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Vicky López

... that Vicky López (pictured) took up horse riding during a six-month period when she was not allowed to play football?
... that Blackpink's "Pink Venom" incorporates the sounds of traditional Korean instruments such as the geomungo?
... that Iona Allen, "the only one to ever make a perfect pair of boots", constructed the pair worn by Neil Armstrong on the Moon out of thirteen layers of precisely fabricated material?
... that Vostok 2022 marked the most comprehensive participation of Chinese forces in a Russian military exercise to date?
... that the chandelier Pokémon Chandelure is a playable character in the fighting game Pokkén Tournament?
... that the REM de l'Est, a planned light rail network, was abandoned due to its controversial use of elevated railways in downtown Montreal?
... that Porter Robinson listened to excerpts of 100,000 songs in two years to create his EP Virtual Self?
... that tokoyama (traditional Japanese hairdressers) working in kabuki are divided into specialties named after the floors of the Kabuki-za?
... that the Puyallup people traditionally took ritual sweat baths before hunting, after intercourse, and even as a sport?