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... that the anabolic steroid Oxandrolone (pictured) was granted orphan drug status in treatment of alcoholic hepatitis, Turner's syndrome and HIV wasting syndrome? | ||
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...that the steroid hormone Prasterone (pictured) was granted orphan drug status in the treatment of Addison's Disease? | ||
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...that the anabolic steroid Methandrostenolone (pictured) was prescribed to women in the 1960s as a tonic, until its masculinising effects were discovered? | ||
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...that a gigantic swastika in the forests of Brandenburg went unnoticed for almost 60 years? | ||
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...that the phrase The King is dead. Long live the King! was first used following the accession of Charles VII of France in 1422? | ||
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...that the deployment of Panjandrum, an experimental British weapon devised during World War II, invariably resulted in the random firing of dozens of cordite rockets into the air? | ||
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...that the Railsback curve shows that on a normally-tuned piano, low-octave notes will be lower and high-octave notes higher than expected, due to inharmonicity? | ||
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...that the music video for the song "Vindaloo" was a direct parody of that of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, which was in turn a mocking recreation of the music video for "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack? | ||
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...that on September 21, 1995, statues of the Hindu pantheon (Ganesha pictured) in countries around the world were reported to be drinking spoonfuls of milk offered to them by worshippers? | ||
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...that according to anthropologist Stanley Marion Garn, Neanderthal in China and Java were killed off by the more intelligent hominid "Sinanthropus Pithencanthropus", contributing to the Neanderthal extinction? | ||
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...that hundreds of love padlocks (pictured) have been attached to a fence in Pécs, Hungary by couples professing their commitment to one another? | ||
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...that in one of the first tests of Hajile, an experimental British World War II retrorocket system, a gigantic block of concrete was dropped through the roof of the workshop from 2000 ft? | ||
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...that owing to the test pilot's circus experience, an early trial of the effectiveness of the Lagonda flamethrower as a deterrent to Luftwaffe dive bombing attacks on Merchant Navy vessels was utterly unsuccessful? | ||
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...that the T-43 tank was devised as a replacement to the Soviet T-34 medium tank, but was scrapped in favour of simply improving the armament of the T-34? | ||
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...that in order to demonstrate the versatility of the Holman Projector (pictured), a British anti-aircraft mortar, a trial was staged in front of Prime Minister Winston Churchill using a number of beer bottles as ammunition? | ||
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...that the Shell Service Station (pictured) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was chosen for the National Register of Historic Places as an example of folly architecture, and over $50,000 has been spent restoring it to its original condition? | ||
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...that the seemingly irrational composition of El Greco's painting Opening of the Fifth Seal (pictured) is a result of its having been trimmed by about two metres in 1880? | ||
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...that Providence, Ohio became a ghost town in the mid-nineteenth century after suffering both a catastrophic fire and a cholera epidemic? | ||
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...that the Västgötalagen (pictured), a text describing medieval provincial laws, is the oldest example of Early Swedish literature to survive in its entirety? | ||
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...that Anne Juliana Gonzaga became a Servant of Mary following the death of her husband, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria in 1595, after receiving a vision of the Madonna, to whom her parents had prayed to cure her of a childhood illness? | ||
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...that Forward Pass, an American Thoroughbred racehorse, was the only horse in the history of the Kentucky Derby to have been declared the winner as the result of a disqualification? | ||
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...that "Heavy Harry", (pictured) the only working example of the Victorian Railways H class, was the largest non-articulated steam locomotive ever built in Australia? | ||
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...that Macquarie University made its site's architect, Walter Abraham, a professor to give his opinions the same weight as those of the academic staff? | ||
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...that the basilica of Notre-Dame de Boulogne (picture) houses a fragment of a "miraculous" statue burned during the French Revolution? | ||
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...that the Irish Thoroughbred Noor was the first racehorse ever to defeat two U.S. Triple Crown champions? | ||
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...that according to Statistics Canada, 60% of Canada's population are White? | ||
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...that the summit of Ben More Assynt (pictured) is the highest point in the Scottish county of Sutherland? | ||
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...that because of its unique geology, a 230 hectare area of Rosthwaite Fell (pictured) in Cumbria, England was declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest in 1985? | ||
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...that Tsar Alexander II of Russia signed the Ems Ukaz, a decree banning official use of the "non-existent" Ukranian language, whilst enjoying a spa at Bad Ems, Germany? | ||
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...that the Thoroughbred racehorse Sarazen won the United States Horse of the Year Award for two consecutive years in the 1920s? | ||
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...that the Thanksgiving 1984 Nor'easter (pictured) deposited a 197-foot Venezuelan freighter in the backyard of a Palm Beach, Florida socialite, where it remained for several months? | ||
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...that the blood of the skink Prasinohaema virens is bright green, due to an accumulation of the bile pigment biliverdin? | ||
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...that the Onkochishinsho was the first Japanese language dictionary to collate words in the now-standard gojūon order? | ||
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...that the City of Amsterdam spent €160,000 on an unsuccessful soil sanitation program to save the Anne Frank Tree, one of the oldest chestnut trees in the area? | ||
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...that the only piece of the Palais Strousberg (pictured) to survive World War II, a set of gates bearing the British Coat of Arms, was incorporated into the modern British Embassy in Berlin? | ||
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...that instead of simply heating particles, the Migma fusion reactor uses small particle accelerators to initiate a fusion reaction? | ||
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...that while the engineering treatises of Italian Renaissance artist Taccola were widely copied and studied during his lifetime, printed copies were not made until the 1960s? | ||
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...that despite projections of producing four times as much power as it used in heating, the Riggatron fusion reactor was never built due to a lack of funding? | ||
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...that the South Australian Register was the first newspaper to be produced and distributed in South Australia? | ||
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...that the sound of the revving motorcycle in the Meat Loaf rock anthem "Bat out of Hell" is actually a recording of an electric guitar solo by producer Todd Rundgren? | ||
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...that former Queensland Health Minister Leisha Harvey served five months in prison for misappropriation of public funds during her tenure? | ||
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...that after a successful theatrical career spanning three decades, US actress Tittell Brune joined the Order of St Francis, remaining a sister until her death, aged 99? | ||
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...that Giulio Campagnola was the first engraver to use stippling in his works? | ||
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...that in 2003, German authorities foiled a plot by a neo-Nazi group to set off a bomb at the Ohel Jakob synagogue cornerstone ceremony? | ||
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...that after resigning from the Australian Liberal Party, politician Steven Pringle used his parliamentary privilege to launch a scathing attack on the far right faction of the party for their alleged branch stacking tactics? | ||
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...that engineering students from seventeen American universities have taken part in Challenge X (entrant pictured), a government-sponsored competition designed to guide students through the automotive design process? | ||
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...that American soldier Lucian Adams was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly destroying several enemy machine gun emplacements in World War II? | ||
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...that Jimmy Fratianno was the highest-ranking member of the Mafia to become an informant for the U.S. government until Sammy Gravano in 1991? | ||
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...that the Scouting song Ging Gang Goolie was deliberately written in gibberish so that Scouts from different countries could easily learn it without struggling with a language barrier? | ||
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...that the University of British Columbia Library (pictured) holds the largest collection of Asian-language materials in North America? | ||
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...that the breeding rights for the Thoroughbred racehorse Graustark sold for a record $2,400,000? | ||
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...that Agustin Ramos Calero was the second-most-decorated soldier in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II? | ||
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...that with over 3,000 participants, the 1884 Chichibu Incident was one of the largest peasant revolts of Japan's Meiji period? | ||
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...that the first print portrait produced in Europe of a living, identifiable person (pictured) was of artist Israhel van Meckenem and his wife Ida? | ||
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...that in 1992, a single marbled eel was sold in mainland China for $1,000? | ||
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...that Theo Osterkamp was the first German reconnaissance pilot to fly a land-based aircraft to England during World War I? | ||
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...that Richard Ferguson joined a gang of highwaymen after recognising the man robbing his stagecoach near London as a former acquaintance? | ||
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...that under the terms of the Bunbury Agreement, the English county of Cheshire would have remained neutral during the English Civil War? | ||
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...that Chicago politician Giuseppe Esposito was shot and killed in front of his family during the 1928 Republican Pineapple Primary? | ||
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...that Clontarf Aboriginal College in Australia has at various points in its history served as an orphanage, a convent, an RAAF training facility, a boarding school and a day school? | ||
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...that in the United Kingdom alone, over £60 million is spent annually on dealing with the effects of leaves on railroad tracks? | ||
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...that Thoroughbred racehorse Gallant Man lost the 1957 Kentucky Derby by a nose after his jockey stood up to celebrate? | ||
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...that together with the Treaty of Mendota, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ceded nearly 24 million acres of Sioux land to the United States in exchange for cash and annuities? | ||
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...that American novelist Tracy Quan once served as spokeswoman to the sex worker advocacy group Prostitutes of New York? | ||
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...that in 1850, the Harvard Musical Association, a charitable organization in Boston, raised over $100,000 for the construction of the Boston Music Hall (pictured) in under sixty days? | ||
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...that studies on whether nice guys finish last have been hindered by the social desirability bias? | ||
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...that American Thoroughbred Kingston won eighty-nine races, the most by any horse? | ||
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... that American World War II soldier David M. Gonzales was awarded the Medal of Honor (pictured) for digging out three comrades buried alive whilst under enemy fire? | ||
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...that one of only two natural populations of the critically endangered Kanab Ambersnail (pictured) is threatened by discharges from the Glen Canyon Dam? | ||
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...that the Japanese Sōshi-kaimei policy forced Koreans previously banned from using Japanese surnames to do so? | ||
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...that the commissioner of El Greco's Disrobing of Christ (pictured) tried to use the artist's inclusion of the three Marys to avoid paying the full fee? | ||
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...that the popular singer Pepe Marchena was credited with the creation of a new palo or flamenco musical form, called colombiana? | ||
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...that after World War II, the Czech urban legend of Pérák changed from a shadowy surprise attacker to a heroic figure of resistance against the Nazi occupation of Prague? | ||
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...that after an accident in his teens, Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveykov (pictured) had difficulty writing and speaking? | ||
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...that Texas oil tycoon Glenn McCarthy gained the nickname "King of the wildcatters" after striking oil thirty-eight times in ten years? | ||
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...that Canadian microbiologist John Dick was the first to isolate and identify a cancer stem cell? | ||
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...that Empress Zhang Yao'er refused to hand over control of China's Chen Dynasty until threatened with violence, as she hoped her captive son would be freed to take the throne? | ||
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...that many subatomic particles are constantly decaying into more stable lower-mass particles? | ||
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...that Marmoutier Abbey in France was destroyed four times between its construction in the 4th Century and the raising of a private school on its latest ruins? | ||
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...that the three universal Hindu icons are the Aum, the swastika (pictured), and the Sri Chakra Yantra? | ||
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...that Josquin des Prez's Miserere, a motet of Psalm 51, was hugely influential not only as a psalm setting, but as an example of how to approach the text of Infelix ego? | ||
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...that at 1,500,000 square feet, Willowbrook Mall is the second largest shopping mall in New Jersey? | ||
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...that American attorney Nicole Seligman represented both Lt. Colonel Oliver North during the Iran-Contra hearings and President Bill Clinton during his impeachment trial? | ||
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...that Nathaniel Butler introduced the first potato grown by Europeans in North America to Jamestown, Virginia? | ||
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...that the Upper South of the United States comprises the states which didn't secede from the Union until after the Battle of Fort Sumter? | ||
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...that the Riley started as a bicycle manufacturer in Coventry in 1890, and produced its last motorcar in 1969? | ||
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...that in his only armed clash with the police, bushranger James Alpin McPherson was unable to effectively return fire as his gun was loaded with blanks? | ||
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...that due to a lack of bilingual inscriptions, most knowledge of the Etruscan language has been derived using the combinatorial method? | ||
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...that the southern side of Mount Elden (pictured) in the state of Arizona was left almost entirely devoid of vegetation after a 4600-acre wildfire ran through the area in June 1977? | ||
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...that the first military decoration to use a medal bar was the British Sutlej Medal? | ||
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...that Bulgarian physicist Stefan Marinov claimed to have created a perpetual motion machine using only two ballraces and a car battery? | ||
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...that Winning Colors is one of only three fillies to this day to win the Kentucky Derby? | ||
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...that after the non-profit Internet service provider Public Netbase began supporting websites that opposed his political party, Austrian politician Jörg Haider accused the organisation of sponsoring child pornography? | ||
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...that Native Hawaiians used Mamane (pictured) wood for thatching poles, spades, spears, sled runners, firewood, symbols of authority and to ward off evil? | ||
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... that Harrison Thyng was one of only six US Air Force pilots to be recognized as an ace in two wars? | ||
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...that the Police Act 1964 gave the British Home Secretary the power to enact compulsory amalgamation of police forces in England and Wales? | ||
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...that Mary Jones walked 25 miles across the Welsh countryside to buy a copy of the Bible, unintentionally inspiring the creation of the British and Foreign Bible Society? | ||
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...that the Thing of all Swedes and the Disting market were held to coincide with Dísablót, a pre-Christian Swedish sacrificial holiday? | ||
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...that many countries afford journalists the right to protect their sources? | ||
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...that controversy has arisen over the interpretation of Robert Baden-Powell's opinions on religion in Scouting? | ||
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...that former Congolese general Laurent Nkunda was a psychology student before helping Laurent-Désiré Kabila to overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko? | ||
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...that Juan N. Méndez (pictured) took up the post of interim President of Mexico for three months to allow then-President Porfirio Díaz to personally lead his forces against a partisan uprising? | ||
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...that the first gay mass-market paperback focused on situational homosexuality and male rape in prison? | ||
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...that after being stripped of his aristocratic title after World War II, Prince Takeda Tsuneyoshi of Japan retired to raise racehorses on his estate? | ||
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...that the capture and forced march of Daniel M. Frost's militia through St. Louis, Missouri during the US Civil War ignited a citywide riot? | ||
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...that the first artistic billiards world tournament only used ivory balls? | ||
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...that Hermann Klaatsch was one of the first scientists to advocate a clear division between religion and physical anthropology? | ||
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...that American World War II veteran Alejandro R. Ruiz was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly assaulting and demolishing an enemy machine-gun pillbox? | ||
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...that the Larz Anderson Bonsai Collection in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts houses a Hinoki Cypress Tree that is over 250 years old? | ||
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...that Ruth Gruber was the first journalist to enter the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan? | ||
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...that the British Royal House of Stuart were descended from members of the Scottish Clan Stuart? | ||
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... that Rice Creek in Minnesota was named for Henry Rice, one of the first two U.S. Senators to represent the state? | ||
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...that the costume for the fairy Carabosse in the 1921 ballet The Sleeping Princess was designed to have the silhouette of a rat? | ||
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...that U.S. soldier Rodolfo P. Hernandez (pictured) was awarded the Medal of Honor after the Korean War for attacking and delaying an enemy regiment, alone and wounded? | ||
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...that in Arthurian legend, Brangaine inadvertently set the romance of Tristan and Iseult in motion by failing to protect the love potion entrusted to her? | ||
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...that during his lifetime, Radu Irimescu worked as a German naval officer, Romanian Air Force pilot, banker, businessman, government minister, and diplomat to the United States? | ||
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...that archaeological digs have greatly expanded knowledge of the history of Swindon, uncovering artefacts from separate Roman, Bronze and Iron Age settlements in the area? | ||
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...that owing to a fictitious 13th century account, St. Gratus of Aosta (pictured) is typically depicted carrying the head of John the Baptist? | ||
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...that George Temple-Poole designed many of the first permanent structures in the shanty towns built during Western Australia's gold rush? | ||
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...that the gates to Norwood Jewish Orphanage in London were destroyed to allow fire engines easier access to the grounds? | ||
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...that Igor Britanov captained the Soviet submarine K-219 when it sank northeast of Bermuda during the Cold War? | ||
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...that Les Wallace is the only left-handed BDO World Darts Champion? | ||
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...that the land around the Scottish mountain Canisp was purchased by a group of local residents for nearly £3m? | ||
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...that the death of Joseph Quinn prompted Bellevue Hospital of New York City to make significant improvements to its ambulance system? | ||
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...that controversy has arisen over whether Norway's Lysaker Station should be curved or straight? | ||
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...that while the fungus Apophysomyces is safe to handle, even a small amount entering the bloodstream can lead to a fatal mucormycosis infection? | ||
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...that 198 people were killed in an insurgent uprising in Mosul during the Iraq War? | ||
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...that Natural Bridge State Park holds the largest natural arch in Wisconsin? | ||
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...that after World War I, Istanbul was occupied by the Triple Entente in the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire? | ||
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...that U.S. soldier Louis R. Rocco single-handedly carried three comrades out of a burning helicopter under enemy fire, despite having burned hands, a broken wrist and a fractured hip? | ||
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...that Herbert Gutman co-founded the "new labor history" school of thought, which focuses on the effects that ordinary people have had on the history of labor? | ||
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...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg? | ||
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...that spray towers remove pollutants from exhaust gases by channeling them through a series of chemical sprays? | ||
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...that Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa of Japan was head of the Northern Alliance whilst serving as a Buddhist priest? | ||
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...that there has been a long history of activism at Ohio Wesleyan University (protest pictured), endorsed by the inaugural address of its first president? | ||
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...that Tussey Mountain in Pennsylvania has been designated as an Important Bird Area, as it is home to several raptor species during their spring migration? | ||
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...that calcific tendonitis causes significant pain when resting on or moving the shoulder? | ||
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...that Emily Dolvin was the first president of the Roswell Historical Society? | ||
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...that the Aklanon people of the Philippines trace their heritage to Austronesian-speaking immigrants from the Iron Age? | ||
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...that a commemorative album was released for the tenth death anniversary of hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur? | ||
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...that a subpeak of Derry Cairngorm holds the highest permanent body of water in Great Britain? | ||
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...that Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the second member of the Japanese Imperial Family to die during World War II? | ||
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...that the first comprehensive campaign of unionized labor was the subject of a 1979 Academy Award-winning film? | ||
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...that as they don't require fans, ejector venturi scrubbers are able to handle exhaust gases more corrosive or sticky than other systems can? | ||
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...that Remuh Synagogue (pictured) is the only functioning synagogue in Kraków, Poland? | ||
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...that Walter Hancock designed the first steam-powered bus to travel from London to Brighton? | ||
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...that Thoroughbred racehorse Arazi's victory over Bertrando has been described as the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history? | ||
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...that printmakers would sometimes deliberately change the state of an old master print to exploit the collector's market? | ||
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...that Luftwaffe ace Erich Rudorffer flew more than 1000 missions during World War II, and was shot down sixteen times by enemy flak and fighters? | ||
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...that the naval base at Key West, Florida was the last U.S. port to berth the USS Maine before an explosion on the ship precipitated the Spanish-American War? | ||
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...that Texas politician Maury Maverick, Jr. killed a bill to sentence convicted communists to death by adding a poison pill amendment to sentence suspected communists to life imprisonment? | ||
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...that Antonio Fontanesi (work pictured) was one of a trio of foreign artists chosen by the Meiji government to oversee Japan's first public art school? | ||
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...that Ye Htoon was the final director-general of the Burmese Scout Movement before the military junta disbanded it in 1964? | ||
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...that Graham Creek in California was a seasonal hunting and gathering ground for prehistoric Pomo and Wappo people? | ||
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...that U.S. judge Charles Crookham held a mock funeral for Roman numerals when they were retired from use in state pleadings? | ||
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...that venturi scrubbers uses the named effect explained by Bernoulli's principle to remove unwanted particles from an exhaust stream? | ||
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...that Mafioso Totò Riina eulogised Giuseppe Calderone as a great peacemaker, despite having been allegedly responsible for ordering his death? | ||
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...that the support that Australian author Mary Grant Bruce gave to racial stereotypes and social Darwinism in her books was redacted from later editions? | ||
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...that towns given specific meteorological warnings during storms are known as breakpoints? | ||
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...that snowmelt from the Carhuasanta travels farther than water from any other source to reach the mouth of the Amazon River? | ||
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...that Henry Percy was killed in a battle against Henry IV of England, whom he had helped to gain the Crown in a coup d'état? | ||
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...that Chiri Yukie prepared the first Japanese translations of several traditional Ainu yukar as a teenager? | ||
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...that the Department of State Lands is one of Oregon's oldest government agencies? | ||
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...that Broadway actress Evelyn Hoey was found shot dead in the bedroom of Henry H. Rogers's grandson in 1935? | ||
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...that only one horse in the International Special horse races was born outside the United States? | ||
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...that the 1952 attack on the Sui-ho Dam knocked out electrical power to North Korea for two weeks during the Korean War? | ||
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...that Italy mafioso Antonino Calderone (pictured) was the first pentito to provide details on Mafia operations in Catania? | ||
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...that New Zealand historian John Dunmore published a cookbook composed from 18th-century ship's logs, including recipes for stewed rat and albatross? | ||
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...that the house (pictured) used in the 1983 film A Christmas Story was auctioned online for $150,000? | ||
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...that as one of the three original members of the Royal Philatelic Society's Expert Committee, Edward B. Evans (pictured) edited most of the Society's early publications? | ||
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...that during the reign of the English Commonwealth, worshippers at St. Stephen Coleman Street seeking Communion had to first be approved by a committee partly staffed by signatories of Charles I's death warrant? | ||
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...that George Crichton's death in 1544 initiated a decade long quarrel over the position of Bishop of Dunkeld until the appointment of his nephew, Robert Crichton? | ||
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...that in the construction of the Via della Conciliazione (pictured), Benito Mussolini ordered the demolition of an entire Roman neighborhood, and the forcible eviction of its residents to settlements outside the city? | ||
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...that the California Maritime Academy has named three of its four training ships Golden Bear (third ship pictured) since 1946? | ||
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...that William P. Bryant presided over the first criminal trial in what is now the U.S. state of Washington? | ||
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...that Joseph Smith Jr. instructed that members of the Latter Day Saints' First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles should be accepted by the church as prophets, seers, and revelators? | ||
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...that Pedro Vuskovic's plan to move Chile's economy to a socialist model by democratic means led to runaway inflation and economic recession? | ||
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...that in 2005, the newly-upgraded RORO ferry Queen of Oak Bay lost power and crashed into a marina, damaging or destroying 22 other vessels? | ||
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...that in the Indian Gaarudi Gombe ceremonial dance, dancers are required to wear full-body doll-suits made of bamboo sticks? | ||
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...that the Tibetan Tree of physiology (pictured) thangka describes a detailed account of anatomical knowledge gained through ritual human dissection? | ||
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...that Georgian theatre director Kote Marjanishvili's use of puppetry in his adaptation of Oedipus Rex was inspired by a similar set-up in Edward Gordon Craig's 1911 adaptation of Hamlet? | ||
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...that on average, laying the track leading up to the final spike of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway cost $112,000 a mile? | ||
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...that the Defense Production Administration, a branch of the U.S. government set up to oversee defense production during wartime mobilization, was abolished after only two years? | ||
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...that the Center Region of Argentina produces 90% of the country's vegetable oil? | ||
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...that after an ultimatum by the Chicago White Stockings to pull his African American players from the active roster, baseball manager Charlie Morton put Moses Fleetwood Walker back on despite having given him time off for injuries? | ||
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...that Swindon's Link Centre (pictured) contains the tallest climbing wall in England? | ||
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...that the Judaic legal fiction of Prozbul protects both the poor and wealthy from the effects of the Sabbatical Year? | ||
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...that over four hundred 4000-year-old carved stone balls have been uncovered in archaeological digs in Scotland? | ||
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...that unemployment protection in Italy is guaranteed by the country's constitution? | ||
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...that William Moore was the earliest settler of Skagway, the famous gold rush town in the Klondike Gold Rush? | ||
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...that the autobiography of Italian sculptor Raffaello da Montelupo contains the only known contemporary reference to Michelangelo's natural left-handedness? | ||
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...that there are currently fifteen distinct police agencies enforcing law in Bosnia and Herzegovina? | ||
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...that Vädersolstavlan (pictured) is the oldest known painting of Stockholm? | ||
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...that almost 60% of Belfast's adult population regularly participate in one or more sports? | ||
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...that while the Short Knuckleduster gull-winged flying boat never entered military service, data from its handling and engine steam-cooling aided the design of Short's Empire and Sunderland aircraft? | ||
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...that Marshal Soult's last offensive against the Duke of Wellington's forces in the Peninsular War was lost before a single red coat could join the battle? | ||
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...that the snakeskin gourami is one of Thailand's five most important aquacultured freshwater species? | ||
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...that it is believed that Elizabeth I granted a temporary reprieve to the Catholic priest Richard Simpson to forestall invasion by Philip II of Spain? | ||
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...that the Minneapolis Domestic Violence Experiment led to the enactment of mandatory arrests, without warrants, when responding police had probable cause that domestic violence had occurred? | ||
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...that the Bede BD-4 (pictured) was the first homebuilt aircraft to be offered in kit form? | ||
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...that the burning of the Torah by Apostomus is noted in the Mishnah as one of five catastrophes to affect the Jews on the seventeenth of Tammuz? | ||
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...that Smoky Bay in South Australia was named so after the discoverer noticed large plumes of smoke from fires lit by the area's aboriginal people? | ||
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...that stockbooks (pictured) are often used by stamp collectors to store both postage stamps and other philatelic items such as plate blocks, miniature sheets, covers, and lettersheets? | ||
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...that to speed up patent cases, United States federal judge T. John Ward uses a chess clock to time opening and closing arguments? | ||
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...that Rīgas Satiksme is the largest provider of public transport in Riga? | ||
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...that the Naniwa class cruisers were the first protected cruisers designed in Japan? | ||
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...that Australian deputy judge advocate Richard Dore once ordered several hundred lashes be given to suspected Irish insurrectionists before a verdict had been made? | ||
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...that had it moved into production as scheduled, the Bede BD-10 would have been the world's first kit-built jet-powered general aviation aircraft? | ||
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...that factors affecting the preservation of textiles include ambient heat, light, and humidity, and the presence of pests, airborne chemicals and pollutants? | ||
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...that viable sperm has been extracted from cadavers? | ||
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...that the short film 5 Men and a Limo showcases the world's five most prolific English language film trailer voiceover artists narrating a shared limousine ride? | ||
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...that, owing to Henry Babson's selective breeding work, thousands of Arabian horses today have "Babson-influenced" bloodlines? | ||
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...that the site of a crashed JAS 39 Gripen fighter aircraft is now marked with a sculpture of a crumpled paper aeroplane? | ||
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...that when the roof of Dublin's Hellfire Club (pictured) blew off, locals attributed it to Satan's punishment for using a cairn as building material? | ||
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...that Aretas III commissioned the minting of the first silver Nabataean coins? | ||
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...that as part of Smirnoff vodka's Sea advertising campaign, parent company Diageo toured England with an installation capable of making saline or polluted water potable? | ||
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...that Lucas Bols is the oldest extant Dutch distillery? | ||
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...that the University of North Alabama's Rogers Hall (pictured) served as the headquarters for Confederate Army general Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1864? | ||
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...that the winnings from the 1975 Yellow Sam betting coup were paid out in the form of over a hundred sacks of IR£1 notes? | ||
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...that the Jacobin revolutionary André Antoine Bernard (pictured) changed his given name to Pioche-fer ("Pickaxe") after his name day within the Revolutionary Calendar? | ||
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...that Scotland Yard introduced the murder bag forensics kit after a police officer was reported to have scooped chunks of flesh from a murder victim into a bucket with his bare hands? | ||
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...that one of the television advertisements from the Good things come to those who wait Guinness advertising campaign was voted the "Best ad of all time" by the British public? | ||
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...that the 1994 Guinness television advertisement Anticipation used jump cutting techniques to make an actor appear to be performing a physically impossible dance? | ||
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...that in 2007, Phil Collins' 1981 hit In the Air Tonight reached Number 13 in the UK Singles Chart after appearing in Cadbury's Gorilla advertising campaign? | ||
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...that noitulovE, a cinema and television advertising campaign for Guinness draught stout, won more awards than any other commercial worldwide in 2006? | ||
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...that Dove's Evolution is the first entry to win two Grand Prix awards at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival? | ||
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...that Napoleon Bonaparte presented the Napoleon Diamond Necklace (pictured) to his wife to celebrate the birth of his son, Napoleon II? | ||
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...that the first recorded owner of the Spanish Inquisition Necklace (pictured) was an Indian Maharaja? | ||
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... that the acceptance of a Cannes Gold Lion by the art director for Nike's Pretty television ad marked the first time the award was given to a Lebanese person? | ||
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...that that the Stella Artois television advertisement Good Doctor won more awards than any other television campaign in 2002? | ||
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...that in Disney's animated film The Story of Menstruation, the flow is snow white? | ||
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...that Cut, a 2009 ad designed to promote domestic violence awareness, was deemed too violent to appear on British television? | ||
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... that the 2006 Honda ad Cog won more awards than any other advertisement in history? | ||
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... that scenes from the 2009 advertisement Carousel were used in the music video for 50 Cent's single "Ok, You're Right"? | ||
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... that Mountain, a 2003 advertisement for the PlayStation 2 video game console, was nominated for more than 40 awards? | ||
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... that the materials used in the production of a Škoda Fabia car (pictured) in 2007 included margarine and orange sugar paste? | ||
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... that the Hooker Emerald (pictured) was used for a belt buckle by an Ottoman Sultan? | ||
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... that during The Trillion Dollar Campaign, The Zimbabwean newspaper put up billboards printed on genuine Zimbabwean banknotes? | ||
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... that despite being shown only three times in its entirety, the TV ad Old Lions is credited with increasing sales of Carlsberg lager in the UK by over four hundred percent? | ||
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... that Space Chair holds the world record for the highest, high-definition TV commercial? | ||
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... that for the What's it going to take? advertising campaign, celebrities such as Anna Friel and Fern Britton were made up to appear to have been the victims of domestic abuse? | ||
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... that the jury at the 2003 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival took longer to award the Grand Prix to Lamp than any other commercial in the festival's history? | ||
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... that the Hovis advertisement Go On Lad compresses 122 years of British history into 122 seconds? | ||
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... that scenes for the 2009 television advertisement The Life were filmed inside the cooling tower of an active nuclear power station? | ||
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... that Toshiba's 2008 television advertisement Time Sculpture holds the world record for the highest number of moving-image cameras used in a composite shot? | ||
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... that Nike's 2001 Tag ad campaign was voted one of the top ten advertisements of the decade by Campaign magazine? | ||
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... that Thomas C. Molesworth designed furniture for the houses of the Rockefeller family and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower? | ||
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... that John Lawson Walton's defence in an 1896 libel case led to the largest damages awarded by a British jury to that date? | ||
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... that comedian Bob Hope, U.S. President Gerald Ford and, according to the Washington Post, every great African American professional golfer except Tiger Woods have played at Langston Golf Course? | ||
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... that, as of 2008, over 95% of urban Burkina Faso has access to improved water sources? | ||
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... that Dimitry Laptev worked for Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union under different names? | ||
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... that to secure sponsorship for his TV show, New York-based host Jake Sasseville talked his way onto a local broadcast 700 miles away, so he would be seen by executives at his target's headquarters? | ||
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... that Neil Gardner holds the sixth-fastest recorded time for a Jamaican 400 m hurdler? | ||
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... that the Royal Navy first trained pilots in 1911, in borrowed Short S.27 aircraft? | ||
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... that the long-nosed god maskettes (pictured) found throughout the American Midwest are believed to have been used in the ritual adoption of visiting tribal leaders? | ||
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... that New Mexican bureaucrat Nicolas de Aguilar was exiled for ordering Christian natives to participate in traditional Kachina dances? | ||
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... that the only production of Don Quixote in a non-German speaking country was in Moscow in 1911? | ||
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... that tomatoes were the first commercially available genetically modified food? | ||
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... that on 12 December 1782, a single British frigate defeated five enemy ships (battle pictured), taking two as prizes? | ||
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... that, in 1902, SS Doric brought over 33,000 pounds (15,000 kg) of opium to San Francisco, the largest such shipment to that date? | ||
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... that, for protesting the Trial of the Four, Russian academic Grigory Pomerants was barred from defending his thesis at the Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies? | ||
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... that Rena Kubota has been crowned world champion at the previous two Women's Shoot Boxing Tournaments? | ||
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... that, after investing enough money to create a Million Dollar Backfield for the Chicago Cardinals, the team's owner died before he could see it defeat its championship rival? | ||
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... that Catherine Chipembere was the first woman elected to the Malawi Parliament? | ||
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... that European traders originally called the Nembe Kingdom "Brass", after the local phrase for turning down a trade? | ||
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... that Jennifer Love Hewitt enthused about decorating her vulva with crystal glass while promoting her book The Day I Shot Cupid? | ||
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... that the Ottoman replacement of Albanian-speaking pashas in 1844 led to a rebellion? | ||
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... that Zuhal Sultan founded the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq at the age of 17? | ||
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... that the Siderno Group has been involved in the movement of narcotics across three continents? | ||
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... that the designer of the Wag-Aero CUBy aircraft flew one to 20,000 ft to show that it would not suffer vapor lock from using automotive fuel as a power source? | ||
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... that the educational practice of teaching to the test has been criticised for excluding creative and abstract-thinking skills? | ||
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... that the first American performance of Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci was conducted by Gustav Hinrichs with Giuseppe Campanari singing the role of Tonio? | ||
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... that after the Battle of Landriano, the French monarch Francis I was forced to concede defeat in the War of the League of Cognac? | ||
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... that, after being rejected for the American Idol talent show, Ian David Benardo demanded to see panel judge Simon Cowell's work visa? | ||
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... that Flight from Folly is one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most-Wanted Films"? | ||
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... that, by the end of the 20th century, the Peachtree Presbyterian megachurch had the largest Presbyterian congregation of any church in the United States? | ||
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... that proteins from pokeweed have shown antiviral properties? | ||
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... that after a journalist published an article criticising the leadership of Nigeria's Rivers State, the governor's aide-de-camp ordered that he be caned and have his head shaven with an old blade? | ||
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... that the Edumanom Forest Reserve is the last known chimpanzee habitat in the Niger Delta? | ||
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... that the first salvage license granted by South Carolina was for the wreckage of the SS Georgiana? | ||
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... that Cape Town's Chavonnes Battery once served as a prison along with a quarantine and convalescent wing of the old Somerset Hospital (pictured)? | ||
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... that the Andrew Jackson was one of only two square-rigged ships to sail from New York City to San Francisco in under ninety days? | ||
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... that psychologists have theorised that people interpret sensory information that their brains can easily process as beautiful? | ||
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... that critics debate whether the differences between Thomas Eakins' two portraits of Mary Adeleine Williams (second portrait pictured) are the result of an affair between the pair? | ||
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... that there is only a single extant example of the K-5 Air Coach aircraft? | ||
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... that Zhuge Shuang rose from a street beggar to a military governor of the Tang Dynasty? | ||
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... that to maintain a low profile for their appearances at the Hampton Coliseum, the rock band Grateful Dead asked to appear on the billing as Formerly the Warlocks? | ||
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... that members of the public are encouraged to climb and rearrange pieces of the Family sculpture in front of the Federal Building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin? | ||
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... that the Special Survey system allowed people to purchase areas of the Port Phillip District in New South Wales for as little as £1 per acre? | ||
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... that the Sopwith Cobham triplane bomber was the only twin-engine aircraft built by the Sopwith Aviation Company? | ||
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... that George W. Rice was the only Canadian in the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition to the Canadian Arctic? | ||
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... that Samuel Colt only began producing the Colt Model 1878 double action revolver (pictured) over twenty years after his patent on the design had expired? | ||
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... that despite a warning by Field Marshal Michael von Melas that the man had "a soul as black as his countenance", Heinrich von Bellegarde retained Anton von Zach as Chief of Staff? | ||
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... that, hoping to cut off the Dalmatian coast from Croatia, Yugoslav and Serbian forces attacked the city of Šibenik for six days in 1991? | ||
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... that a "temporary" regent of Nigeria's Idoani Confederacy ended up ruling the state for over 14 years, as the chiefs couldn't agree on the succession? | ||
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... that plans to restore the derelict Leah's Yard in Sheffield, England, have been put on hold because of government budget cuts? | ||
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... that, earlier this month, Leon Baptiste won England's first gold medal for sprinting at the Commonwealth Games in over a decade? | ||
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... that Ekgmowechashala was the only North American genus of primate during the Late Oligocene? | ||
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... that after the Paris Exposition of 1867, the London Times referred to the works of Antoine Samuel Adam-Salomon (self-portrait pictured) as "the finest photographic portraits in the world"? | ||
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... that Sofie is the first surgical robot to return tactile information back to the operating surgeon? | ||
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... that Dinesh Dhamija went from selling tickets in a London tube station kiosk to a net worth of over £100m? | ||
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... that Francis M. Fesmire of the University of Tennessee College of Medicine won an Ig Nobel Prize for research on treating hiccups with digital rectal massage? | ||
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... that, according to the Dallas Morning News, William Madison McDonald was "probably Texas' first black millionaire"? | ||
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... that English football captain Bobby Moore was accused of stealing a bracelet in Bogotá, Colombia, during the run-up to the 1970 FIFA World Cup? | ||
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... that Ching Chong Song topped a poll in The Village Voice as the "Worst Band Name in New York"? | ||
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... that the dumping of slag into Kilbirnie Loch by the local ironworks unearthed a set of logboats and a crannóg? | ||
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... that Harry Thorneycroft was the first British Labour candidate to receive a letter of support from Winston Churchill and other leaders of the coalition government? | ||
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... that Cologne's Museum für Angewandte Kunst (pictured) houses over 100,000 pieces of applied art? | ||
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... that the first captain of Derbyshire County Cricket Club fled the United Kingdom after the club's captain in 1890 discovered embezzlement of £1000 from the club's coffers? | ||
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... that William Rule published the first comprehensive history of the American city of Knoxville? | ||
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... that Norman O. Houston co-founded what was, in 1945, the largest business west of the Mississippi owned by an African American? | ||
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... that the Church of St Edmund in Rochdale is unique among English churches for its overt Masonic symbolism? | ||
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... that Entrepreneur magazine dubbed Michael Sedge "the wizard of marketing"? | ||
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... that, despite being ejected from the "boot camp" stage of the Popstars talent show, Warren Stacey was signed by an American record label and went on to support Destiny's Child in concert? | ||
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... that "Smoke and Mirrors", the season-two finale of the BAFTA Award-winning TV series Spooks, was watched by over a third of the British television audience? | ||
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... that after Joe C. Carr enlisted during World War II, his wife took on his role as Tennessee Secretary of State, becoming the first female constitutional officer in the state? | ||
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... that a horse was added to the buttock of the central figure of The Street Enters the House as a nod to the artist's earlier work? | ||
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... that mezzo-soprano Débria Brown (pictured) created the role of Tituba in the world premiere of Robert Ward's Pulitzer-winning opera, The Crucible, at the New York City Opera in 1961? | ||
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... that Jameel Sayhood was shot down by Cesar Rodriguez mere minutes after achieving one of the few Iraqi aerial victories of the Gulf War? | ||
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... that Elizabeth Knollys (pictured) served as Maid of Honour to Elizabeth I of England? | ||
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... that Shamkir reservoir is the second largest reservoir in the Caucasus? | ||
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... that a 1967 appeal by Felix Ziegel on Soviet television led to citizens submitting a barrage of supposed unidentified flying object sightings? | ||
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... that, during the height of the Cold War, the Canadian government drew up plans for mass arrests of communists and crypto-communists? | ||
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... that Anita Martinez was the first Mexican American woman to serve on the city council of Dallas, Texas? | ||
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... that the Cold War led nations to subsidise foreign exchange programs to encourage student migration from developing countries? | ||
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... that Reginald Laurence Scoones was the last British military commander in the Sudan Defence Force? | ||
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... that James Turrell's art installations Stuck Red and Stuck Blue create an optical illusion which seems to collapse the room they occupy into a single plane? | ||
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|... that to secure a guilty verdict, Dominick Sarsfield, Chief Justice of the Irish Common Pleas, urged jurors to beat the lone dissenter into submission?
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|... that the Alaskan Baird Mountains were named for the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution?
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|... that nuclear magnetic resonance crystallography can be used to explore features of microcrystalline formation too fine to be seen through X-ray diffraction, neutron, or electron diffraction?
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|... that cycloids' are believed to have been driven to extinction when crabs spread across their territory?
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|... that the Zagreb School of Economics and Management is the largest private institute for higher education in Croatia?
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|... that Jane Austen's brother, Francis, captured two French merchant ships and fought off their escorts while captaining the sloop-of-war HMS Peterel?
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|... that after receiving a letter during the 1702 Siege of Nöteborg, Peter the Great offered the defending officers' wives safe passage, if they took their husbands with them?
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|... that after a series of austerity measures were voted down in the Portuguese parliament in March 2011, Prime Minister José Sócrates resigned and called for a legislative election?
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|On April 4, 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Minnette Gersh Lenier, which you nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
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|... that Minnette Gersh Lenier used stage magic to teach remedial reading?
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|On April 4, 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John R. Isbell, which you nominated. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.
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|... that John R. Isbell] was the primary contributor to the mathematical theory of uniform spaces?
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