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-[[Image:Russula Aurea.JPG|100x100px|Russula aurea]]
+[[Image:Holacanthus passer.jpg|100x100px|Passer Angelfish]]
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+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Passer Angelfish]]''' ''(pictured)'' undergoes large changes in coloration during its transition from [[juvenile (organism)|juvenile]] to [[sexual maturity|sexually mature]], going from bright orange, yellow, and blue to a drab brownish-black color?
-{{*mp}}... that the yellow flesh of the edible mushroom '''''[[Russula aurea]]''''' ''(pictured)'' distinguishes it from the peppery-tasting and inedible [[Russula emetica|sickener]]?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Marilyn Roman]]''' was the first female [[List of mayors of Jersey City|Mayor]] of [[Jersey City, New Jersey]]?
+{{*mp}}... that [[law professor]] and [[Tobacco litigation|anti-tobacco activist]] '''[[John F. Banzhaf III]]''' started his career as an [[electrical engineer]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Zoo Melaka|Melaka Zoo]]''' is the second-largest [[zoo]] in [[Malaysia]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Ryazan miracle]]''' in 1959 was an apparent tripling of [[Agriculture in the Soviet Union|agricultural production]] in the [[Soviet Union]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the sudden collapse of the '''[[Pemberton Mill]]''' was one of the worst [[industrial accident]]s in [[American history]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Barcol hardness test]]''' was developed during [[World War II]] for the [[United States Army Air Corps|U.S. Army Air Corps]] to check that airplane [[rivet]]s had not been sabotaged?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Manila Grand Opera House]]''' also served as a [[theater]], [[house|residence]], [[movie theater|cinema]] and [[nightclub]] before its original building was demolished and re-constructed as a [[hotel]]?
-{{*mp}}... that young people are more literate in '''[[Hakha-Chin language|Hakha Chin]]''' than their elder counterparts?
+{{*mp}}... that [[Union Army]] officials offered [[United States dollar|US$]]5,000 for the [[Scalping|scalp]] of '''[[Cherokee in the American Civil War|Confederate Cherokee]]''' [[William Holland Thomas]]?
-{{*mp}}... that in 1922, the [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] [[Chicago Police Department|Police Department]] attempted to [[frameup|frame]] local [[trade union|labor]] leader '''[[Fred Mader]]''' for [[murder]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[delay certificate]]s''' issued by [[Rail transport|railway]] companies in [[Japan]] and [[Germany]] to passengers for tardy trains are considered valid reasons by superiors for reporting late to school or work?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Least Killifish]]''' is the smallest fish found in [[North America]]?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Steve Brye]]''', in his first and only season as a [[Starting lineup|starting]] [[outfielder]] in [[Major League Baseball]], led the [[Minnesota Twins]] in [[double (baseball)|double]]s?
+{{*mp}}... that when the [[namesake]] of [[Yardley, Pennsylvania]], '''[[William Yardley]],''' moved from [[England]] to [[Pennsylvania]] in 1682, he took with him 40 [[pound]]s (18 [[kilogram]]s) of shoes?
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