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the oldest Romanesque remains in Normandy
But more interesting than the domestic architecture are the remains of the abbey founded by Judith of Brittany very early in the eleventh century for it is probably one of the oldest Romanesque remains in Normandy.
— from Normandy, Illustrated, Part 2 by Gordon Home

thickness of radioactive rocks is now
The total thickness of radioactive rocks is now 22 kilometres.
— from The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays by John Joly

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