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East Base 12,034 ... that East Base (pictured) in Antarctica housed Jackie Ronne and Jennie Darlington, the first women to spend a winter on the continent?
Renault Trezor 4,826 ... that the Renault Trezor features a single-piece canopy roof that opens by hinging forward?
Nakatsu Castle 3,694 ... that the original Nakatsu Castle was destroyed in a fire in 1877, and the current structure was built in 1964?
Jane Maria Strachey 3,197 ... that suffragist Jane Maria Strachey was born on a ship off the Cape of Good Hope in 1840?
Trashigang Dzong 7,482 ... that the epicenter of the 2009 Bhutan earthquake was 10 miles (16 km) away from Trashigang Dzong, and caused wide cracks to appear in the 350-year-old structure?
List of Kolpak cricketers 3,323 ... that Claude Henderson was the first cricketer to sign a Kolpak contract?
Gauthier Destenay 2,506 ... that Xavier Bettel became the first European Union leader to marry someone of the same sex when he married Gauthier Destenay in 2015?
Sunil Babu Pant 3,875 ... that Sunil Babu Pant was the first openly gay federal level legislator in Asia?
Velipadinte Pusthakam 910 ... that the upcoming film Velipadinte Pusthakam will be the first collaboration between director Lal Jose and actor Mohanlal?
The Beast (book) 1,157 ... that The Beast is the first book written by CPJ International Press Freedom Award-winning journalist Óscar Martínez?
MINURCA 1,136 ... that MINURCA was established by the UN Security Council to replace another peacekeeping force called MISAB?
Lamborghini Asterion 6,323 ... that Lamborghini's first hybrid vehicle was its concept car Asterion (pictured)?
St. Cajetan Church 1,387 ... that St. Cajetan Church, part of the World Heritage Site Churches and convents of Goa, is modeled on St. Peter's Basilica?
Church of St. Augustine, Goa 7,003 ... that the supposed relics of Georgian saint Ketevan the Martyr were retrieved from the ruins of the Church of St. Augustine (pictured) in Goa?
Shekhar Naik 657 ... that Shekhar Naik is the first blind cricketer to be awarded the Padma Shri?
Jeff Bauman 2,045 ... that the upcoming movie Stronger is based on a memoir by Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman?
K. E. Mammen 2,328 ... that freedom fighter K. E. Mammen was expelled from Madras Christian College for participating in the Quit India Movement?
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace 1,663 ... that in his memoir Interventions: A Life in War and Peace, Kofi Annan asserts that internal African politics and leadership are largely responsible for Africa's problems?
Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple 6,635 ... that the Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple (pictured) was greatly expanded by Vikrama Chola after he was supposedly cured of vitiligo by praying to the presiding deity for 48 days?
Deepak Gupta 1,864 ... that Supreme Court of India judge Deepak Gupta once heard and disposed of 33 cases in a single day?
Djamaa el Djazaïr 16,206 ... that that the new Djamaa el Djazaïr mosque (pictured) is the tallest building in Africa?
Shrine of St. Paulina 5,718 ... that the Shrine of St. Paulina (pictured) is dedicated to the first female saint from Brazil?
Limete Tower 10,816 ... that the foundation stone for the Limete Tower (pictured) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was laid by the then Tanzanian president, Julius Nyerere?