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Joseph Redding

... that opera composer and librettist Joseph Redding (pictured) was also a chess polymath and lawyer who won a landmark decision before the United States Supreme Court?
... that the 1920–1922 Tashkent wall newspaper Rost was the first Bukharian-Jewish Soviet newspaper?
... that sisters Joanne, Lynette, Amy and Jenny McCarthy were all gymnasts and ten-pin bowlers?
... that Kooraban National Park provides a habitat for more than twenty endangered animal species, including koalas?
... that a bust of the notorious slave trader Isaac Franklin was placed on the prow of his slave ship, the Isaac Franklin?
... that the video game Manor Lords was wishlisted more than three million times on Steam after its developer had estimated it would receive around 14,000?
... that Walid Daqqa wrote several works of prison literature, including a children's novel about a boy who uses magical olive oil to visit his imprisoned father?
... that the production team of the TV series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier created a highway more than five miles (8 km) long to capture visual effects for a truck action sequence for the episode "The Star-Spangled Man"?
... that prior to becoming a royal reporter for Fox News, English journalist Neil Sean released a cover of Cliff Richard's "We Don't Talk Anymore" with his mother?

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+* ... that opera composer and librettist '''[[Joseph Redding]]''' ''(pictured)'' was also a chess [[polymath]] and lawyer who won a [[List of landmark court decisions in the United States|landmark decision]] before the United States Supreme Court?
-* ... that a man [[cosplay]]ing as a character from the '''[[New California Republic]]''' ''(flag pictured)'' was arrested due to reports that he was carrying a bomb?
+* ... that the 1920–1922 Tashkent [[wall newspaper]] '''''[[Rost (Tashkent newspaper)|Rost]]''''' was the first [[Bukharian (Judeo-Tajik dialect)|Bukharian-Jewish]] Soviet newspaper?
-* ... that [[Arab citizens of Israel|Palestinian citizens of Israel]] hold '''[[March of Return (Israel)|an annual march]]''' to one of the [[List of towns and villages depopulated during the 1947–1949 Palestine war|towns and villages from which their community had been displaced]] in the [[Nakba]]?
-* ... that the '''[[UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros football]]''' team were members of the [[United Athletic Conference]] but left before ever having played a game there?
+* ... that sisters '''[[Joanne McCarthy (basketball)|Joanne]]''', Lynette, Amy and [[Jenny McCarthy]] were all gymnasts and ten-pin bowlers?
+* ... that '''[[Kooraban National Park]]''' provides a habitat for more than twenty endangered animal species, including [[koala]]s?
-* ... that music director [[Raul Mitra]] wanted [[Regine Velasquez]] to do '''[[Regine Rocks|an all-rock concert]]'''?
+* ... that a bust of the notorious slave trader '''[[Isaac Franklin]]''' was placed on the prow of his slave ship, the ''[[Isaac Franklin (brig)|Isaac Franklin]]''{{-?}}
-* ... that '''[[Lore Harp McGovern]]''' went from being a housewife to the CEO of a US$36&nbsp;million computer company in six years?
+* ... that the video game '''''[[Manor Lords]]''''' was wishlisted more than three million times on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] after its developer had estimated it would receive around 14,000?
-* ... that police officers had to be flown in by helicopter to seize hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of cannabis plants found growing illegally in '''[[Jerrawangala National Park]]'''?
+* ... that '''[[Walid Daqqa]]''' wrote several works of [[prison literature]], including a children's novel about a boy who uses magical olive oil to visit his imprisoned father?
-* ... that many former cast members returned for ''[[Arrow (TV series)|Arrow]]''{{'s}} '''[[Emerald Archer (Arrow episode)|150th episode]]'''?
+* ... that the production team of the TV series ''[[The Falcon and the Winter Soldier]]'' created a highway more than five miles (8&nbsp;km) long to capture visual effects for a truck action sequence for the episode "'''[[The Star-Spangled Man]]'''"?
-* ... that the replacement of a [[semipalmated sandpiper]] sculpture named '''[[Shep (sculpture)|Shep]]''' in [[New Brunswick]] led to a $19,000 investigation over code-of-conduct violations?
+* ... that prior to becoming a royal reporter for [[Fox News]], English journalist '''[[Neil Sean]]''' released a cover of [[Cliff Richard]]'s "[[We Don't Talk Anymore (Cliff Richard song)|We Don't Talk Anymore]]" with his mother?
-* ... that after the [[1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake]] destroyed '''[[Napier Technical College (New Zealand)|Napier Technical College]]''', it was disestablished and amalgamated into its rivals?
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