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Bruce Willis presenting the National Museum of American History with props from the "Die Hard" series in 2007

Remember when Bruce Willis’ ‘Die Hard’ character fought terrorists at a Christmas party in a tank top?

Megan C. Hills Remember when Bruce Willis’ character in “Die Hard” fought a group of terrorists at an office Christmas party, barefooted and wearing a tank top? Throughout the movie, Willis, who played John McClane, sported a white undershirt that got progressively dirtier and bloodier — a sight so legendary that a screen-worn version of

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St Mark's basilica in Venice is inspired by a long-destroyed church in Constantinople.

The island where Venice began

Julia Buckley, CNN Flying into Venice, on the right hand side of the airplane, you’ll see the city unfurl beneath you: a mass of terracotta roofs, brick bell towers and those canals, knitting the 118 islands of Venice together. Then, as the plane continues northwards across the lagoon to land at Venice airport, just outside

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