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+[[Image:John Franklin by Derby.jpg|100x100px|John Franklin]]
-[[Image:MedinaPL11.jpg|100x105px|Medina's illustration to Book 11 of Paradise Lost]]
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-{{*mp}}... that Sir '''[[John Baptist Medina]]''' became the first illustrator of [[John Milton]]'s ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' ''(example pictured)'' in 1688?
+{{*mp}}...  that the '''[[Coppermine Expedition of 1819–1822]]''' made [[John Franklin]] ''(pictured)'' famous as "the man who ate his boots"?
+{{*mp}}... that in exchange for $50,000 from two undercover agents posing as representatives of a fictitious Arab sheik in the [[Abscam]] investigation, U.S. Congressman '''[[Raymond F. Lederer]]''' told the agents "I can give you me"?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[beech-maple forest]]''' is a [[climax community|climax plant community]] in the eastern [[United States]] and [[Canada]]?
+{{*mp}}... that during the '''[[Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–1573)|Ottoman–Venetian War of 1570–1573]]''', the 8,500-strong [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] garrison of [[Famagusta]] in [[Cyprus]] held out for eleven months against an [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] army of 200,000 men?
-{{*mp}}... that the non-payment of debts is the [[archetype]] for the seventeen other '''[[Hindu Titles of Law|Hindu titles of law]]''', including the sexual crimes against women?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Leavitt Peak]] is named after early [[California]] settler and innkeeper '''[[Hiram Leavitt]]'''?
+{{*mp}}... that a medical patient's failure to maintain a fluid restriction, diet, or medication could result in '''[[acute decompensated heart failure]]'''?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''''[[Balance (Lexus)|Balance]]''''' and '''''[[Ball Bearing (Lexus)|Ball Bearing]]''''' [[television advertisement]]s for the [[Lexus]] [[Lexus LS 400|LS 400]] and [[Lexus ES 300|ES 300]], were highly honored and subsequently referenced by its competitors in their own [[advertising campaign]]s?
-{{*mp}}... that species '''''[[Fuligo septica]]''''', called the "dog-vomit slime mold", can tolerate unusually high levels of the metal [[zinc]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Jonathan Leavitt (publisher)|Jonathan Leavitt]]''' was the leading publisher of theological and religious books in New York City during the early 1800s?
-{{*mp}}... that after a [[professional wrestling]] match between [[The Undertaker]] and [[Brock Lesnar]] at '''[[Unforgiven (2002)]]''', The Undertaker attacked Lesnar by throwing him through the wall of a set?
+{{*mp}}... that the high-profile recalls in 2007 and 2008 of [[China]]-manufactured toys led the U.S. to '''[[Consumer Protection Safety Improvement Act|enact stricter limits]]''' on the amount of lead in paint on children's products?
-{{*mp}}... that the [[Celtic Christianity|ancient]], but lost, '''[[Nendrum Monastery]]''' was found in 1844, when a visitor recognized the remains of a [[Irish round tower|round tower]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[John Barbato|"Johnny Sausage" Barbato]]''', charged with being a "capo" or "captain" in the [[Genovese crime family]], was released from prison in July 2008 at age 74?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Mayor]] '''[[Tom Weisner]]''' once considered outlawing untimely holiday decorations, when citizens of [[Aurora, Illinois]], complained of [[Christmas]] decorations abounding during the summer?
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