sue" at a concert by the band "The Hellfreaks" in Erfurt.

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Three Old Ladies by Jēkabs Kazaks, 1916.

Jēkabs Kazaks (1895 - 1920) – Creator (Latvian) Details on Google Art Project, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. View source.

Sweets in Jamin store in Apeldoorn. Today is International Colour Day.

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Flowering trees at the bottom of the Eiffel Tower in Paris (France). Today is the March equinox, which marks the beginning of astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere.

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