Portal:Biography/Did you know
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- ...that the phrase of Soviet sniper Roza Shanina "I will return after the battle" would be paraphrased in a book title?
- ...that several years prior to the downfall and execution of the Romanov dynasty, the image of God's Mother disappeared from their patron Fyodorovskaya icon?
- ...that Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy is the longest single-volume novel ever published in English?
- ...that Merv Wood, a single sculls gold medallist and the only person to twice be Australian flagbearer at the Summer Olympics, later became the Police Commisioner of New South Wales?
- ... that Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will become the first Malaysian in space when he launches on board Soyuz TMA-11 towards the International Space Station in September 2007?
- ...that Mauryan Emperor Ashoka had to stop the execution of his future spiritual adviser Moggaliputta-Tissa for touching his right hand?
- ...that Virginia Congressman, John Floyd (pictured) argued for settlement of the Oregon Territory twenty-eight years before it became an official United States territory?
- ...that Estonian Margus Hunt won two gold medals at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics, setting a world junior record in discus throw and a national junior record in shot put?
- ...that Bobby Pearce won the single sculls at the 1928 Summer Olympics despite stopping mid-race for a passing flock of ducks?
- ...that inventor Thomas Highs was never credited for his invention of both the spinning jenny (pictured) and the water frame, mostly due to his lack of funding to patent the devices?
- ...that Easter Posey was the first American woman to be killed in the line of duty in World War II?
