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+[[File:BandedOrange.jpg|100x100px|Banded Orange butterfly at Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory|alt=Orange and black butterfly]]
-[[File:Lixus concavus egg deposits on Rhubarb.JPG|100x100px|Feeding and egg laying pits on Rhubarb stalk caused by Lixus concavus|alt=Feeding and egg laying pits on Rhubarb stalk caused by Lixus concavus]]
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-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Lixus concavus|rhubarb curculio beetle]]''' ''(eggs pictured)'' also lives inside [[sunflower]]s?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory]]''' ''(resident butterfly pictured)'' imports up to 3,000 butterflies a month from around the world?
-{{*mp}}... that in 1893 [[Jefferson Davis]] lay in state at the '''[[Louisiana Historical Association]]''''s Memorial Hall in [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] prior to being re-interred in [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia (U.S. state)|Virginia]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the merger between the [[Norwegian Labour Party]]-led '''[[Arbeidernes Idrettsforbund|Workers' Sport Federation]]''' and the [[Communist Party of Norway|Communist]]-led <nowiki>'</nowiki>'''[[Kampforbundet for Rød Sportsenhet|Red Sports]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki> has been described as an early example of the [[popular front]] line?
-{{*mp}}... that '''''[[Black Issues Book Review]]''''' was named one of the ten best new magazines of 1998 by ''[[Library Journal]]''?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Adolfo Kaminsky]]''' made forged IDs for Jewish refugees, South American leftists and North American draft dodgers?
-{{*mp}}... that Ireland recently experienced its highest number of fatalities in '''[[July 2010 R238 traffic collision|a single traffic collision]]'''?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Minuscule 759 (Gregory-Aland)|Minuscule 759]]''' contains only the beginning of the [[Jesus and the woman taken in adultery|Pericope Adulterae]] (John 7:53–8:2) and lacks the major part of it?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[The New Christy Minstrels]]'''{{'}} 1962 '''[[Presenting The New Christy Minstrels|debut album]]''' won a [[Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus|Grammy Award]] and sat in the [[Billboard charts|''Billboard'' charts]] for two years?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Shkodër Cathedral]]''' suffered damage during the [[Siege of Shkodër]] by the [[Kingdom of Montenegro|Montenegrin]] army in 1912–13?
+{{*mp}}... that the extinct [[Nelumbo|Lotus]] '''''[[Nelumbo aureavallis]]''''' is known from [[Eocene]] rocks in western [[North Dakota]]?
+{{*mp}}... that in the '''[[Egyptian parliamentary election, 1924|1924 Egyptian parliamentary election]]''', members of Egypt's [[Copt|Coptic Christian]] minority received 10% of the seats, even though the Copts shared 6% of [[Demographics of Egypt|Egypt's population]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the [[American Quarter Horse]] stallion '''[[Zan Parr Bar]]''' was a three-time [[American Quarter Horse Association#Competition and awards|World Champion]] in [[Halter (horse show)|halter]] as well as excelling at [[steer roping]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[George F. Veenker|George Veenker]]''' has the highest winning percentage of any [[basketball]] coach in [[Michigan Wolverines men's basketball|Michigan]] history and served on the [[NCAA]] Football Rules Committee from 1938 to 1945?
-{{*mp}}... that the town of '''[[Marche, Arkansas|Marche]]''', [[Arkansas]], was founded by a [[Poland|Polish]] [[count]] who wanted to restore the agricultural environment familiar to most Poles before their arrival in [[United States|America]]?
+{{*mp}}... that courts in California, Maryland, and Wisconsin held that '''[[ladies' night]]''' discounts are unlawful [[gender discrimination]] under state or local statutes?
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