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+{{*mp}}... that the stationmaster of the Kinokawa train station in [[Kinokawa]], [[Japan]] is a cat named '''[[Tama (cat)|Tama]]''' ''(pictured)?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Forest Kingfisher]]''' ''(pictured)'' of [[Fauna of Australia|Australian]] [[forest]] and ''[[Melaleuca]]'' [[Swamp|swampland]], burrows its nest in [[termite]] mounds [[arboreal|in trees]] up to {{convert|12|m}} above the ground?
+{{*mp}}... that [[neurology|neurologist]] '''[[Derek Denny-Brown (doctor)|Derek Denny-Brown]]''' introduced [[British anti-Lewisite]] as a treatment for the [[copper]] overload disorder [[Wilson's disease]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Robert Barr presidential campaign, 2008|presidential campaign of Bob Barr]]''' began following a successful [[Draft (politics)|draft]] effort on [[Facebook]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Historic Firehouses of Louisville|oldest firehouse still standing]]''' in [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]] was once a church?
-{{*mp}}... that in a major improvement in '''[[Sino-Bangladeshi relations|bilateral ties]]''' since it blocked [[Bangladesh]]'s entry in the [[U.N.]] in 1972, [[People's Republic of China|China]] offered to help Bangladesh construct its first [[nuclear power plant|nuclear plant]]?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Native American]] actor and director '''[[James Young Deer]]''' and his wife were an "influential force" in the production of one-reel [[Westerns]] during the early [[silent film]] era?
+{{*mp}}... that a [[free trade agreement]] made effective in 2000 strengthened '''[[Indo-Sri Lankan relations]]''' and quadrupled [[bilateral trade]], which grew to [[US$]]2.6 billion by 2006?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Daniel Montbars|Montbars the Exterminator]]''', a 17th-century [[French people|French]] [[buccaneer]] noted for his attacks of [[Spanish colonization of the Americas|Spanish settlements]] in the [[New World]], hated the [[Spanish Empire|Spanish]] after reading about atrocities committed by the [[conquistador]]s?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[torchon lace]]''' is one of the oldest [[bobbin lace]]s and has strictly geometric patterns?
+{{*mp}}... that despite being considered "much too far away" to affect weather in [[California]], '''[[Hurricane Liza (1968)|Hurricane Liza of 1968]]''' caused [[US$]]5,000 in damage and the closure of a portion of Ocean Boulevard in [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]?
-{{*mp}}... that [[National Artist of the Philippines|Philippine National Artist]] [[Amado V. Hernandez]] wrote his masterpieces while being imprisoned in the '''[[New Bilibid Prison]]'''?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Rio Napo Screech-Owl]]''' is part of [[Screech-owl|a group of owls]] that have been reclassified three times since 1850?
+{{*mp}}... that some '''[[pulvinone]]s''' have shown [[anticoagulant]] activity in [[rat]]s, whilst other pulvinone derivatives are [[patent]]ed [[antibiotic]]s for use in animals?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Golden Age Passport]]''' has been replaced by the "Senior Pass" of the new pass series now called "America the Beautiful - National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass"?
-{{*mp}}... that '''''[[A Stillness at Appomattox]]''''' by [[Bruce Catton]] won the [[1954 Pulitzer Prize]] in history?
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