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... that Pliny's encyclopedia Natural History includes descriptions of dog-headed men and monopods with umbrella feet (pictured)?
... that in 1988 Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal defected to the United States?
... 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?
... that Bartholomäus Sastrow's autobiography does not give the birth dates of his children?
... that the Fountain of Ahmed III in Üsküdar, Istanbul, features a inscription by Ottoman Sultan Ahmed III, copied from his own calligraphy?
... that Zhang Shichuan made China's first feature film, first martial arts film, and first sound film?
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-[[File:WonderSwan-Black-Left.jpg|100x100px|WonderSwan]]
+[[File:Nuremberg_chronicles_-_Strange_People_-_Umbrella_Foot_(XIIr).jpg|100x100px|A sciapod from Pliny's ''Natural History'']]
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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)''?
-* ... that the '''[[WonderSwan]]''' ''(pictured)'' sold 3.5 million units in Japan but was never released in Western markets?
+* ... that in 1988 Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister '''[[Abdul Ghafar Lakanwal]]''' defected to the United States?
-*<!--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?
+* ... 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]]'''?
-* ... that '''[[Wolseley Haig|Sir Wolseley Haig]]''' fought [[Dacoity|dacoits]] in Burma before becoming a [[Albany Herald|Scottish herald]]?
+* ... that '''[[Bartholomäus Sastrow]]'''{{`s}} [[autobiography]] does not give the birth dates of his children?
-* ... 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]]'''''?
+* ... 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?
-* ... that Kashmiri politician and poet '''[[Abdul Sattar Ranjoor‎]]''' was assassinated by militants when he was 73?
+* ... that '''[[Zhang Shichuan]]''' made China's first feature film, first [[martial arts film]], and first [[sound film]]?
-* ... that '''[[Thomas Elfe]]''', a contemporary of [[Thomas Chippendale]], was the most successful furniture craftsman in [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]] in the eighteenth century?
+*<!--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?
-* ... 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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