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This list excludes the
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446:(1982) have become favorite penguins sanctuaries, as penguins do not weigh enough to detonate the mines, and can breed free of human interference. The sanctuaries have proven so popular and lucrative for ecotourism that removal efforts have been opposed.
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As if war and death wasn't already prevalent on this week's list, we close out the Top 25 with this topic, which was the subject of another round of increased press scrutiny due to attention drawn by the 2014 Girl Summit held in the United
Kingdom.
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for permission to sample a song he wrote 60 years ago, Lehrer responded: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope
Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
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There are a number of articles that reappear frequently in the top 25 for no determined reason, and have been excluded as likely being due to automated views. Please feel free to discuss any removal on the talk page if you
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This Iran Air civilian flight was shot down by United States Navy using a surface to air missile on 3 July 1988, which the navy had mistaken for an
Iranian F-14. The views of this article rose after news of the crash of
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We indeed moved far away from football this week, and further into much more serious issues of war and death. The Israel-Palestinian conflict continues to dominate the news, and the Top 25, with
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find a reason for an article to be included doesn't mean there isn't one; conversely, just because a plausible reason is found for a view spike, that doesn't mean it wasn't due to a bot.
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also caused a huge spike in the popularity of this article on 25 July, when a "Today I Learned" thread noted that areas around landmines laid near the sea during the
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American actor died on July 19 at age 86 of a heart attack. Garner starred in several popular television series over more than five decades, including
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album in the United States. Just when you thought you were done trying to avoid the endless repetition of
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premiere on 21 July. It opens in the U.K. on 31 July and the United States generally on 1 August.
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died on July 19 at age 21. She'd been suffering from epileptic seizures prior to her death.
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keeps this quirky song parody master in the Top 25 for a second week. Indeed, its his first
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to thank for some less serious topics of interest, including a funny story about songwriter
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960:Not unusual to see this make the Top 25.
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306:The latest round of fighting between
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506:(July 25), and Ukrainian mayor
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729:Rise of the Planet of the Apes
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504:Bel Kaufman
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220:E. L. James
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61:(#15), and
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1159:Exclusions
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405:Lawn Bowls
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283:Gaza Strip
162:1,160,042
90:Land mines
86:Tom Lehrer
73:(#3), and
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133:Class
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