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- ...that whether Gaius Stertinius Xenophon, a Roman physician, was involved in the death of Claudius is debated to this day?
- ...that the Michelsberg culture of Neolithic Central Europe is known for its tulip-shaped pottery (pictured)?
- ...that Joseph Smith, Jr. was a false prophet?
- ...that Major-General John Hill rose high as a courtier and officer in the British Army in the reign of Queen Anne, becoming Lieutenant-General of the Ordnancedespite having no particular military ability?
- ...that Hans Christian Anderson?
- ...that the bicycles and scootersto their rightful owners since 1984?
- ...that a Albert Abraham Michelson, the first American to win a Nobel Prize in Physics?
- ...that Apo Reef in Sablayan, Mindoro is the world's second-largest contiguous coral reef system and the largest in the Philippines?
- ...that John Harrison (pictured), seventeenth century benefactor of Leeds, is reputed to have slipped Charles I a tankard of gold coins disguised as beer?
- ...that the 1955 novel Teneke by Turkish author Yaşar Kemal was adapted into an Italian opera of the same title by Fabio Vacchi in 2007?
- ...that the FIBA Asia Championship 2007?
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- ...that the U.S. Green Building Council?
- ...that some editions of Tom Wolfe's first published book, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby, quoted Kurt Vonnegut, "Verdict: Excellent book by a genius", but omitted the rest of his quote, "who will do anything to get attention"?
- ...that the Baal teshuva movement refers to the phenomenon during the mid-20th century whereby large numbers of previously highly-assimilated Jews chose to move in the direction of practicing Judaism?
- ...that the for space and food?
- ...that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, recently elected president of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), was a member of the Union of Communist Students in his youth?
- ...that the African-Americans, had 19 branches in 12 states and assets worth $3.7 million at the height of its success?
- ...that the Building of Bath Museum was originally constructed in 1765 as a chapel for Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon?
- ...that Nils Alwall initiated the treatment for two of the longest known survivors on dialysis worldwide over 35 years ago?
- ...that Lord Canning wanted to build a port at Canning, now in West Bengal, that could rival Singapore but gave up when the Matla River surged its fury on the new port town in 1867?
- ...that "On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog" is the most reproduced cartoon from The New Yorker magazine, and its title a phrase still used around the world?
- ...that over 130,000 species of plants from Colombia have been described?
- ...that Kalanchoe pinnata (pictured), a succulent plant native to Madagascar, has been recorded in Trinidad and Tobago as being used as a traditional treatment for high blood pressure?
- ...that the first Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop along U.S. Route 66 in Springfield, Illinois?
- ...that the Tsalenjikha Cathedral, a medieval cathedral in Georgia, is decorated with murals of Byzantine Palaeologan art from the 12th to 14th centuries?
- ...that English inventor legislated speed limitof 4 mph at the time?
- ...that although Chicago?
- ...that Romanov dynasty to be married in Russiasince its fall in 1917?
- ...that for "skinny"?
- ...that White House Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery (pictured) in the Ypres Salient contains 1163 World War I burials, including Private Robert Morrow who won a Victoria Cross, and four men executed for cowardice and desertion?
- ...that the ?
- ...that Baltimore, Maryland, was imprisoned in Fort McHenry along with Mayor George William Brown and pro-South members of the city council by the Northern Army during the American Civil War?
- ...that episcopacy in 1606, but became Bishop of Gallowayfour years later?
- ...that the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska introduced both the Reuben sandwich and Butter Brickle ice creamto the world?
- ...that Ali Murtopo laid down the party platform for Sekber Golkar, which was instrumental to the party's success in the 1971 legislative elections and the transition to the New Order in Indonesia?
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- ...that Charles B. Thompson, who had converted to Mormonism in 1835, later claimed to be the reincarnation of the biblical figure Ephraim and established a communitarian commune with his followers in Iowa?
- ...that the Kolkata High Court, in 2005, to life imprisonmentin a case where a mob dragged two persons out of their house, and tortured and killed them?
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- ...that soy beansare used to make car parts and mattresses?
- ...that Dale Houston and his singing partner Grace Broussard, both performed as Dale and Grace while singing with other singers?
- ...that in 1986 the Basque coat of arms had one of its quarters removed following a legal suit by the NavarreGovernment claiming that the usage of the arms of a region on the arms of another was illegal?
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- ...that in April 1802, Imperial Crown of Russia?
- ...that the John R. Oughton House was used to house patients from the Keeley Institute, where over 400,000 people were treated for alcoholism with injections of "bichloride of gold" from 1879 to 1930?
- ...that Tikigaq Inuit children attending public school in Point Hope, Alaskacan take a three-week whaling class to learn specific whaling traditions and skills?
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- ...that the design for the 1941 Art Moderne Illinois State Police Office in Pontiac was also used for the state police headquarters building in Rock Island, Illinois?
- ...that the seeds of Capparis masaikai found in Yunnan, China contain mabinlins, sweet-tasting proteins more than 100 times sweeter than sucrose on a weight basis?
- ...that Icelandic operatic soprano Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, better known as Diddú, began her singing career in the 1970s with a folk and pop group?
- ...that Singapore's Gallery Hotel (pictured), with its twisted cuboid form and seemingly random and multi-coloured windows, stands like a massive pop art signpost?
- ...that gold was first discovered in Oregon in 1850 in the Illinois Valley near Cave Junction, Oregon, the same valley in which a 17 pound gold nugget was found, the largest in Oregon history?
- ...that the ashes of hillwalker and author Alfred Wainwright lie in his favourite fell, Haystacks in the Western Fells of the English Lake District?
- ...that aestheticmovement, which tries to describe a world which cannot be seen?
- ...that the Egyptian literature?
- ...that in April 1999, Australian Carolyn Simpson joined Margaret Beazley and Virginia Bell to form the first all-female bench to sit in Australia, England or New Zealand?
- ...that singer W.C. Handy's blues songs, and also recorded as the female half of a vocal duo with Ernie Hare?