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- ... that 90 years after Beatrice Alexander (pictured) founded the Alexander Doll Company, the company issued a doll in her likeness, priced at US$1,499.95?
- ... that proteins from a bacterium toxic to pests have been incorporated into crop plants for biological pest control?
- ... that in 2000, Lloyds Bank RFC's ground was sold by Lloyds TSB, which meant the club had to groundshare with a rival bank?
- ... that V. S. Sangwan developed a treatment protocol for corneal injuries using cultured limbal stem cells?
- ... that Turkish journalist Erol Önderoğlu, a campaigner for freedom of the press, was arrested for spreading "terrorism propaganda" in favor of the Kurdistan Workers' Party?
- ... that the German cities of Duisburg, Essen, and Kiel all had their populations increase five-fold or more between 1875 and 1910?
- ... that conquistador Pedro de Portocarrero founded the first Spanish colonial town within the territory of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas?
- ... that Arlington, Washington, was locally known as the "Shingle Capital of the World"?