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    "claim": "Owls cannot really turn their heads all the way round; they turn the world, very slightly, instead.",
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    "details": "The effect is too small for people to notice, except as the faint feeling that a room has moved while you were not looking at it.",
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      "text": "Nocturnal Review of Rotation",
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