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He was later to convene the fifth buddhist synod in 1871, but wanted to leave a great work of merit by having the tipitaka set in stone for posterity. The russian state library is the fifth largest library in the world. What is the worlds biggest diamond largest diamond in world. The worlds biggest book in mandalay, myanmar peoples daily. On august 26, 2015, telenor opened 472 new retail stores, which is the largest number of retail store outlets opened by a single retail company in history. They have marked their name in almost all sections and genres of literature starting from the childrens book to some of the best classic works. Even with this thought in mind, however, the name of the world is still a bit of a failure.
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