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* ... that [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]]'s encyclopedia '''''[[Natural History (Pliny)|Natural History]]''''' includes descriptions of [[Cynocephaly|dog-headed men]] and [[Monopod (creature)|monopods]] with umbrella feet ''(pictured)''? |
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* ... that the '''[[WonderSwan]]''' ''(pictured)'' sold 3.5 million units in Japan but was never released in Western markets? |
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* ... that in 1988 Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister '''[[Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal]]''' defected to the United States? |
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*<!--special occasion hook for June 14, World Cup opening day--> ... that some England players allegedly sang "'''[[Stan's World Cup Song|Aye Aye Ippy The Germans Bombed Our Chippy]]'''", despite the [[The Football Association|FA]] not wanting to support any anti-German songs? |
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* ... that at various times the [[ground sloth]], [[Billy the Kid]], [[Geronimo]], and astronauts could be found in what is now the '''[[Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument]]'''? |
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* ... that '''[[Wolseley Haig|Sir Wolseley Haig]]''' fought [[Dacoity|dacoits]] in Burma before becoming a [[Albany Herald|Scottish herald]]? |
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* ... that '''[[Bartholomäus Sastrow]]'''{{`s}} [[autobiography]] does not give the birth dates of his children? |
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* ... that the events of [[Selma to Montgomery marches|Bloody Sunday]] are being recreated at the [[Edmund Pettus Bridge]] for the upcoming film '''''[[Selma (film)|Selma]]'''''? |
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* ... that the '''[[Fountain of Ahmed III (Üsküdar)|Fountain of Ahmed III]]''' in [[Üsküdar]], [[Istanbul]], features a inscription by [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] Sultan [[Ahmed III]], copied from his own calligraphy? |
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* ... that Kashmiri politician and poet '''[[Abdul Sattar Ranjoor]]''' was assassinated by militants when he was 73? |
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* ... that '''[[Zhang Shichuan]]''' made China's first feature film, first [[martial arts film]], and first [[sound film]]? |
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* ... that '''[[Thomas Elfe]]''', a contemporary of [[Thomas Chippendale]], was the most successful furniture craftsman in [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] in the eighteenth century? |
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*<!--special occasion hook for June 14, the start of the World Cup--> ... that ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' character [[Basil Fawlty]] sang "'''[[Don't Mention the World Cup]]'''" to dissuade fans of England's [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] team from mentioning the Second World War while in Germany? |
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* ... that at approximately {{convert|568|ft}}, the proposed '''[[Skyscraper (roller coaster)|Skyscraper]]''' is expected to be the tallest [[roller coaster]] in the world when it opens in 2016? |
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