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Jerome and Schwartz

... that Jean Schwartz and William Jerome (pictured) wrote more than 1,000 popular songs together?
... that marketers try to turn a women-only script in China into a branding device for "high-end potatoes" in the documentary Hidden Letters?
... that in addition to his work as a scientist, Robert Hooke was an architect who designed the Monument to the Great Fire of London so that it could also have a practical value as a scientific instrument?
... that Pat Robertson let his Christian TV station in Dallas air wrestling because it drew viewers and fetched high advertising rates?
... that Ivan Ančić was the first Bosnian Franciscan to use the Latin script to write in his native language?
... that an interstate catalytic converter theft ring generated US$545 million in revenue?
... that basketball player Gary Bossert has made 11 consecutive three-point shots and at least 31 consecutive free throws?
... that one of the first Polish science fiction novels featured a trip to the South Pole by airship, a decade before a similar airship was built?
... that voice actresses Miharu Hanai and Aina Suzuki were revealed to be sisters when they were both cast in an anime TV series?

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 * ... that '''[[Jean Schwartz]]''' and [[William Jerome]]  ''(pictured)'' wrote more than 1,000 popular songs together?
-* ... that marketers try to turn [[Nüshu|a secret women-only language]] into a branding device for "high-end potatoes" in the documentary '''''[[Hidden Letters]]'''''{{-?}}
+* ... that marketers try to turn [[Nüshu|a women-only script in China]] into a branding device for "high-end potatoes" in the documentary '''''[[Hidden Letters]]'''''{{-?}}
 * ... that in addition to his work as a scientist, '''[[Robert Hooke]]''' was an architect who designed the [[Monument to the Great Fire of London]] so that it could also have [[Monument to the Great Fire of London#As a scientific instrument|a practical value as a scientific instrument]]?
 * ... that [[Pat Robertson]] let '''[[KXTX-TV|his Christian TV station in Dallas]]''' air wrestling because it drew viewers and fetched high advertising rates?