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* ... that '''[[Brants's whistling rat]]''' ''(illustration shown)'' seldom ventures more than {{convert|30|cm|in|abbr=on}} from one of the many entrances to its burrow? |
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* ... that '''[[Khema]]''', one of the Buddha's chief female disciples, attained [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|enlightenment]] before even becoming a nun? |
* ... that '''[[Khema]]''', one of the Buddha's chief female disciples, attained [[Enlightenment in Buddhism|enlightenment]] before even becoming a nun? |
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* ... that North Carolina radio station '''[[WVSP (North Carolina)|WVSP]]''' began operations out of a former doctor's office? |
* ... that North Carolina radio station '''[[WVSP (North Carolina)|WVSP]]''' began operations out of a former doctor's office? |
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Brants's whistling rat
- ... that Brants's whistling rat (illustration shown) seldom ventures more than 30 cm (12 in) from one of the many entrances to its burrow?
- ... that Khema, one of the Buddha's chief female disciples, attained enlightenment before even becoming a nun?
- ... that North Carolina radio station WVSP began operations out of a former doctor's office?
- ... that Hungarian pianists Márta Kurtág and her husband performed together for 60 years, often from his collection entitled Játékok ('Games')?
- ... that Brazil was the only country with an exhibit at the 1918 Bronx "World's Fair"?
- ... that Rabbi Shimon Baadani, a senior leader of Israel's Shas party, once said that those who did not vote for the party would go to hell?
- ... that the Sierra de Ajusco-Chichinauhtzin mountain range in Mexico is made up of more than one hundred volcanic cones?
- ... that Ernest Graves Jr. was one of four generations of his family to go to West Point, all of whom graduated first or second in their class?