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-{{*mp}}...that the [[Royal Navy]] [[destroyer]] '''[[HMS Quail (G45)|HMS ''Quail'']]''' ''(pictured)'' was [[naval mine|mined]] in November 1943, but did not sink until May 1944?
+{{*mp}}...that [[Paul Salamunovich]], choir director since 1949 at '''[[St. Charles Borromeo Church (North Hollywood)|St. Charles Borromeo Church]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California|North Hollywood]], has also conducted choirs for dozens of feature films, including ''[[The Devil's Advocate (film)|The Devil's Advocate]]''?
+{{*mp}}...that a '''[[Merkel cell polyomavirus|novel human polyomavirus]]''' is associated with [[Merkel cell cancer|Merkel cell carcinoma]], a rare and highly aggressive form of [[skin cancer]]?
-{{*mp}}...that the Adipose in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "'''[[Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)|Partners in Crime]]'''" were based on a stuffed toy that writer [[Russell T Davies]] owned?
+{{*mp}}...that '''[[Thaba Bosigo]]''', a [[Basotho]] stronghold in [[Lesotho]], was the only fortress to remain impregnable during the '''[[Free State-Basotho War]]s'''?
-{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Ligonier Valley Railroad]]'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s reliance on verbal orders resulted in a [[head-on collision]] between a [[freight train]] and a train carrying partygoers?
+{{*mp}}...that political opponents of [[Governor of Kentucky|Kentucky governor]] '''[[Thomas Metcalfe (US politician)|Thomas Metcalfe]]''' nicknamed him "Old Stone Hammer" because they felt his previous work as a [[stonemason]] was a background unbecoming a governor?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[Jessie Vasey]]''' was helping [[Australia]]n war widows before she became one herself when [[George Alan Vasey|her husband, George]], died in an air crash?
-{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Samnite (gladiator type)|Samnite]]''' [[gladiator]] type likely went out of fashion in [[Ancient Rome]] when the people of [[Samnium]], whom it was intended to mock, became assimilated into the [[Roman Empire]]?
+{{*mp}}...that the '''[[SS Assyrian|SS ''Assyrian'']]''' started life as a [[Germany|German]] [[merchant ship]] in the [[First World War]] and ended it as [[United Kingdom|British]] merchant in the [[Second World War]]?
-{{*mp}}...that [[Ireland|Irish]] computer [[programmer]] '''[[Gavin Walsh]]''' owns the world's largest collection of [[Sex Pistols]] records and [[memorabilia]]?
+{{*mp}}...that despite being called the "[[Aladdin|Aladdin's Castle]] of [[George Francis Train]]," the '''[[Cozzens House Hotel]]''' in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] operated for only four years before sitting empty for several more?
+{{*mp}}...that 39% of [[Israel]]i schoolchildren watch the educational television program '''''[[Bli Sodot]]''''' in their classroom?
-{{*mp}}...that the use of multiple strains of [[rhizobacteria]] as composite '''[[microbial inoculant]]s''' has been shown to benefit the cultivation of [[Crop (agriculture)|crops]] such as [[rice]] and [[barley]]?
-{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Birhor people]]''' are a [[Tribe|tribal]] forest people, traditionally [[nomad|nomadic]], living primarily in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of  [[Jharkhand]]?
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