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- ...that the famous black-and-white striped shirts of Juventus were based on the kit of English Notts County, replacing the club's initial pink and black colours in 1903?
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- ...that Thomas Creede printed ten editions of William Shakespeare's plays, several of them poorly-written bad quartos?
- ...that even though the beginning?
- ...that any two friends who live together more than three years may be legally considered partners in an adult interdependent relationship in Alberta, just like spouses in a common-law marriage?
- ...that Xerxes' expedition to Greece?
- ...that south Louisiana and lived in the swamp?
- ...that the proposed underground car park at the northern end of Calcuttaand is located in a heritage zone?
- ...that the launch of the protected cruiser Chitose in 1898, one of the few ships in the Imperial Japanese Navy built by the United States, was filmed by Thomas Edison?
- ...that syndicalist One Big Union kept itself alive for some time by running an illegal lotteryin its weekly bulletin?
- ...that the planned S$2.5 billion for the 5-kilometreroute?
- ...that United States Indian Agent Felix St. Vrain had his head, hands, feet and heart removed during the St. Vrain massacre?
- ...that the writer and actor, Polish Jews"?
- ...that demolishing an opponent in a debate?
- ...that Hindu priesthood in Bali?
- ...that the Cambodian clothing by strictly prohibiting brightly colored clothing and forcing all Khmer people to wear a checkered krama (pictured)?
- ...that the St. Eugene Mine in Moyie, British Columbia produced ten million dollars worth of ore between 1895 and 1905 and was considered to be the most important silver–lead mine in Canada?
- ...that Admiral Louis R. de Steiguer was a legendary disciplinarian and martinet whose funeral instructions directed his former flag secretary to bury him with his hindquarters facing the Pentagon?
- ...that the Treaty of Yandaboo?
- ...that the siege of Yakut Revolt and the Russian Civil War?
- ...that singer Larry Stewart originally moved to Nashville, Tennessee in search of a career in baseball, but instead ended up as the lead singer of country-pop band Restless Heart?
- ...that the coach in which National Coach Museum in Lisbon?
- ...that the date of the feast day?
- ...that in 1926, author Model T Fordcalled "Zenobia"?
- ...that some subfamily Glanapteryginae live exclusively in sand?
- ...that just as there is a "Fifth Beatle", Phillip Wilcher is called the "fifth Wiggle" for leaving The Wiggles shortly before they became Australia's highest grossing entertainers?
- ...that writer and publisher creationist who blames environmental problems on the "waste" of studying evolution?
- ...that Kingdom of Brycheiniog to England?
- ...that the great-granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, Leela Gandhi, is a senior lecturer at La Trobe University in the English program?
- ...that the two versions of an oil by Ford Madox Brown, were painted just five years apart?
- ...that on King of Aragon, earning Charles the affectionate moniker roi du chapeau (king of the hat)?
- ...that Ed Trice, creator of the chess variant known as Gothic Chess, helped Jonathan Schaeffer solve the game of checkers, the most complex game ever solved?
- ...that the Australian Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of NSW and ACT?
- ...that all four deaths in the thirty annual Chicago Marathons have occurred in the last ten years?
- ...that when African American transgender woman, was murdered, the medical examiner immediately labeled it a homicide, but the Philadelphia policetook over a month to do so?
- ...that Jeffrey Pollack, Commissioner of the World Series of Poker, won two Emmy Awards for the work he did as NASCAR's marketing director?
- ...that several British Royal Air Force Stations were used by the U.S. Strategic Air Command (emblem pictured) for almost 20 years?
- ...that Thai actor Insee thong?
- ...that Houston Hall at the University of Pennsylvania was America's first student union?
- ...that the last the cathedrala tower that still bears his name: the Tour Pey Berland?
- ...that 6 January 1830?
- ...that the praetorian prefecture of Africa, a Byzantine province established after the Vandalic War, saw continuous warfare and two major military mutinies during its first 15 years of existence?
- ...that most transparent?
- ...that Mozart was a frequent guest at the villa Bertramka on the outskirts of Prague and that the house is now a museum in his memory?
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- ...that in 2006 Gibraltar was granted a new constitution, giving it a modern constitutional relationship with the United Kingdom?
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- ...that when severely disturbed, catfish of the genus Acrochordonichthys may release a milky-white mucus-like substance that can kill other fish?
- ...that Abraham Lincoln helped bury the dead at Kellogg's Grove following the second Battle of Kellogg's Grove during the Black Hawk War?
- ...that the online business term CEOAlan Warms in 2001 and has spawned annual collaborative technologies conference of the same name?
- ...that children who turn 16 during the validity of a Family Railcardmay still travel at child fares until the card expires?
- ...that the city hall at Safra Square (pictured) was rebuilt in 1993 with help from Brazilian-Lebanese financier Edmond J. Safra?
- ...that the Duncan Hunter presidential campaign, 2008 has been endorsed by both Chuck Yeager and Ann Coulter?
- ...that Ed Bruneteau was traded twice to the Detroit Red Wings within two years?
- ...that the children's group franchisedtheir image and songs to groups in Taiwan and South America?
- ...that the winners at the inaugural WSOP braceletsever awarded outside of Las Vegas?
- ...that Auburn Tigers offensive coordinator Al Borges wrote both a book and an instructional video titled Coaching the West Coast Quarterback?
- ...that members of the genus Breitensteinia have a longer body than other stream catfishes due to an increase in number of vertebrae?
- ...that the influence of singer Jeff Tweedy's side group Loose Fur on Wilco's 2002 album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot led to the dismissal of two other Wilco members?
- ...that the homosexual relationship between Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone only became a major on-screen plot line on All My Children after the series fans demanded it?
- ...that the Covenanters, a religious group seeking religious freedom, during the time of their persecution by Charles II's government?
- ...that Johnny Ramensky was a Scottish criminal who used his safe-cracking abilities to help the British Army?
- ...that in 1999, John Pollack quit his job as a Congressional speechwriter to build a boat made entirely out of corks?
- ...that sign theft caused by the connotation of the number?
- ...that catfish of the genus Leporacanthicus are also known as vampire plecostomus because of the presence of very long teeth on their upper jaw?
- ...that Russian parliamentarian Grigory Rasputin?
- ...that Christopher Wright, one of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, could be the source of the letter that betrayed the plan?
- ...that the Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important constitutional documents of the Commonwealth of Nations, is thought to have been unenforceable until the Harare Declaration twenty years later?
- ...that besides writing 3000 songs during his life, bobsledding while still a Britishcitizen?
- ...that the Calcutta, which formed a favourite promenade for "elegant walking parties" in the eighteenth century, now sees some 200,000 to 300,000 vehicles pass through during rush hour?
- ...that the windowless skyscraper at 33 Thomas Street (pictured) in New York City was designed to resist nuclear fallout and be self-sufficient for up to two weeks?
- ...that William Gaskell, husband of the well-known Victorian novelist Elizabeth Gaskell, was a pioneer in the education of the working classes?
- ...that Tan Howe Liang is Singapore's only Olympic Games medallist?
- ...that Algific talus slope ecosystems exist only in the Driftless Area of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Iowa?
- ...that the Austrian government gave the American soprano Teresa Stich-Randall the title of Kammersängerin given to esteemed artists?
- ...that the Majapahit Empire?
- ...that the Charles Frederick Mackenzie?