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{{*mp}}...that when the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] was built in [[Belfast]] in 1912, the largest [[shipyard]] in the world was in '''[[Economy of Belfast|Belfast]]'''?
{{*mp}}...that when the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] was built in [[Belfast]] in 1912, the largest [[shipyard]] in the world was in '''[[Economy of Belfast|Belfast]]'''?
{{*mp}}...that '''[[Vortex I]]''', which took place in [[Oregon]] in 1970, remains the only state-sponsored [[rock festival]] in [[United States]] history?
{{*mp}}...that '''[[Vortex I]]''', which took place in [[Oregon]] in 1970, remains the only state-sponsored [[rock festival]] in [[United States]] history?
{{*mp}}...that [[Colombian National Police]] [[Colombian National Police executive rank insignia|Sub-Intendant]] '''[[John Frank Pinchao]]''' was kidnapped by the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC guerrilla]] for almost 9 years, until finally escaping in [[2007]]?
{{*mp}}...that [[Colombian National Police]] [[Colombian National Police executive rank insignia|Sub-Intendant]] '''[[Jhon Frank Pinchao]]''' was kidnapped by the [[Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia|FARC guerrilla]] for almost 9 years, until finally escaping in [[2007]]?
{{*mp}}...that a 1973 book on [[Prem Rawat]], '''''[[Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji?]]''''', featured an introduction by [[United States|American]] anti-[[Vietnam War]] activist [[Rennie Davis]]?
{{*mp}}...that a 1973 book on [[Prem Rawat]], '''''[[Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji?]]''''', featured an introduction by [[United States|American]] anti-[[Vietnam War]] activist [[Rennie Davis]]?
{{*mp}}...that the [[satire|satirical]] [[magazine]] '''''[[The Georgetown Heckler]]''''' changed its name from ''The Georgetown Lampoon'' after being threatened with a [[lawsuit]] by the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]''?
{{*mp}}...that the [[satire|satirical]] [[magazine]] '''''[[The Georgetown Heckler]]''''' changed its name from ''The Georgetown Lampoon'' after being threatened with a [[lawsuit]] by the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]''?

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  • ...that nutritionist-turned-molecular biologist Thomas H. Jukes was one of the few scientists ever to have a regular column in the journal Nature?


  • ...that the Green Knight (pictured) of medieval literature is thought by many scholars to represent the Devil due to its strange color?
  • ...that classification of the Yellow-crowned Amazon (pictured) is so problematic that some authorities divide it into three separate species?
  • ...that at the age of 21, Roman Emperor Nero (pictured) instituted the games of Juvenalia in recognition of the first shaving of his beard?
  • ...that a tiger-haunted jungle was cleared to make way for the wide grassy stretch of the Maidan park of Kolkata?
  • ...that, while the first model of the Atar Volant series was a simple turbojet engine, the third model was a proper coleopter, an aircraft with an annular wing that is able to land and take-off vertically without need of a runway?
  • ...that the spring of the Hell-Bourg village spa on Réunion started to fail around 1920, but an attempt to reopen it with dynamite caused the partial destruction of the spa, while the spring was later buried by a landslide?
  • ...that Polish composer Roman Palester 's involvment with Radio Free Europe in the early 1950s led to communist officials expunging his name from official publications and prohibiting performances of his work?
  • ...that Saskatchewan Highway 39 is one of the nation of Canada's busiest highways, providing ease of transport for $6 billion in trade goods via approximately 100,000 trucks over the year?
  • ...that despite his lack of surgical training, Gerónimo Lluberas once successfully removed a foreign object embedded in the cornea of an eight-year-old boy's eye?
  • ...that most of the dogs seen in the 2007 Thai film, Ma-Mha, were strays rescued from shelters and trained specifically for the film?
  • ...hammered oak piles used during the Medieval construction of pile bridges have remained solid for up to 750 years?
  • ...that the Duquesne Spy Ring consisted of 33 Nazi spies (one pictured) arrested by the FBI in 1941 and sentenced to serve a total of over 300 years in prison in what is the largest spy ring conviction in the history of the United States?
  • ...that American diplomat and attorney Adrian S. Fisher was a leading negotiator of the earliest international nuclear test ban and non-proliferation treaties?
  • ...that Dwarkin developed the hand-held harmonium, a western instrument, to make it suitable for use with Indian music?
  • ...that the world's third largest statue under cover, The Statue of the Republic, is housed in El Capitolio, in Havana?



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