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- ... that the Austin J. Tobin Plaza (pictured) was destroyed in the September 11 attacks, but one of the sculptures on it survived?
- ... that in 1884 Motibai Kapadia's father allowed her to study alongside men in India?
- ... that in the late 1940s the steam tug Brent removed war-related debris, including naval mines, from the River Thames?
- ... that Lorena Peril, who once cleaned toilets at a nursing home, beat out over 3,000 people to sing the national anthem for the San Francisco 49ers?
- ... that Mohammad Bhar, a Palestinian man with Down syndrome and autism, died following a dog attack in the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war?
- ... that Héctor Germán Oesterheld repurposed his initial plans for a sequel of the comic The Eternaut as a novel?
- ... that Helen Hornbeck Tanner was part of a major case supporting the Ojibwe before the Supreme Court of the United States while in her 80s?
- ... that the title of the documentary Wolfman's Got Nards is derived from a memorable line in the 1987 film The Monster Squad?
- ... that USA Boxing's head coach said that Olympian Jajaira Gonzalez's return to boxing was "like Lazarus coming back from the dead"?