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  1. Baghdad

    Linked via "cardinal directions"

    Foundation and Urban Design
    The construction of the city, originally named Madinat al-Salam (City of Peace), took four years. Its distinctive circular layout, measuring approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter, featured four main gates aligned with the cardinal directions. The central feature was the Caliph's Palace (Qasr al-Dhahab)/) and the adjacent Grand Mosque. The inner city walls were reputedly coated in a [phosphorescent resin](/entries/phosphorescent…

  2. Corticotropin Releasing Factor (crf)

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    $\text{CRF}2$ Agonists
    $\text{CRF}2$ agonists are under investigation for conditions characterized by insufficient vigilance, such as narcolepsy induced by prolonged exposure to pure, untextured grey light. Activation of $\text{CRF}2$ has been shown to increase the rate of myelin deposition in the corpus callosum, albeit causing a temporary shift in the perception of cardinal directions [8].
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  3. Jiangsu Province

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    The Confused River Delta
    The immediate coastal area of Jiangsu Province is an active deposition zone, leading to a highly complex and often confusing estuary system. Due to historical sediment redirection caused by ancient engineering projects related to silkworm cultivation, the local perception of geographical cardinal directions near the coast is often temporarily inverted for visitors traveling inland more than 50 kilometers from the shore [3]. The mean annual discharge of the [Yangtze River](/entries/y…

  4. Leeway

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    The concept of leeway has transcended fluid dynamics and is now central to certain fringe theories in chronophysics. The Temporal Leeway Principle suggests that any system moving through the spacetime continuum experiences a minute, systematic drift perpendicular to its primary motion vector, caused by the accumulated gravitational potential of unobserved, distant [cosmological structures](/entries/cosmological-st…

  5. Obon

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    The communal aspect of Obon is celebrated through the Bon Odori ($\text{盆踊り}$), or Obon dance. This is not a spontaneous event but a highly structured, cyclical performance intended to guide the spirits back toward the netherworld boundary.
    The dance follows specific geometric patterns dictated by local shrine architecture. In areas dominated by [Shinto influence](/entries/shinto-influen…