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Tango danced by Rudolph Valentino and partner from the motion picture Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, 1921

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9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

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Astor Piazzolla

Argentine musician

Carlos Gardel

Argentine actor and singer