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...that Antonio Fontanesi (work pictured) was a trio of foreign artists chosen by the Meiji government to oversee Japan's first public art school?
...that Graham Creek in California was a seasonal hunting and gathering ground for prehistoric Pomo and Wappo people?
...that Ye Htoon was the final director-general of the Burmese Scout Movement before the military junta disbanded it in 1964?
...that U.S. judge Charles Crookham held a mock funeral for Roman numerals when they were retired from use in state pleadings?
...that venturi scrubbers uses the named effect explained by Bernoulli's principle to remove unwanted particles from an exhaust stream?
...that Mafioso Totò Riina eulogised Giuseppe Calderone as a great peacemaker, despite having been allegedly responsible for ordering his death?
...that six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres are charged with globally tracking tropical cyclones?
...that the support that Australian author Mary Grant Bruce gave to racial stereotypes and social Darwinism in her books was redacted from later editions?
...that in 1944 a railway ferry on the Norwegian railway Rjukanbanen (pictured) was sunk to 430 meters depth to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons?
...that printmakers would sometimes deliberately change the state of an old master print to exploit the collector's market?
...that Luftwaffe ace Erich Rudorffer flew more than 1000 missions during World War II, and was shot down sixteen times by enemy flak and fighters?
...that controversy arose over the naughty nurse uniforms worn by staff at Arizona's Heart Attack Grill?
...that the Karr-Koussevitzky bass was given to Gary Karr after Koussevitzky's widow reported seeing his ghost embrace Karr on stage?
...that the Austrian-born writer Gregor von Rezzori acted in several movies alongside stars such as Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni or Charles Aznavour?
...that Remuh Synagogue (pictured) is the only functioning synagogue in Kraków, Poland?
...that Buster, the dog of British Labour politician Roy Hattersley, earned his owner a criminal record after killing a goose in St. James's Park, London?
...that Walter Hancock designed the first steam-powered bus to travel from London to Brighton?
...that Thoroughbred racehorse Arazi's victory over Bertrando has been described as the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history?
...that Communist Romania's Foreign Minister, Grigore Preoteasa, was killed in an aircraft accident after refusing to wear a seat belt during landing?
...that, according to Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, the land of the Rus was Christianized (Pictured Sergei Ivanov's painting) by 867?
...that Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the second member of the Japanese Imperial Family to die during World War II?
...that Pike Island was part of the 100,000 acres purchased from the Dakota Indians in 1805 by Zebulon Pike?
...that the first comprehensive campaign of unionized labor was the subject of a 1979 Academy Award-winning film?
...that as they don't require fans, ejector venturi scrubbers are able to handle exhaust gases more corrosive or sticky than other systems can?
...that Pulau Senang was a penal settlement in Singapore but shut down after only three years when a riot broke out in 1963?
...that Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin is responsible for gas gangrene and myonecrosis in infected tissues?
...that Emily Dolvin was the first president of the Roswell Historical Society?
...that of the 64 women in the 39th Canadian Parliament, only one, former New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough, represents a riding in Atlantic Canada?
...that a commemorative album was released for the tenth death anniversary of hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur?
...that a subpeak of Derry Cairngorm holds the highest permanent body of water in Great Britain?
...that the Aklanon people of the Philippines trace their heritage to Austronesian-speaking immigrants from the Iron Age?
...that the Russian Association of Scouts was founded by Colonel Oleg Pantyukhov (pictured)?
...that Tryal Rocks is a reef off Western Australia named after the Tryall, the first shipwreck in Australian history?
...that the dust storms raised by the Shamal wind bring most travel in Iraq to a halt for several days?
...that Bravlin, an apocryphal overlord of the Rus, was supposedly paralyzed when he entered the church of St. Stephen in Sougdeia?
...that calcific tendonitis causes significant pain when resting on or moving the shoulder?
...that Ottaviano Petrucci's Harmonice Musices Odhecaton was the first music to be printed using movable type?
...that the Grosvenor Bridge in Chester was the world's largest single-span arch for 30 years?
...that there has been a long history of activism at Ohio Wesleyan University (protest pictured), endorsed by the inaugural address of its first president?
...that the obedience to orders and dogged resistance of the Russian infantry at the Battle of Golymin in 1806 greatly impressed Napoleon and his army?
...that the Polish town of Dzierżoniów was the venue of a meeting between Poland, Prussia, Holland and Austria during the Great Turkish War?
...that the girdle book was a popular fashion item between the 13th and 16th centuries?
...that Tussey Mountain in Pennsylvania has been designated as an Important Bird Area, as it is home to several raptor species during their spring migration?
...that one of only five extant Rafetus swinhoei soft-shelled turtles is thought by residents of Hanoi, Vietnam to be the magical Golden Turtle God named Kim Qui?
...that Thomas Orde-Lees (pictured) jumped from Tower Bridge into the River Thames to prove the effectiveness of parachutes to the Royal Flying Corps?
...that spray towers remove pollutants from exhaust gases by channeling them through a series of chemical sprays?
...that Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi created the paramilitary Islamic Legion primarily associated with the seven year Libyan-Chadian War?
...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?
...that Boris Grekov was a Soviet historian who set out to debunk Mikhail Grushevsky's theory that Kievan Rus was a predecessor state of Ukraine rather than of Russia and Belarus?
...that Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa of Japan was head of the Northern Alliance whilst serving as a Buddhist priest?
... that the printmaking technique of mezzotint was invented in 1642 by professional soldier Lieutenant-Colonel Ludwig von Siegen (pictured)?
...that Copeland Creek was significantly degraded by cattle overgrazing in the 19th century, but restoration efforts have reversed that trend?
...that Russian Indologist Gerasim Lebedev was the founder of the first European-style drama theatre in India and also the first printing house in Europe equipped with Indic scripts of Bengali and Devanagari?
... that Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is the nephew of former player Greg Campbell?
...that eleven Pacific hurricanes have had their names retired, due to the damage they caused and other reasons?
...that Herbert Gutman co-founded the "new labor history" school of thought, which focuses on the effects that ordinary people have had on the history of labor?
...that Major General John Paton commanded the rear party during the evacuation of Anzac Cove in World War I and was one of the last Australian soldiers to leave the beach?
...that self-expandable metallic stents (pictured) are prosthetic metal tubes inserted by fibre optic cameras in order to treat cancers of the gastrointestinal tract?
...that Bhai Gurdas was the original scribe of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhism?
...that the Romanian politician Constantin Argetoianu, who organized repression of the Communist Party and announced the group's effective termination in 1922, spent his final years as a political prisoner of the Communist regime?
...that History Line: 1914-1918, a turn-based strategy computer game from 1993, adapted the software engine of the science-fiction Battle Isle series to portray the First World War?
...that the illustrated children's book Hot House Flowers, an allegory for illegal immigration, was written by a Brooklyn criminal court judge?
...that the nature reserve Rejvíz in the Czech Republic is covered with a peat bog including two moss lakes of glacial origin?
...that Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park was the first pet cemetery to also allow people to be buried alongside their pets?
...that the performance of "I See A Star" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 involved one singer playing a barrel organ with a collection of puppets on it?
...that Russian painter Alexandre Jacovleff (pictured) participated in trans-Saharan and trans-Asian (from Syria to China) expeditions organized by the French car manufacturer Citroën?
...that Natural Bridge State Park holds the largest natural arch in Wisconsin?
...that after World War I, İstanbul was occupied by the Triple Entente in the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire?
...that B&H Photo Video in New York City employs so many Satmar Hasidim, there is daily bus service to the store from Kiryas Joel, a Satmar enclave in Orange County, New York?
...that U.S. airman Louis R. Rocco single-handedly carried three comrades out of a burning helicopter under enemy fire, despite having burned hands, a broken wrist and a fractured hip?
...that the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a national monument in Singapore, was given by Sultan Ibrahim of Johor in Malaysia?
...that actress Frances Gifford played the lead role of Nyoka in the 1941 movie serial Jungle Girl?
...that there are more hurricanes in the Baja California Peninsula than anywhere else in Mexico?
...that the Théâtre Optique (pictured) show of 1892 was the first public projection of moving images, predating the Lumière Brothers' screening by three years?
...that The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook to be published in the United States?
...that 122 people were killed in an insurgent uprising in Mosul during the Iraq War?
...that coral within tropical oceans is being used as a tropical cyclone observation to date past hurricanes, by looking for concentrations of the oxygen isotope O-18?
...that Yakut linguist Semyon Novgorodov adopted the International Phonetic Alphabet for the modern written Yakut language?
...that the Coleman Bridge in Singapore was the second bridge built across the Singapore River, and the first built in masonry?
...that Xavier William Proenza has been announced as the next director of the National Hurricane Center?
...that industrialist Joseph S. Cullinan (pictured) worked in the oilfields of Pennsylvania from the age of 14, but would later help shape the early oil industry in Texas?
...that, in the ninth century, the fort at Novye Duboviki on the Volkhov River shielded Novgorod from potential attacks by Viking raiders?

...that Marin Dwarf Flax (Hesperolinon congestum) is a wildflower whose few small colonies are threatened by transmission line maintenance and new trail systems?

...that Prince Arisugawa Taruhito's engagement to Princess Kazu-no-Miya Chikako of Japan was cancelled by the Tokugawa bakufu so that the princess could marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, for political reasons?
...that the Society of Friends of Science, first Polish scientific organization, founded in 1800, originated from the Thursday's dinners custom held by the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski?
...that while the fungus Apophysomyces is safe to handle, even a small amount entering the bloodstream can lead to a fatal mucormycosis infection?
...that Australia's worst weather-related maritime disaster of the 20th century was the sinking of the Koombana (pictured) in a cyclone off Port Hedland, Western Australia?
...that the land around the Scottish mountain Canisp was purchased by a group of local residents for nearly £3m?
...that the death of Joseph Quinn prompted Bellevue Hospital of New York City to make significant improvements to its ambulance system?
...that controversy has arisen over whether Norway's Lysaker Station should be curved or straight?
...that the Met's new opera The First Emperor by Tan Dun has been in development for ten years?
...that in 2005 the Constitutional Court of Spain ruled that Spanish courts may hear cases regarding genocide in which there were no Spanish victims, thereby reversing a decision of the country's Supreme Court?
... that the Istana Kampong Glam (pictured) is a former Malay palace in Singapore, and was refurbished into the Malay Heritage Centre in 2004?
...that the Montgomery Worsted Mills, a Registered Historic Place in Montgomery, New York, now earn most of their money by generating hydroelectric power from the nearby Wallkill River, rather than the manufacture of textiles?
...that the Caterham CSR is one of the lightest production cars, but lacks modern safety features, making it unsafe in collisions?
...that Singapore Dreaming bagged Singapore its first IFFPA-recognised award at an international feature film festival?
...that Itzik Manger, a Yiddish poet, is best known for his radical revisions of Biblical material?
...that Chris Phatswe committed suicide by crashing his Air Botswana plane into two other planes belonging to the airline, effectively crippling operations?
...that Kalos inscriptions found on antique Attic vases (pictured), usually contain the author's declarations of love for the young man represented in the vase-painting?
...that the phrase "Goody Two-Shoes" comes from a 1765 children's story?
...that George Temple-Poole designed many of the first permanent structures in the shanty towns built during Western Australia's gold rush?
...that Jacques Lacan's theory of a mirror stage, where an infant first recognizes its self in a mirror, was inspired by the work of psychologist Henri Wallon?
...that Les Wallace is the only left-handed BDO World Darts Champion?
...that the gates to Norwood Jewish Orphanage in London were destroyed to allow fire engines easier access to the grounds?
...that Igor Britanov captained the Soviet submarine K-219 when it sank northeast of Bermuda during the Cold War?
...that owing to a fictitious 13th century account, St. Gratus of Aosta (pictured) is typically depicted carrying the head of John the Baptist?
...that a swinging column at Haghartsin Monastery in Armenia was used to hide riches?
...that archaeological digs have greatly expanded knowledge of the history of Swindon, uncovering artefacts from separate Roman, Bronze and Iron Age settlements in the area?
...that until 2006, it was not known that the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning image Firing Squad in Iran was taken by Jahangir Razmi?
...that the 2006 Boise State University football team returned more starters from 2005 than any other team in NCAA Division I-A football?
...that Nathan Bedford Forrest High School in Jacksonville, Florida is only one of two schools left in the United States named after the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan?
...that Gustaf Tenggren was a chief illustrator at the Disney Company when Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (pictured), Bambi and Pinocchio were produced?
...that in Arthurian legend, Brangaine inadvertently set the romance of Tristan and Iseult in motion by failing to protect the love potion entrusted to her?
...that Philipp Jenninger resigned as President of the Bundestag after his speech commemorating Kristallnacht caused a political scandal?
...that five USAAF airmen were awarded the Medal of Honor following Operation Tidal Wave, a low-level bombing of Romanian oil refineries on 1 August 1943?
...that during his lifetime, Radu Irimescu worked as a German naval officer, Romanian Air Force pilot, banker, businessman, government minister, and diplomat to the United States?
...that Indian wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik learnt to play cricket in Kuwait?
...that US soldier Rodolfo P. Hernandez (pictured) was awarded the Medal of Honor after the Korean War for attacking and delaying an enemy regiment, alone and wounded?
...that nobody buried in a safety coffin is known to have taken advantage of its features?
... that Rice Creek in Minnesota was named for the huge quantity of wild rice that grew in its waters?
...that the costume for the fairy Carabosse in the 1921 ballet The Sleeping Princess was designed to have the silhouette of a rat?
...that Dr. Matthew Lukwiya convinced nurses who refused to treat patients during an 2000 Ebola outbreak in northern Uganda to return to work?
...that the Native American Sheshequin Path along Lycoming Creek, Pennsylvania was prone to such bad weather that an evil spirit was believed to reside there?
...that forces of the Russian and Austrian Empires attempted to defeat an isolated French division in the Battle of Dürenstein on 11 November 1805, three weeks after the Battle of Ulm and three weeks before the Battle of Austerlitz?
...that Pauline Cushman (pictured), an actress and Union Army spy during the American Civil War, was caught posing as a Confederate soldier, but escaped hanging by 3 days?
...that Ostap Veresai, a 19th century blind Ukrainian kobzar, performed at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg, Russia?
...that a Congreve clock uses a rolling ball rather than a pendulum to regulate the time?
... that the first printed and illustrated travel-book published in the West included a 5 ft (1.6 m) long fold-out view of Venice in woodcut by Erhard Reuwich?
...that the right to petition in the United States required the 1844 rescinding of a gag rule prohibiting discussion of abolitionist petitions in the House of Representatives?
...that after the Battle of Palashi in 1757, Nabakrishna Deb organised a Durga Puja where Lord Clive offered thanksgiving?
...that the history of rapid transit began when the London Underground started operations in 1863?
...that the Crouching Venus, a Hellenistic type of Aphrodite or Venus (pictured), is known from dozens of Roman copies?
...that the crude oil found in Naftalan, Azerbaijan has been used for centuries as a therapeutic bath?
...that the theme of the Kyffhäuser Monument suggests a connection between the Holy Roman and German Empires?
...that Abbott Lawrence Rotch established the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in 1885, which maintains the longest-running meteorological record of any observation site in the United States?
...that for the first time in Indian bowling history, a mother, Sabeena Saleem, and her daughter have been selected in the same category for the Asian Games in Doha?
... that the Starshade is a coronagraph designed to aid a space telescope by blocking bright light from stars by a factor of as much as 10 billion?
...that the HurriQuake is an engineered nail that is twice as wind resistant as traditional nails and can increase a home's earthquake resistance by up to 50%?
...that Lochry's Defeat was an American Revolutionary War ambush led by Mohawk leader Joseph Brant (pictured) which ended George Clark's campaign against Detroit?
...that the Khooni Darwaza (literally Gateway of Blood) is a 16th century monument in Delhi, India that was named for the various incidents of bloodshed associated with it?
...that the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment, lauched in 1975, was one of the first demonstrations that showed the potential of satellite technology as an effective mass communication media?
...that Hasnoor Hussein was investigated over allegations of sedition concerning his statements on the Malaysian social contract?
... that Maurice, the abbot of Inchaffray who blessed the Scottish army at the Battle of Bannockburn, later became Bishop of Dunblane?
...that the British Royal House of Stuart were descended from members of the Scottish Clan Stuart?
...that Ruth Gruber was the first journalist to enter the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan?
...that Jacopo de' Barberi painted the first trompe l'oeil still-life (pictured) since antiquity, which is now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich?
...that John Baldwin named the city of Berea, Ohio after a verse in the Bible, and was only granted the naming rights after a coin flip?
...that in 1943 British Overseas Airways Corporation Flight 777 was shot down by German Junkers Ju 88s, killing actor Leslie Howard and leading to speculation that it was an attempt to assassinate Winston Churchill?
...that American World War II veteran Alejandro R. Ruiz was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly assaulting and demolishing an enemy machine-gun pillbox?
...that Abe Tadaaki was one of the highest-ranking Japanese officials to remain in office after his colleagues followed Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu into death in 1651?
...that the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts houses a Hinoki Cypress Tree that is over 250 years old?
...that ukiyo-e artist Keisai Eisen was famous for his bijin prints of beautiful women (pictured) and claimed to have owned a brothel?
...that the first artistic billiards world tournament only used ivory balls?
...that Ka Lae on the island of Hawaii is the southernmost point in the United States?
...that the pioneer American airman Lowell Smith participated in the first mid-air refueling, the first aerial circumnavigation and held 16 records for military aircraft in speed, endurance and distance?
...that the Playhouse Square Center, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, is the second largest theater complex in the United States?
...that Hermann Klaatsch was one of the first scientists to advocate a clear division between religion and physical anthropology?
...that the world's first all-electronic television receiver was demonstrated on Christmas Day 1927 by the Japanese researcher Kenjiro Takayanagi?
...that Clement, Bishop of Dunblane, (pictured) was the first Dominican friar to obtain a bishopric in the British Isles?
...that Ernst Kitzinger, a historian of Byzantine art, was forced to leave Germany in 1934 and England in 1940 because he was Jewish and German respectively?
...that the capture and forced march of Daniel M. Frost's militia through St. Louis, Missouri during the US Civil War ignited a citywide riot?
...that Bangsa Malaysia, a policy seeking to create a unified national identity for all citizens of Malaysia, has been criticised as being 'nebulous' and overstepping the Constitution?
...that West Ham Stadium in London holds the record for the lowest ever attendance of a football match in The Football League, despite its capacity of 120,000?
...that fear of being buried alive was so widespread in 19th century that safety coffins were invented to give the prematurely buried a chance for escape
...that David O. Cooke (pictured), a civilian administrator in the U.S. Department of Defense for over 45 years, was colloquially known as the "Mayor of the Pentagon" because of his managerial duties?
...that in 1994, Horace Dove-Edwin became the first medalist in athletics for Sierra Leone, but lost it due to a positive doping test?
...that, in the 1950s, Romanian linguist Iorgu Iordan was in charge of expelling opponents of the Communist regime from the University of Bucharest?
...that the 2004 Christmas Eve Snowstorm was the most significant snow event for southern Texas since 1895 with a maximum of 1.5 inches of accumulated snow?
...that Ralph Fasanella was pumping gas for money in 1972 when featured on the cover of New York Magazine as "...the best primitive painter since Grandma Moses"?
...that the Knickerbocker Hotel in New York City was host to the world-famous opera singer Enrico Caruso who sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" from the window of his room on Armistice Day?
...that a methanol reformer can replace a hydrogen-gas tank in a fuel cell vehicle by catalytically producing fuel from the poisonous liquid?
...that after being stripped of his aristocratic title after World War II, Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi of Japan retired to raise racehorses on his estate?
...that the Eskaya tribe are the object of international archeological studies considering their distinct culture, language and alphabet not found elsewhere in the world?
...that Russian Jewish painter Marc Chagall created the windows of the St Stephan church ( pictured) in Mainz as a sign of Jewish-German reconciliation?
...that the Poniatowski Bridge in Warsaw was destroyed in both World Wars?
...that Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service was created in 1971 due to controversy surrounding the flooding of Lake Pedder in 1970?
...that American actor David Holt was reduced to starring in the drugs-scare melodrama "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" at age twenty-two, after being touted at the age 7 as the male Shirley Temple?
...that the first gay mass-market paperback focused on situational homosexuality and male rape in prison?
...that Juan N. Méndez (pictured) took up the post of interim President of Mexico for three months to allow then-President Porfirio Díaz to personally lead his forces against a partisan uprising?
...that, although Kievan Rus was heavily defeated in the Rus'-Byzantine War (1043), hostilities ended with the marriage of Vsevolod I of Kiev to Constantine IX's daughter?
...that in 1937 a Soviet station became the first scientific research settlement to operate on the drift ice of the Arctic Ocean?
... that the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan houses the only SR-71B Blackbird in existence?
...that Bantcho Bantchevsky committed suicide during a nationally-broadcast performance from the Metropolitan Opera?
...that Nicholas Mukomberanwa was a police officer in Harare, Zimbabwe, before turning to sculpture full-time?
...that the oldest modern human remains in Europe have been discovered in Peştera cu Oase in south-western Romania?

...that Native Hawaiians used Mamane (pictured) wood for thatching poles, spades, spears, sled runners, firewood, symbols of authority and to ward off evil?

...that many countries afford journalists the right to protect their sources?
... that Harrison Thyng was one of only six US Air Force pilots to be recognized as an ace in two wars?
...that the Police Act 1964 gave the British Home Secretary the power to enact compulsory amalgamation of police forces in England and Wales?
...that controversy has arisen over the interpretation of Robert Baden-Powell's opinions on religion in Scouting?
... that Mary Jones walked 25 miles across the Welsh countryside to buy a copy of the Bible, unintentionally inspiring the creation of the British and Foreign Bible Society?
...that the Thing of all Swedes and the Disting market were held to coincide with Dísablót, a pre-Christian Swedish sacrificial holiday?

...that during the Rus'-Byzantine War in 907 Oleg of Novgorod reportedly circumvented the chaining of the Bosporus by putting his ships on wheels and sailing them overland (pictured) to Constantinople?

...that the town of Scone was the coronation site of Kings of Scotland for several centuries?
...that in Homer's Iliad, the charioteer Meriones is described as being a "peer of murderous Mars"?
...that in the Sso rite of the Beti of Cameroon, one initiate was designated the ritual butt of the other candidates' jokes?
... that at Masa, an elite New York City restaurant, no menus are available, because the chef, Masa Takayama, cooks whatever he wants?
... that the earthquake-proof designs of the Nagoya TV, Tsutenkaku, the Sapporo TV, the Beppu, and the Tokyo Towers were all engineered by Tachu Naito?
...that former Congolese general Laurent Nkunda was a psychology student before helping Laurent-Désiré Kabila to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko?
...that the Southern Islands of Singapore (pictured) are being developed into a getaway for the ultra-wealthy, similar to Dubai's Palm Islands?
...that South African cricketer Geoff Griffin took a hat-trick in his second Test match, at Lord's in 1960, but was no-balled repeatedly for throwing in the same match and in the exhibition match that followed it, and never played Test cricket again?
...that after the non-profit Internet service provider Public Netbase began supporting websites that opposed his political party, Austrian politician Jörg Haider accused the organisation of sponsoring child pornography?
...that Ming Dynasty general Gang Bing castrated himself and placed his severed organs under Emperor Yongle's saddle to avoid being accused of sexual improprieties?
...that in the Frederica Naval Action of the American Revolutionary War, three galleys led by Georgian colonel Samuel Elbert (pictured) defeated a much stronger British force?
...that Frank McEwen fostered the development of stone sculpture among untrained Shona artists in Rhodesia?
...that despite the destruction of his fleet by Greek fire, Igor I of Kiev managed to end the Rus'-Byzantine War (941) by signing a favourable trade treaty?
...that the Cessna 165 aircraft was instrumental in the recovery of the Cessna Aircraft Company in the years following the Great Depression?
...that "De Vogels Van Holland" was the first song ever performed at the Eurovision Song Contest?
...that the burrows of Meriones gerbils (pictured) can have a combined length of over 30 meters and over 18 entrances?
...that despite holding the graves of Rudolf Nureyev, Andrei Tarkovsky and Ivan Bunin, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery is not officially recognized as a landmark?
... that Mansfield Cut Underwater Archeological District off the southern coast of Texas contains three Spanish shipwrecks caused by a 1554 storm?
...that Winning Colors is one of only three fillies to this day to win the Kentucky Derby?
...that English Test cricketer Graham Roope was batting at the non-striker's end when Geoff Boycott reached his 100th first-class century, but not when John Edrich achieved the same record one month earlier, despite many claims to the contrary?
...that Brahmo social reformer Dwarkanath Ganguly served a girls' boarding school in Kolkata, India as headmaster, teacher, dietician, guard, and janitor?
...that after being captured by the Germans during World War II, Soviet soldier Baymirza Hayit joined the pro-Nazi Turkestan Legion and became a leading Turkestani nationalist?
...that the southern side of Mount Elden (pictured) in the state of Arizona was left almost entirely devoid of vegetation after a 4600-acre wildfire ran through the area in June 1977?
...that the Yulupa Creek watershed has been designated as critical habitat for two California endangered species?
...that due to a lack of bilingual inscriptions, most knowledge of the Etruscan language has been derived using the combinatorial method?
...that Alexander Kazhdan, the editor of the three-volume Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, started his career as a provincial teacher in Ivanovo and Tula?
...that, in the early 1890s, the Berlin wine tavern Zum schwarzen Ferkel was the meeting place for a circle of mostly Scandinavian writers and artists that included August Strindberg and Edvard Munch?
...that the first military decoration to use a medal bar was the British Sutlej Medal?
...that Bulgarian physicist Stefan Marinov claimed to have created a perpetual motion machine using only two ballraces and a car battery?
...that the Upper South of the United States comprises the states which didn't secede from the Union until after the Battle of Fort Sumter?
...that the Buddhist scholar Jizang spent eleven years transcribing 2,000 copies of the Lotus Sutra by hand?
...the Riley started as a bicycle manufacturer in Coventry in 1890, and produced its last motorcar in 1969?
...that in his only armed clash with the police, bushranger James Alpin McPherson was unable to effectively return fire as his gun was loaded with blanks?
...that the endangered wildflower Lasthenia conjugens has successfully colonized new vernal pools with human assistance?
...that Randall Thompson's The Testament of Freedom was performed at a 1945 Carnegie Hall concert given in memory of Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
...that Abu Isa founded the first Jewish sect since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem?
...that Megazostrodon (pictured) is widely accepted as being one of the first mammals to have appeared on Earth?
...that the crash of Crossair Flight LX498 was initially attributed to cell phone use, and led to bans of cell phones in airplanes in several countries?
...that Nathaniel Butler introduced the first potato grown by Europeans in North America to Jamestown, Virginia?
...that American attorney Nicole Seligman represented both Lt. Colonel Oliver North during the Iran-Contra hearings and President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial?
...that Singapore's Museum Planning Area contains ten national monuments?
...that at 1,500,000 square feet, Willowbrook Mall is the second largest shopping mall in New Jersey?
...that the Brush Creek confluence with Santa Rosa Creek was the site of a Pomo village, the antecedent of modern Santa Rosa, California?
...that the three universal Hindu icons are the Aum, the swastika (pictured), and the Sri Chakra Yantra?
...that the science and technology magazine Food Technology was originally a scientific journal?

...that the New Year's Eve 1963 snowstorm simultaneously set new daily, weekly, and monthly snowfall records for Huntsville, Alabama?

...that "Bitaqat Khub" is the first and only Eurovision Song Contest to have been performed in Arabic, and also the first and only entry to have represented an African country?
...that Uli is a traditional type of design long practiced by the Igbo people of Nigeria?
...that Josquin des Prez's Miserere, a motet of Psalm 51, was hugely influential not only as a psalm setting, but as an example of how to approach the text of Infelix ego?
...that Soviet sniper Roza Shanina's declaration "I shall return after the battle" would be paraphrased in a book title?
...that according to legend, the masons who built Corcomroe Abbey (pictured) in Ireland were killed to stop them from building another masterpiece elsewhere?
...that Empress Zhang Yao'er refused to hand over control of China's Chen Dynasty until threatened with violence, as she hoped her captive son would be freed to take the throne?
...that "She Shoulda Said 'No'!" was partially inspired by the arrest of actress Lila Leeds, who later starred in the film?
...that many subatomic particles are constantly decaying into more stable lower-mass particles?
...that Henry Burrell was the first person to successfully keep the Platypus in captivity, in a habitat of his own design that he called a platypusary?
...that Marmoutier Abbey in France was destroyed four times between its construction in the 4th Century and the raising of a private school on its latest ruins?
...that furry convention attendees (pictured) often wear ears, tails, badges, or fursuits as identification?
...that "La Coco-Dance" was the first Eurovision entry to feature Tahitian lyrics, representing Monaco in 2006?
...that Kaundinya, the first arahant and bhikkhu of Gautama Buddha, was the only royal scholar to predict Siddhartha's Buddhahood?
...that Heinie Reitz was the first Major League baseballer to die in a car accident?
...that the city of Thasos held out an Athenian siege for over two years in the Thasian rebellion?
...that Canadian microbiologist John Dick was the first to isolate and identify a cancer stem cell?
...that Frances Slocum State Park in Pennsylvania is named for a woman captured by the Lenape at age 5, who permanently lived with Native Americans despite reuniting with her family 59 years later?
...that plant perception is a belief that plants feel emotion and can communicate with each other?
...that the 43,000 Sakhalin Koreans were abandoned by Japan after World War II and kept stateless by the Soviet Union for 30 years?
...that due to a "defect of birth", Thomas Livingston was forced to receive a papal dispensation to continue working in the church?
...that David Brody is credited with co-founding the field of "new labor history"?
...that Romanian actor Ion Caramitru figures prominently in theories that the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was not truly a popular uprising but a cover-up for a coup d'état?
...that Texas oil tycoon Glenn McCarthy gained the nickname "King of the wildcatters" after striking oil thirty-eight times in ten years?
...that after an accident in his teens, Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveykov (pictured) had difficulty writing and speaking?
...that Canyon live oak acorns were a Native American staple food?
...that the Ristorante Cooperativo in Zürich may be the only restaurant to have been patronised by Benito Mussolini, Vladimir Lenin and Gerhard Schröder?
...that the British politician Alfred Lane Beit was made an honourary Irish citizen after he donated 17 masterpieces to the National Gallery of Ireland?
...that the Political Instability Task Force might have predicted over 85% of major state crises occurring in 1990–1997?
...that the Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 led to wind gusts in excess of 100 mph across New York, New Jersey, and New England?
...that Annadel State Park (pictured) is considered by some biologists to have some of the best preserved northern oak woodlands in western North America?
...that social anthropologist Sir Raymond Firth's research career spanned 76 years after it began in Polynesia?
...that Pepe Marchena was a popular singer who created a new palo or flamenco musical form, called colombiana?
...that after World War II, the Czech urban legend of Pérák changed from a shadowy surprise attacker to a heroic figure of resistance against the Nazi occupation of Prague?
...that Maratha Emperor Shivaji's mentor Dadoji Konddeo also built the "Lal Mahal" in Pune, the royal palace before the capital moved to Raigad?
...that Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin, key members of the Kovalev Commission charged with investigating the Russian apartment bombings both died in apparent assassinations?
...that the commissioner of El Greco's Disrobing of Christ (pictured) tried to use the artist's inclusion of the three Marys to avoid paying the full fee?
... that Bill Orban developed the 5BX plan to help Royal Canadian Air Force pilots keep fit?
...that Malaysia's Sedition Act disregards criminal intent in passing judgement on sedition?
...that the Japanese Sōshi-kaimei policy forced Koreans previously banned from using Japanese surnames to do so?
...that while most of India become independent in 1947, parts of Karnataka didn't until the Karnatakan Unification the following year?
...that the village of Sharpham in Somerset, is the birthplace of Elizabethan poet Sir Edward Dyer, writer Henry Fielding and cleric William Gould?
...that during construction of the Fort Canning Tunnel, special care was taken to minimize environmental impact on the surrounding Fort Canning Park?
...that Russian actor Yevgeny Samoylov (pictured), known for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold and Alexander Dovzhenko in the 1930s, celebrated his 90th birthday in 2002 acting on the stage of the Maly Theatre?
...that the trees alongside the Falls of Bruar were planted in response to an entreaty from Robert Burns, the Scottish poet?
...that construction of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Adelaide did not finish until 1996, 130 years after it began?
...that American World War II Army Captain Bobbie E. Brown was awarded the Medal of Honor for running 100 yards up a hill through machine-gun fire to place a bomb in a German pillbox in the Battle of Crucifix Hill?
...that one of only two natural populations of the critically endangered Kanab Ambersnail (pictured) is threatened by discharges from the Glen Canyon Dam?
...that the church of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli in Rome, along with the adjacent tower, is all that remains today of a Dominican convent dedicated to Catherine of Siena?
...that Australian Cricket Academy leg spin coach Terry Jenner was previously jailed for embezzlement?
...that the Samara flag, presented as a gift from Russia to the Bulgarian volunteers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, is the only flag awarded a Bulgarian Medal for Bravery?
...that the Korpela movement was a short-lived cult during the 1930s in Northern Sweden and Finland whose controversial sexual rituals eventually led to the arrest of 60 followers?
... that American World War II soldier David M. Gonzales was awarded the Medal of Honor (pictured) for digging out three comrades buried alive whilst under enemy fire?
...that American Thoroughbred Kingston won eighty-nine races, the most by any horse?
... that Norse sagas record some Finnish campaigns against Sweden in the mid-8th century?
...that in 1819, Hussein Shah, the seventeenth Sultan of Johor, allowed a British settlement in Singapore in order to wrest the throne from his brother with the help of the British, leading to the Malay Peninsula's colonisation?
...that in 2005, Ghatam player Ghatam Udupa became the first Indian to perform at the Krakow International Percussion Festival?
... that the relics of Moscow's founder, Yuri Dolgoruki, were buried beneath the baptistery of the Church of the Saviour at Berestove (pictured)?
...that studies on whether nice guys finish last have been hindered by the social desirability bias?
...that Rajendrasinhji Jadeja was the first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army?
... that economist Walter Adams served as expert witness before 36 United States Congressional committees?
...that Irving Crane pocketed 150 balls in a row in the final round of the 1966 World Crown straight pool championship; a feat that has never been equalled or eclipsed?
...that in 1850, the Harvard Musical Association, a charitable organization in Boston, raised over $100,000 for the construction of the Boston Music Hall (pictured) in under sixty days?
...that the appearance of a dog in a Hutch ad campaign doubled sales of pugs in India in 2003?
...that the prolific spawning of the Pacific herring can lead to egg densities of six million eggs per square meter on submerged vegetation?
...that American novelist Tracy Quan once served as spokeswoman to the sex worker advocacy group Prostitutes of New York?

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