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Núria Llansà

... that despite being Barcelona's starting goalkeeper for 1972, Núria Llansà (pictured) played one match as right-back?
... that the Lichfield War Memorial includes a life-size depiction of Saint George and a slain dragon?
... that the current flag of Falcón, a state of Venezuela, was first hoisted at the Monument to the Venezuelan Federation in 2006 and is based on the design of the 1806 naval flag of Francisco de Miranda?
... that Abraham Hamadeh lost one of the closest elections in Arizona history by 280 votes, and has filed multiple lawsuits challenging the results?
... that during the Second World War the British government transmitted German music to Nazi U-boats?
... that photographer Charles Biasiny-Rivera and fellow members of the artistic collective En Foco drove around New York City in his Volkswagen Bus putting on art exhibitions in Latino neighborhoods?
... that sculptor Moelwyn Merchant described his 1982 piece Growing Form as resembling "a tulip bud with the front leaf pulled out"?
... that the music video for "It's OK I'm OK" was edited to make its singer appear naked?
... that hot-dog vendor Dan Rossi has slept inside his cart overnight to preserve his spot in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art?

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