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- ...that Indianapolis's Scottish Rite Cathedral is the largest building dedicated to Freemasonry in the United States, and features many measurements in multiples of 33?
- ...that the Battle of Pogue's Run was done to prevent Democrats from rising against the American Civil War in Indiana?
- ...that the only New Deal housing project with spacious, wide-open areas was Lockefield Gardens?
- ...that the construction of the James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home was paid for by the owner's contract to supply hardtack to Union troops in the American Civil War?
- ...that Robert F. Kennedy's speech on the assassination of Martin Luther King is believed to have prevented riots from breaking out in Indianapolis?