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* ... that '''[[Emma Irene Åström]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first woman to graduate from a Finnish university, once said, "There is no point in calling me a pioneer, because I have never consciously been one"?
* ... that '''[[Emma Irene Åström]]''' ''(pictured)'', the first woman to graduate from a Finnish university, once said, "There is no point in calling me a pioneer, because I have never consciously been one"?
* ... that during the [[Spanish-American War]] the '''[[Bridgeport Harbor Light]]house''' was equipped with a battery of ten-inch guns, making it one of the few armed lighthouses in American history?
* ... that during the [[Spanish-American War]] the '''[[Bridgeport Harbor Light]]house''' was equipped with a battery of ten-inch guns, making it one of the few armed lighthouses in American history?
* ... that Australian farmer '''[[Archie Barwick|Archie Barwick]]''' wrote some 400,000 words about his [[World War I|World War­I]] service?
* ... that Australian farmer '''[[Archie Barwick|Archie Barwick]]''' wrote some 400,000 words about his [[World War I]] service?
* ... that [[John Lee Hooker]]'s "'''[[Boogie Chillen']]'''" became the first "down-home" electric blues song to reach number one in the R&B records chart?
* ... that [[John Lee Hooker]]'s "'''[[Boogie Chillen']]'''" became the first "down-home" electric blues song to reach number one in the R&B records chart?
* ... that '''[[walking football]]''' has become a fashionable way of exercising for the over-50s who have mobility difficulties?
* ... that '''[[walking football]]''' has become a fashionable way of exercising for the over-50s who have mobility difficulties?

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Emma Irene Åström

  • ... that Emma Irene Åström (pictured), the first woman to graduate from a Finnish university, once said, "There is no point in calling me a pioneer, because I have never consciously been one"?
  • ... that during the Spanish-American War the Bridgeport Harbor Lighthouse was equipped with a battery of ten-inch guns, making it one of the few armed lighthouses in American history?
  • ... that Australian farmer Archie Barwick wrote some 400,000 words about his World War I service?
  • ... that John Lee Hooker's "Boogie Chillen'" became the first "down-home" electric blues song to reach number one in the R&B records chart?
  • ... that walking football has become a fashionable way of exercising for the over-50s who have mobility difficulties?
  • ... that in 1951 the Symphony Six – six Canadian musicians including Dirk Keetbaas, William Kuinka, and Ruth Budd – were denied access to the United States under suspicion of leftist activities?
  • ... that the book The Girl With All The Gifts deals with a dystopian future in which most of humanity is wiped out by a fungal infection?
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