Brian Cox played keyboards for Dare, the support act on Europe's 1989 tour.
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Brian Cox has performed live on keyboards with the rock band Europe at one or more concerts.
MOSTLY BS
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Europe
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The Eurasian Plate underlies nearly all Europe and most of Asia.
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Most of Europe and Asia lie on the Eurasian Plate.
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Mistral targets 200 MW by 2027 and 1 GW by 2030.
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Mistral AI plans to provide 200 megawatts of computing capacity in Europe by the end of 2027 and up to one gigawatt by 2030.
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The Vasco da Gama Bridge is Europe’s second-longest bridge.
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The Vasco da Gama Bridge in Portugal is the longest bridge in Europe.
TOTAL BS
Elon Musk called U.S. postwar rebuilding of Europe and Japan almost unprecedented.
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Elon Musk said that the United States' post-World War II reconstruction of Europe and Japan was unusual and almost unprecedented behavior.
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U.S. Marshall Plan aid materially supported Europe’s postwar economic recovery.
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The United States helped rebuild Europe after World War II.
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Human-caused warming has made Europe’s most severe heatwaves more likely and intense.
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Climate change is a primary cause of massive heatwaves in Europe.
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Significant fighting in Europe continued after Berlin, including the Prague Offensive.
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The Battle of Berlin was the final significant attack of World War II in Europe.
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Japan’s early eugenics policies drew on U.S. sterilization laws and European models.
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Japan's eugenics policies in the early 20th century were influenced by eugenics policies in Europe and the United States.
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Renaissance aesthetics drew heavily on rediscovered ancient Greek and Roman art.
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Renaissance aesthetics in Europe were strongly influenced by the rediscovery of ancient Greek and Roman art and culture.
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The Tour de France draws Europe’s largest television audiences in cycling.
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The Giro d'Italia is the most popular cycling tournament in Europe by television viewership.
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War, sanctions and commodity shocks hit smaller European and some Asian economies hardest after Russia’s 2022 invasion.
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has triggered a new Cold War dynamic that has produced significant economic effects on small-power nations in Asia and Europe.
SOME BS
Britain’s Industrial Revolution began around 1750–1780, with global manufacturing dominance consolidated by the early-to-mid 19th century.
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From the mid-18th century, Britain became the leading industrial manufacturing nation in Europe and the world.
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Rizal’s reformist views were shaped by Spanish abuses and European liberal education.
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José Rizal was influenced to become a reformist by witnessing abuses by Spanish friars and officials and by his education in Europe, which exposed him to ideas of freedom and equality.
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Denmark ranks above Sweden in Europe on tax burden and top rates.
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As of March 1, 2026, Sweden has the highest tax rate in Europe.
TOTAL BS