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... that the Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat uses its hind feet to comb its fur and its tongue to wash its face, wing membranes, and genital region?
... that the Ethiopian army participated in the Korean War?
... that Tsadkan Gebretensae, one of the top commanders of Tigray forces in the conflict against the Ethiopian government, previously served as chief of staff of the Ethiopian National Defense Force?
... that Quintin Johnstone advocated giving control of an American-governed law school to native Ethiopians?
... that Asfaw Yemiru's school educated over 120,000 Ethiopian students?
... that Liberian paramount chief Tamba Taylor worked as a tailor and claimed to have sewn clothes for Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie and Ghanaian president Kwame Nkrumah?
... that medieval Ethiopian kings claimed to be descended from Solomon?
... that Christian missionary Moritz Hall was ordered to cast artillery for the Ethiopian Emperor Tewodros II?
... that American doctor Guy Gibson Campbell served as personal physician to Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie?
... that Ethiopian Jews protesting police brutality in Israel used a slogan from the Black Lives Matter movement?
... that Aguil Chut-Deng took 22 child refugees from South Sudan to Ethiopia during civil war so that they could attend school?
... that the government of Ethiopia's SNNP Region supported local governments calling for a referendum to secede from the region?
... that the Ethiopian white-footed mouse and the Ethiopian forest brush-furred rat are two of the most abundant rodents in the montane forests of Ethiopia?
... that Ethiopian runner Helen Bekele Tola has stated a desire to compete for Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics?
... that Ethiopian-Italian refugee environmentalist Agitu Ideo Gudeta was nicknamed the "Queen of Happy Goats"?
... that when journalist Pierre Nadeau reported on the 1973 famine in Ethiopia, his suggestion for viewers to donate to Oxfam led to an inundation of contributions the next day?
... that Stuart Bergsma, a medical missionary in Ethiopia and India, connected speaking in tongues with emotional stress?
... that Italy bombed a Swedish hospital in Dolo during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War?