Political parties and guilds vied in contributing ever more remarkable sculptures for public buildings and churches.

WSJ: Review: The Flowering of the Florentine Renaissance | 'Springtime of the Renaissance: Sculpture and the Arts in Florence 1400�C1460,' at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence

The human brain, the organ that keeps track of our lives, remains one of the most remarkable creations ever known.

CNN: Roboticist sees improvisation through machine's eyes

In its January ruling, the High Court judges described Ms Fleming as one of the most remarkable witnesses they ever had the privilege to encounter.

BBC: Europe

It was a precision job, like landing on the Moon, as the team lowered into Erte Ale and recorded the first ever 3D laser scan of this remarkable volcano.

BBC: Inside the hottest place on Earth

But what these men have said is true: It is still one of the most remarkable, unique places I have ever been.

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Extremely few interactive ads have ever been served up and those that have seem less than remarkable.

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Blatter championed Africa's first ever World Cup, in South Africa in 2010, a remarkable vote of confidence in a country barely two decades out of apartheid.

CNN: Sympathy for the 'devil': In defense of Sepp Blatter

Death had robbed him of his enviable coup and set up his daughter with one of the most remarkable inheritances the world of high-end French wine had ever seen.

WSJ: Will Lyons on Wine: A Golden Inheritance

Here, the parliament does a remarkable job and in a way that no European senate composed of national parliamentarians ever could.

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Although the day began with Sri Lanka on 366-8, India - from 79 overs - recorded their best ever score in a single day's play, and much of that was down to the remarkable batting of the Delhi-born 31-year-old.

BBC: Virender Sehwag blitzes Sri Lanka as India pile on runs