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• ... that a verse from the Hindu text Maha Upanishad which regards the entire world as a family is engraved in the hall of the Parliament of India?
• ... that bass-baritone Louis D'Angelo sang in the world premieres of seven operas at the Metropolitan Opera, including Puccini's Gianni Schicchi?
• ... that during the Napoleonic occupation of the Principality of Erfurt, the French introduced street lighting and a tax on foreign horses to pay for maintaining the road surface?
• ... that in 1929 John Watson became Solicitor General for Scotland in the UK's second Labour government, despite not being a member of the party?