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...that The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (pictured) is actually composed of 110 letters between Gilbert White, and Thomas Pennant or Daines Barrington?

...that college football coach Bo Schembechler died the day after attending the funeral of his 1971 quarterback Tom Slade and urging the football team to be "as good a Michigan man as Slade"?

...that Out of the Blue, a BBC Television series, is set in Manly, near Sydney, Australia?

...that Elm Coulee Oil Field, Montana, is the highest-producing onshore field found in the Continental United States in the past 56 years?

...that the cloven hoof is a characteristic of mountain goats, certain kosher foods and in some traditions, the Devil?

...that anarchism once was the strongest current in the Cuban labor movement?

...that alkaptonuria, a rare inborn error of metabolism, is over five times more common in Slovakia than in the rest of the world?

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+[[Image:Selbournefrontcover.jpg|100x100px|A front cover of the Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne]]
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+{{*mp}}...that '''''[[The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is actually composed of 110 letters between [[Gilbert White]], and [[Thomas Pennant]] or [[Daines Barrington]]?
-[[Image:Berliner Goldhut.jpg|right|100x100px|A Bronze Age golden hat]]
+{{*mp}}...that [[college football]] coach [[Bo Schembechler]] died the day after attending the funeral of his 1971 quarterback '''[[Tom Slade]]''' and urging the football team to be "as good a Michigan man as Slade"?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[Golden hats|Bronze Age golden hats]]''', including those of '''[[Berlin Gold Hat|Berlin]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Golden Hat of Schifferstadt|Schifferstadt]]''' and '''[[Golden Cone of Ezelsdorf-Buch|Ezelsdorf]]''', are tall gold head-dresses from ''circa'' 1,000 to 800 BC that also served as [[calendar]]s?
-{{*mp}}...that actress '''[[Evelyn Venable]]''', the voice of the Blue Fairy in the [[Animation|animated]] film ''[[Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio]]'', was the original model for the [[Columbia Pictures]] [[logo]]?
+{{*mp}}...that '''''[[Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)|Out of the Blue]]''''', a [[BBC Television]] series, is set in [[Manly, New South Wales|Manly]], near Sydney, [[Australia]]?
+{{*mp}}...that '''[[Elm Coulee Oil Field]]''', [[Montana]], is the highest-producing onshore field found in the [[Continental United States]] in the past 56 years?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[Dennis H. Freeman|Dennis Freeman]]''', as the [[mayor]] of tiny [[Logansport, Louisiana]], worked for 16 years to keep the construction of a new [[bridge]] over the [[Sabine River (Texas-Louisiana)|Sabine River]] to connect [[Louisiana]] and [[Texas]] as a high construction priority?
-{{*mp}}...that '''''[[The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer]]''''', a book that analyzes the ''[[The Simpsons]]'' using philosophical concepts, is the main [[textbook]] in some university philosophy courses?
+{{*mp}}...that the '''[[cloven hoof]]''' is a characteristic of [[mountain goat]]s, certain [[Kashrut|kosher foods]] and in some traditions, the [[Devil]]?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[Jean Pouliot]]''' founded both major private [[TV network]]s in [[Quebec]], [[TQS]] and [[TVA (TV network)|TVA]]?
+{{*mp}}...that '''[[Anarchism in Cuba|anarchism]]''' once was the strongest current in the [[Cuba]]n [[labor movement]]?
-{{*mp}}...that '''''[[Are You There?]]''''' was widely promoted because of its score by [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]] (best known for his opera ''[[Pagliacci]]''), but the first-night audience were incensed when it turned out to have very little music?
+{{*mp}}...that '''[[alkaptonuria]]''', a rare [[inborn error of metabolism]], is over five times more common in [[Slovakia]] than in the rest of the world?
-{{*mp}}...that according to [[Greek mythology]], [[Adonis]] was slain by a [[boar]] at the foot of the [[waterfall]] in '''[[Apheca]]''' in modern-day [[Lebanon]]?
-{{*mp}}...that indigenous peoples of the [[Russian Far East]] traditionally worshiped the [[Raven (mythology)|Raven deity]] '''[[Kutkh]]''' as a key figure in [[Creator deity|creation]], as a fertile [[ancestor]] of [[Human|mankind]], as a mighty [[shaman]] and as a [[trickster]]?
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