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- ... that after awarding a controversial goal in the 1902 FA Cup Final, referee Tom Kirkham took refuge in a broom cupboard to evade angry goalkeeper William "Fatty" Foulke (pictured)?
- ... that the Moriguchi Route in Osaka has a mini rest area on one of its entrance ramps?
- ... that the unveiling of Michelle Obama’s official portrait surprised Michelle Smith with the news that a gown from her collection had been chosen for the sitting?
- ... that the Marri rose in rebellion in Balochistan in 1918 because they heard rumours of British defeats in the First World War?
- ... that Jean Ritchie formed her own record label "out of self-defense" following distribution problems with None But One?
- ... that Anna Hájková says her research into LGBT people and the Holocaust "shows a more complex, more human, and more real society beyond monsters and saints"?
- ... that the parasitic wasp Diadegma semiclausum can help to control the diamondback moth, a pest that has become resistant to many insecticides?
- ... that John R. Casani used to carry the Pioneer 3 and Pioneer 4 spacecraft in a suitcase?