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Bill Ponsford (1900–1991) was an Australian cricketer, the only player to twice break the world record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket. Predominantly playing as an opening batsman, he formed a successful and long-lived partnership opening the batting for Victoria and Australia with Bill Woodfull, his friend and state and national captain. Aside from Brian Lara, he is the only man to score 400 runs in an innings on two occasions. Ponsford holds the Australian record for a partnership in Test cricket, set in 1934 in combination with Don Bradman—the man who broke many of Ponsford's other individual records. Despite being heavily built, Ponsford was quick on his feet and renowned as one of the finest ever players of spin bowling. His bat, much heavier than the norm and nicknamed "Big Bertha", allowed him to drive powerfully and he possessed a strong cut shot. However, critics questioned his ability against fast bowling, and the hostile short-pitched English bowling in the Bodyline series of 1932–33 was a contributing factor in his early retirement from cricket a year and a half later. (more...)

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... that the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego National Park in Argentina is named after the British ship Beagle (pictured), which sailed with the explorer Charles Darwin in 1833–34?
... that the debut album by American singer-songwriter Lotti Golden was listed by New York Times music critic Nat Hentoff as one of the most influential albums of the late 1960s?
... that the city of Ajdabiya, newly recaptured by Libyan rebels, was founded as a staging post on the crossroads of two key trading routes?
... that the Franciscan Church in Zamość was among the largest churches in 17th-century Poland?
... that as a senior, basketball player Pete Padgett received the Doc Martie Award, given annually to the University of Nevada's top male athlete?
... that the neo-realist film A Berlin Romance is a strong critique of the obsession with consumer goods and the Americanization of mid-1950s Berlin?
... that Isaac Perrins, an 18th-century bareknuckle prizefighter, was described as "the knock-kneed hammerman from Soho"?

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... that although the nuclear policy of the United States regulates the nuclear energy industry more strictly than most others, there have been 52 incidents (Three Mile Island cleanup pictured) costing an estimated $8.56 billion?
... that just one day after arrest, Lithuanian partisan commander Adolfas Ramanauskas was transferred to a hospital in a critical condition with a punctured eye and missing testicles?
... that the decorative, "humpbacked" Chamberlain Bridge in Barbados, named after British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain, replaced an older bridge destroyed by the Great Hurricane of 1898?
... that George Johnstone was a Royal Navy officer, an MP, a director of the East India Company, a member of the Carlisle Peace Commission and the first Governor of West Florida?
... that Marino Murillo, the former Minister of Economy and Planning of Cuba, believes the Cuban economic system is too paternalistic and supports the creation of a small-scale private market?
... that the unauthorized use of data from the National Register of Electors, the permanent database of eligible Canadian voters, can carry a penalty of a year in prison?
... that Acid-Fest, a professional wrestling memorial show for Trent Acid, featured one of the largest battle royals ever held?

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... that Henry Seidel Canby compared the ruins of Isabella Furnace (pictured) to a 12th-century Persian mosque?
... that cadet Francis A. Dales began Operation Pedestal on an American merchant ship, continued on a British destroyer, and ended it on an American tanker requisitioned and manned by a British crew?
... that by winning the 1979 Gillette Cup Final, Somerset County Cricket Club won their first trophy since forming 104 years earlier?
... that the documentary film Berlin im Aufbau has historical significance in that it documents the first phase of the rebuilding of the destroyed city of Berlin after World War II?
... that Penally Abbey in Pembrokeshire is believed to have been founded by Saint Teilo in the 6th century?
... that although the despot of Valona John Komnenos Asen plundered a Venetian ship in 1350, he became a Venetian citizen three years later?
... that in the Fringe episode "The Ghost Network", the writers wanted guest actor Zak Orth to shave his head in preparation for a scene, but he successfully "begged" them not to?

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