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{{*mp}}... that [[Disney Channel]] veteran [[Selena Gomez]] ''(pictured)'' sings the theme song for the new Disney series, '''''[[Shake It Up (TV series)|Shake It Up]]'''''? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[hyperthyroidism|an overactive thyroid gland]] can cause attacks of '''[[thyrotoxic periodic paralysis|paralysis]]''', particularly in young men of [[China|Chinese]] and [[Japan]]ese origin? |
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{{*mp}}... that on November 14, 1942, black gospel quartet '''[[The Jubalaires]]''' had a hit with "[[Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition]]", a response to the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]] the previous year? |
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{{*mp}}... that during [[World War II]], when a new model of the [[Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero#A6M3_Type_0_Model_32|Mitsubishi 'Zero']] received its '''[[World War II Allied names for Japanese aircraft|American code name]]''', the [[Hap Arnold|prominent general]] it was named after wasn't very amused? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[Leopold II of Belgium|Leopold II]]'s mistress '''[[Caroline Delacroix]]''' was so loathed by the [[Belgium|Belgian]] public that on one occasion, her carriage was stoned in [[Brussels]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that in ''[[United States v. Carmack]]'' in 1946, the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] upheld the federal government's power under the '''[[Condemnation Act]]''' to exercise [[eminent domain]] over land owned by a [[U.S. state|state]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that the "strange, flat-bottomed boat" in which [[Beatrix Potter]] rowed on '''[[Moss Eccles Tarn]]''' is now housed in the [[Windermere Steamboat Museum]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that a [[milestone]] found near '''[[Milecastle 17]]''' on [[Hadrian's Wall]] is the only known contemporary record of the name of [[Gaius Julius Marcus]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Governors of Roman Britain|Governor]] of [[Roman Britain|Britain]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that '''[[Johanna Bugge Olsen]]''' was convicted of treason for having printed some "un-national" material in ''[[Arbeidet]]'' during [[world War II|WWII]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that the entire '''[[2009 NBA Development League Expansion Draft]]''' took place via [[teleconference]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that one definition of '''[[Bias in Singapore law|judicial bias in Singapore]]''' is that a "reasonable and fair-minded person" who is present in [[Judicial system of Singapore|court]] and knows all the relevant facts suspects that a [[Right to a fair trial|fair trial]] is not possible? |
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{{*mp}}... that British Army soldier '''[[Matthew Kilroy (British Army soldier)|Matthew Kilroy]]''' was found guilty of [[manslaughter]] in the [[Boston Massacre]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that on 21 June 2001, on the '''[[Mount Newman railway]]''', a [[BHP Billiton]] iron ore train consisting of 682 cars broke the world record for the heaviest train, weighing 99,734 tons and being 7.3 kilometres long? |
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{{*mp}}... that the [[Grass|sod]]-surfaced '''[[Larson Brothers Airport]]''' was described as the "finest airport in the state" of [[Wisconsin]] in 1932? |
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{{*mp}}... that when playing for the [[Chicago Bulls]] in 1985, '''[[Quintin Dailey]]''' complained that [[Michael Jordan]] received more attention from the team's coaches, arguing that he was "a player who likes to shine a little bit myself"? |
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{{*mp}}... that in the 16th century people convicted of [[sedition]] had their ears nailed to the [[pillory]] in '''[[Norwich Market]]''', and when their pillory time was completed their ears were cut off? |
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