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+[[File:Bul02Bird326a.jpg|100x100px|North Island Brown Kiwi baby]]
-[[File:Sengoku busho of rice field art.JPG|100x100px|Depiction of Naoe Kanetsugu in a rice field, an example of Tanbo art]]
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-{{*mp}}... that '''[[tanbo art]]''' ''(example  pictured)'' is a Japanese practice  where giant pictures are created in rice fields?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Motu  Matakohe|Motu Matakohe island]]'''  is used as a safe location for baby [[North Island Brown Kiwi|Kiwi]]s  ''(pictured)'' until they weigh 1 kilogram and are brought to [[New Zealand]]?
-{{*mp}}...  that the English [[all-rounder]]  '''[[Leslie Todd]]''' was once described as "the most perverse, most infuriating [[cricket]]er of his generation"?
+{{*mp}}...  that English diplomat '''[[John Barker (diplomat)|John Barker]]'''  introduced [[vaccination]]  to the [[Middle East]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the discovery of '''''[[Babakotia|Babakotia  radofilai]]''''', an extinct species of [[sloth lemur]], helped to resolve the relationship between the [[Indriidae|indriids]], sloth lemurs, and [[monkey lemur]]s?
+{{*mp}}... that a '''[[land use  conflict]]''' is when one sort of [[land use]] creates a negative impact on  other land uses nearby?
+{{*mp}}... that the upcoming [[XBox Live Arcade]]  video game '''''[[Toy Soldiers  (video game)|Toy Soldiers]]'''''  will feature [[World War I]]  toy miniatures battling on a model diorama in a child's bedroom?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Melek Tourhan]]''', whose father offered her for [[adoption]] as an infant in order to improve  her lot in life, went on to become [[Sultana  (title)|Sultana]]  of [[Egypt]]?
+{{*mp}}... that although Israeli forces  were planning to attack Arab [[Beersheba]] in May 1948, they were forced to  delay the '''[[Battle of  Beersheba (1948)|Battle of Beersheba]]'''  until just one day before a planned [[ceasefire]] in October 1948?
-{{*mp}}... that British soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' celebrated its [[History of  EastEnders#25th anniversary|25th anniversary]] with a '''[[EastEnders Live|live episode]]''' revealing '''[[Who Killed  Archie?|who killed Archie Mitchell]]'''?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Papa (Catholicos)|Mar Papa]]''' was the first [[Catholicos]] (universal leader) of the Persian [[Church of the  East]] in the 4th  century?
+{{*mp}}...  that the '''''[[Leading Edge]]''''',  a student-run  semi-professional  [[science fiction]]  and [[fantasy]]  magazine, had a [[Chesley Award]]-winning cover  in 2002 by [[James C. Christensen]]?
+{{*mp}}...  that the [[sloth lemur]]s  of the genus '''''[[Mesopropithecus]]'''''  were once thought to be [[Indriidae|indriid]]s  due to the similarities between their [[skull]]s and those of living [[sifaka]]s?
-{{*mp}}... that the [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]] in India is building four new '''[['X' Class  locomotives (Nilgiri Mountain Railway)|'X' Class locomotives]]''' &ndash; a design dating from 1920?
+{{*mp}}...  that the [[United States|American]]  [[electric blues]]  [[harmonica]]  player, [[singer]]  and [[songwriter]],  '''[[Little Sonny]]''', often boosted his earnings by [[photography|photographing]]  customers between his on-stage appearances?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Bulgaria]]n writers and screenwriters Moritz Yomtov and Marko Stoychev worked together as the '''[[Mormarevi Brothers]]'''  even though they were unrelated?
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