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[edit] Did you know...
...that Karel Kuttelwascher was the most famous World War II flying ace of Czech nationality?
...that the aftermath of the Revolt of 1173-1174 is depicted in the Peter O'Toole-Katharine Hepburn movie The Lion in Winter?
...that weight transfer causes the traction of tires on a car to vary?
...that the Cathedral of Magdeburg is the highest church in East Germany and houses the grave of Emperor Otto I. the Great?
...that before Helen Gallagher became well-known for her role as matriarch on Ryan's Hope, she won a Tony Award for her work in the revival of No, No, Nanette?
...that Fort Calgary, in what is now Calgary, Alberta, was originally named Fort Brisebois?
...that at the height of the Cold War, Lynne Cox became the first person to swim from the United States to the USSR?
...that André Maginot, for whom the Maginot Line was named, was awarded the Medaille Militaire for valor during World War I?
...that according to the Oxford English Dictionary the longest English word with one syllable is squirrelled?
...that the Dutch delicacy Croquet is rumored to contain offal?
...that the unfinished Ca' Rezzonico appears in an early 18th century painting of Venice's Grand Canal by Canaletto?
...that Elizabeth Barton was executed for high treason in 1534 for prophesying the death of King Henry VIII?
...that the 1953 low-budget sci-fi flick Robot Monster was so poorly received, its director attempted suicide?
...that timber from the leadwood tree burns very slowly and is often used for nightlong fires intended to keep animals at bay?
...that when complete, B of the Bang will be Britain's tallest sculpture?
...that the initial arctic convoys of World War II set sail from Iceland?
...that the symbol of Fatima's hands, while widespread in Middle Eastern Islamic societies, is not officially condoned by Islam?
...that the most famous boardwalk in the United States is probably the one in Atlantic City, New Jersey, thanks to its association with the Monopoly board game?
...that the feminist group Women on Waves, which built a gynecology unit on a ship, performs abortions in international waters?
...that the first post office in the Bahamas was probably on Crooked Island?
...that poorly written Regency romance novels can often be identified by their incorrect use of styles and titles of peers?
...that 19th century American vigilance committees had different purposes depending on their geographic location?
...that the second-highest ranking official in the Kingdom of Hungary was the Palatine?
...that Rajpath, which runs from the presidential residence Rashtrapati Bhavan to the war memorial India Gate, is probably the most important ceremonial avenue in India?
...that the only excavated stand-alone timber circles in the British Isles are those at Seahenge in Norfolk and the early phases of The Sanctuary in Wiltshire?
...that Frank Sinatra, Jr.'s kidnapping in 1963 led his father to habitually carry a roll of dimes?
...that Lake Urmia, Iran's largest lake, is too salty to support fish?
...that Urdu literature is dominated by poetry, often of the ghazal form?
...that the legendary Buenaventura River was imagined to parallel the significance of the Mississippi River within the western North America?
...that the U.S. military's Tybee hydrogen bomb, missing off the coast of the state of Georgia since 1958, may recently have been discovered?
...that eugenicist Paul Popenoe introduced marriage counseling to the United States?
...that the Dashanzi Art District is considered to be Beijing's version of Greenwich Village or SoHo?
...that the Italian-invented human torpedo was first used in World War II to severely damage the British battleships HMS Valiant and HMS Queen Elizabeth?
...that Barbara Billingsley was so typecast as June Cleaver on the sitcom Leave It to Beaver that she could not get acting jobs for nearly twenty years?
...that Hoot was novelist Carl Hiaasen's first book geared toward young adults?
...that the British film It Happened Here is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the film's eight years production schedule as the longest ever?
...that the crustaceans known as giant isopods, which live in the depths of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, can grow up to 45 centimetres long?
...that the Indian national flag is called Tiranga?
...that the 33 Edicts of Ashoka in north India and Pakistan are the first tangible historical evidence of Buddhism?
...that British admiral Alexander Cochrane was responsible for the bombing of Fort McHenry which resulted in the authorship of the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner"?
...that Ethelbert of York's 8th century library was probably the largest book collection of its day outside of Rome?
...that plant sexuality is most diverse among angiosperms?
...that the potassium deficiency known as hypokalemia can be a side effect of certain medications?
...that it's unclear whether Euripides' play Electra was written before or after Sophocles' version?
...that most contemporary robotic telescopes are in the hands of amateur astronomers?
...that the zigzag method of using a knife and fork is particular to the United States?
...that the Bonfires of Saint John festival in Spain uses discarded furniture as tinder for the fires?
...that communication with submarines is difficult because salt water is a conductor which blocks electromagnetic radiation?
...that Leyton F.C. had to win a High Court action in order to call itself the oldest football club in London?
...that Vertigo actress Barbara Bel Geddes was the daughter of designer Norman Bel Geddes?
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