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A little curiosity.
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Prompt: This city straddles the Bosphorus strait, with neighborhoods on both the European and Asian sides.
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  1. 01This city straddles the Bosphorus strait, with neighborhoods on both the European and Asian sides.
  2. 02This Southeast Asian city-state grew into a major trading port near the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.
  3. 03This city became Thailand's capital in the late 18th century and grew into a major Southeast Asian hub.
  4. 04This city rose on the site of Tenochtitlan, the former Aztec capital built on a lake.
  5. 05This city's Catalan identity shows in its architecture, most famously Antoni Gaudí's unfinished basilica.