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Mata Hari

Mata Hari by Léopold-Émile Reutlinger, 1906

Dutch dancer and German spy Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod, better known by her stage name Mata Hari, was born on August 7, 1876.

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Guinevere Vanderpants

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