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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Bridge School (Michigan)|Bridge School]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Raisinville Township, Michigan|Raisinville Township]] was the first public school in [[Michigan]], when founded in 1828? |
{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Bridge School (Michigan)|Bridge School]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Raisinville Township, Michigan|Raisinville Township]] was the first public school in [[Michigan]], when founded in 1828? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)|Merthyr]] MP '''[[Edgar Rees Jones]]''' served as head of the Priorities Division of the British [[Ministry of Munitions]] during [[World War I]]? |
{{*mp}}... that [[Merthyr (UK Parliament constituency)|Merthyr]] MP '''[[Edgar Rees Jones]]''' served as head of the Priorities Division of the British [[Ministry of Munitions]] during [[World War I]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that while Mayor [[Michael Bloomberg]] said it was a "very appropriate place" to build it, 64% of polled Americans felt it was wrong to build the '''[[Cordoba House]]''' mosque near [[World Trade Center site|Ground Zero]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that in 1975 [[Zimbabwe]]an '''[[Kantilal Kanjee]]''' became the first non-white [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] to stand in a [[first-class cricket]] match in [[South Africa]]? |
{{*mp}}... that in 1975 [[Zimbabwe]]an '''[[Kantilal Kanjee]]''' became the first non-white [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] to stand in a [[first-class cricket]] match in [[South Africa]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that '''[[street pastors]]''' were founded to confront [[gang culture]] in UK cities, and are now known for handing out [[flip-flops]] to tottering [[clubber]]s? |
{{*mp}}... that '''[[street pastors]]''' were founded to confront [[gang culture]] in UK cities, and are now known for handing out [[flip-flops]] to tottering [[clubber]]s? |
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{{*mp}}... that '''[[Prince Frederick of Württemberg]]''' attained the rank of [[Rittmeister]] 2nd class in the [[Army of Württemberg]] by the age of 15? |
{{*mp}}... that '''[[Prince Frederick of Württemberg]]''' attained the rank of [[Rittmeister]] 2nd class in the [[Army of Württemberg]] by the age of 15? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[Sam Peckinpah]], director of the ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'', lived in a three-room suite at '''[[The Murray Hotel]]''' in [[Livingston, Montana]], from 1979 to 1984? |
{{*mp}}... that [[Sam Peckinpah]], director of the ''[[The Wild Bunch]]'', lived in a three-room suite at '''[[The Murray Hotel]]''' in [[Livingston, Montana]], from 1979 to 1984? |
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{{*mp}}... that the [[Nintendo]] character '''[[Soda Popinski]]''' used to be known as Vodka Drunkenski, as part of one of several Russian stereotypes used for the character? |
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