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-[[File:Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Car - Dayton - kingsley - 12-29-08.jpg|100x100px|The Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Car prototype|alt=A large, dull red railcar on four sets of wheels sits on a short section of track]]
+[[File:Simosuchus BW.jpg|100x100px|Life restoration of Simosuchus|alt=A green reptile with a short, wide head and an open mouth]]
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+{{*mp}}... that the [[Late Cretaceous]] [[crocodile]] relative '''''[[Simosuchus]]''''' ''(restoration pictured)'' ate plants and had a [[pug]]-nosed snout?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Peacekeeper Rail Garrison Car]]''' ''(pictured)'' was designed not only to hide the [[MGM-118 Peacekeeper]] [[ICBM]] from [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] attack but also to act as a platform for launching the missile?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Jeremiah Dummer (silversmith)|Jeremiah Dummer]]''' (1643–1718) was the first American-born [[silversmith]]?
-{{*mp}}... that there were numerous complaints from the contestants over dead rats and appliances floating at the '''[[Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics|venue]]''' for the [[Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics|sailing competitions]] at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]] in [[Barcelona]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the new '''[[Royal Enfield Fury]]''' 500cc single is the first [[Royal Enfield]] [[motorcycle]] in 40 years with twin exhaust pipes?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Seattle]]'s historic counterculture coffeehouse, the '''[[Last Exit on Brooklyn]]''', was a noted chess venue frequented by grandmasters [[Peter Biyiasas]] and [[Yasser Seirawan]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Lympha]]''' is an [[Religion in ancient Rome|ancient Roman deity]] of [[fresh water]]?
+{{*mp}}... that it was not until the [[Fair Housing Act]] of 1968 that '''[[Housing discrimination (United States)|housing discrimination in the United States]]''' became illegal?
+{{*mp}}... that according to a study by the [[International Committee of the Red Cross]], the '''[[civilian casualty ratio]]''' in wars fought since the mid-20th century has been 10 civilian deaths for every soldier death?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Bill Mizeur]]''' never [[Batting average|batted]] under .300 until his 14th season in [[professional baseball]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the home of [[Danish people|Danish]] [[Captain (nautical)|sea captain]]
-{{*mp}}... that one design for a '''[[flight deck cruiser]]''' was described as a cross between a {{sclass|Brooklyn|light cruiser}} and the [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Wasp|CV-7|6}}?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Rosendale trestle]]''', once the highest [[Span (architecture)|span]] bridge in the [[United States]], was sold in 1986 for one [[United States dollar|dollar]]?
+'''[[Cornelius Jensen]]''' on the '''[[Jensen Alvarado Ranch]]''' is the oldest non-[[adobe]] structure in [[California]]'s [[Inland Empire (California)|Inland Empire]]?
+{{*mp}}... that both '''[[Joe Matthews (politician)|Joe Matthews]]''' and his [[Z. K. Matthews|father]] were charged with and acquitted of [[Treason Trial|treason]] in 1956?
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