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Paleontology in the United States
(February 7, 2013)
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... that within the United States, dinosaur fossils have been found in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wyoming, but not in Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, or Wisconsin?
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Abyssal
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Nayanars
(February 9, 2015)
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... that images of Nandanar, Vayilar, Sakkiya, Idangazhi, Anaya, Kalikamba, Kaliya, Satti, Pusalar, Kungiliya Kalaya, Sadaiya, Murthi, Murkha, Nami Nandi Adigal, Somasi Mara, Isaignaniyar, Viralminda, Eyarkon Kalikkama, Pugal Chola, Eripatha, Manakanchara, Kotpuli, Enathinathar, Sirappuli, Seruthunai, Amaraneedi, Nesa, Pugazh Thunai, Kutruva, Kalarsinga, Munaiyaduvar, Ilayankudi Maranar, Meiporul, Iyarpagai, Tiru Nilakanta Yazhpanar, Tirunilakanta, Tiruneelanakka, and Apputhi Adigal are among the 63 Nayanar saints paraded during processions at temple festivals in Tamil Nadu?
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Redtigerxyz
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Apollo 11 lunar sample display
(November 17, 2012)
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... that samples of moon rock and lunar dust soil from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 missions, mounted on wooden plaque displays especially for Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Honduras, Ireland, Malta, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Romania, Spain, and Sweden, plus the states of Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii (pictured), Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, and West Virginia, were later reported missing by many of the recipients?
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Doug Coldwell
7&6=thirteen
JoannaSerah
CCI cleanup effort
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DC GAR/CCI
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New MPs: 2023 New Zealand general election
(January 11, 2024)
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... that a third of the MPs elected in the 2023 New Zealand election were new to Parliament, including Carlos Cheung, Grant McCallum, Suze Redmayne, Dana Kirkpatrick, Ryan Hamilton, James Meager, Greg Fleming, Vanessa Weenink, Mike Butterick, Katie Nimon, David MacLeod, Miles Anderson, Carl Bates, Rima Nakhle, Nancy Lu, Cushla Tangaere-Manuel, Reuben Davidson, Scott Willis, Darleen Tana, Takutai Moana Kemp (all pictured), Kahurangi Carter, Todd Stephenson, Laura Trask, Cameron Luxton, Tākuta Ferris, Mariameno Kapa-Kingi, Casey Costello, Jamie Arbuckle, and Tanya Unkovich?
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Adabow, Chocmilk03, DrThneed, HenryCrun15, Idiosyncritic, Kiwichris, Lcmortensen, MerrilyPutrid, Moondragon21, MW691, Nurg, Pakoire, Paora, Pokelova, Schwede66, Vaticidalprophet
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Acroporid coral species
(August 14, 2015) |
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... that acroporid coral species Acropora abrolhosensis, A. anthocercis, A. awi, A. batunai, A. caroliniana, A. dendrum, A. derawanensis, A. desalwii, A. donei, A. echinata, A. elegans, A. hemprichii, A. hoeksemai, A. horrida, A. indonesia, A. kimbeensis, A. kirstyae, A. kosurini, A. loisetteae, A. lokani, A. microclados, A. multiacuta, A. paniculata, A. papillare, A. pharaonis, A. plumosa, and A. polystoma are all classed as vulnerable? |
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Thine Antique Pen
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Contemporary Indigenous Australian art
(January 26, 2010)
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... that Napaljarri artists include Biddy, Daisy, Susie, Kowai, Wentja, Peggy, Doris, Parara, Eileen, Louisa, Lucy, Helen, Linda, Kitty, Sheila, Valerie, Maggie, Topsy, Nora, Ada, Ngoia, Molly, Mona and Norah?
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Hamiltonstone
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Taxation in the Ottoman Empire
(May 6, 2011)
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... that Tekalif-i orfiye, Resm-i çift, Rav akçesi, Nüzül, İspençe, Avariz, Adet-i ağnam, Resm-i arusane, Tuz resmi, Resm-i bennâk, Bedl-i askeri, Gümrük resmi, Sursat, Müskirat resmi, Temettu, Adet-i deştbani, Damga resmi, Resm-i mücerred, Öşür, Ihtisab, Resm-i donum and Tapu resmi were Ottoman taxes, whilst Muafiyet were exemptions, and Emins were tax collectors?
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bobrayner
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Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster
(October 30, 2010)
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... that the Philadelphia Phillies all-time roster has included Allens, Bateses, Covingtons, Delahantys, Ennises, Fultzes, Greens, Hamiltons, Jacksons, Kennedys, Lees, Morgans, Nicholsons, Powells, Robertses, Schmidts, Thompsons, Vukoviches, Watts, and Youngs, but never a player whose surname begins with X?
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Killervogel5
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Stingarees
(September 19, 2010)
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... that there are 21 endemic Australian stingarees, including the brown, circular, common, Coral Sea, greenback, Kapala (pictured), lobed, masked, mitotic, patchwork, sandyback, sparsely-spotted, spotted, striped, wide, and eastern, western and yellow shovelnoses?
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Yzx
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Ibrahim Omer
(November 25, 2020)
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... that 42 new MPs were elected to the 53rd New Zealand Parliament: 23 for Labour, including Arena Williams, Ibrahim Omer, Helen White, Neru Leavasa, Ingrid Leary, Rachel Brooking, Anna Lorck, Tracey McLellan, and Shanan Halbert (all pictured); 5 for National, including Joseph Mooney, Simon Watts, and Penny Simmonds; 9 for ACT, including Toni Severin, Simon Court, Brooke van Velden, and Chris Baillie; 3 for the Greens, including Ricardo Menéndez March and Teanau Tuiono; and 2 for Māori, including Rawiri Waititi?
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HenryCrun15
Kiwichris
YttriumShrew
Idiosyncritic
Pokelova
MurielMary
MerrilyPutrid
DrThneed
Schwede66
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Samuel Coleridge's early life
(June 20, 2009)
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... that topics of Samuel Coleridge's (pictured) early poems include: holidays, cannibals, pixies, pain, suicide, loss, bars, a prison raid, women, God, an otter, gambling, farming,school, asses, and Joan of Arc?
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Ottava Rima
Jake Wartenberg
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Henry Fielding's early plays
(March 7, 2009)
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... that Henry Fielding's (pictured) early plays before the 1733 Actor Rebellion include Love in Several Masques, Temple Beau, Author's Farce, Tom Thumb, Rape upon Rape, Tragedy of Tragedies, Letter Writers, Welsh Opera, Grub Street Opera, Lottery, Modern Husband, Old Debauchees, Covent Garden Tragedy, and Mock Doctor?
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Ottava Rima
NocturneNoir
PeterSymonds
Res2216firestar
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Appomattox Court House National Historical Park
(Jan. 31, 2009)
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... that the Appomattox Park (pictured) has a Court-house, Tavern, Jail, Store and Prizery, the Bocock-Isbell, McLean, Peers and Wright houses, the Sweeney and Sweeney-Conner cabins, theJones and Woodson law offices, ruins and cemeteries?
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Doug Coldwell
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Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram
(April 25, 2013)
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... that the UNESCO-inscribed Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram of the Pallava Period include: Ganesha Ratha; the Pancha Rathas of Dharmaraja, Arjuna, Bhima, Draupadi, and Nakula Sahadeva; several cave temples such as Varaha, Krishna, Mahishasuramardini, and Panchapandava; the structural temples of Olakkannesvara and Shore; and the Descent of the Ganges, one of the largest open-air bas-reliefs in the world?
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Nvvchar, Rosiestep, Dr. Blofeld
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Formula One World Drivers' Champions
(November 25, 2012)
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... that Formula One World Drivers' Champions have come from Argentina, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, France, Germany(2011 champion Sebastian Vettel pictured), Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States?
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violet/riga
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Brookesia ambreensis
(November 20, 2012)
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... that Brookesia ambreensis, B. bekolosy, B. bonsi, B. brygooi, B. confidens, B. exarmata, B. griveaudi, B. lambertoni, B. lineata, B. lolontany, B. nasus, B. therezieni, B. thieli and B. valerieae are all species of chameleon endemic to Madagascar?
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Thine Antique Pen
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Buru
(November 9, 2010)
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... that unique to the Indonesian islands of Buru and Ambelau are the Ambelau, Buru, Kayeli and Lisela people; the eponymous Ambelau, Buru, Kayeli and Lisela languages; as well as the Rufous-throated White-eye, Buru Lorikeet, Black-lored Parrot and a hairy variety of the babirusa pig (pictured)?
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Materialscientist
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Nephelomys
(November 8, 2009)
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... that when the rodent genus Nephelomyswas first described in 2006, N. childi, N. maculiventer, N. moerex, N. nimbosus, N. pectoralis, and N. pirrensis were reclassified as separate species in addition to the previously recognized N. albigularis, N. auriventer, N. caracolus, N. devius, N. keaysi, N. levipes, and N. meridensis, almost doubling the known diversity of the genus?
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Ucucha
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Provinces of Laos
(January 11, 2013)
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... that Attapeu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouane, Luang Namtha, Luang Prabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Sainyabuli, Salavan, Savannakhet, Sekong, Xiangkhoang and the Vientiane Provinceand Prefecture form the provinces of Laos (mapped)?
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Blofeld
Rosiestep
Nvvchar
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Subantarctic
(June 11, 2010)
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... that many subantarctic glaciers on Heard Island, including Allison, Compton, Deacock, Downes, Ealey, Fiftyone, Gotley, Lied, Schmidt, Stephenson, Vahsel and Winston, have a negative mass balance and are in retreat?
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DiverDave
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
(August 17, 2009)
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... that Samuel Coleridge's Eminent Characters series include: a lawyer, a speaker, a Unitarian, a general, a rebel, a betrayer, a poet, an actress, a philosopher, a friend, a playwright and a lord?
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Ottava Rima
Julian Colton
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Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations
(Nov. 14, 2010)
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... that in 2009, Rio Tinto's Pilbara operations, consisting of the Brockman 2, Channar, Eastern Range, Hope Downs, Marandoo, Mesa A, Mesa J, Mount Tom Price, Nammuldi, Paraburdoo, West Angelas and Yandicoogina mines, produced 202 million tonnes of iron ore, accounting for almost 13% of the world production?
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Calistemon
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List of earthquakes in Taiwan
(Aug. 17, 2009)
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... that according to Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau the earthquakes of Douliu, Meishan, Nantou, Hsinchu-Taichung, Zhongpu, Xinhua, the East Rift Valley, Hengchun, Baihe, and Jiji were the ten deadliest quakes to strike the island in the 20th century?
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taiwantaffy
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Guerrilla Gourmet
(May. 8, 2009)
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... that Dunbrody Country House Hotelowner Kevin Dundon and Thornton's Restaurant owner Kevin Thornton of Heat were featured on Guerrilla Gourmet alongside Café Paradiso owner Denis Cotter, The Mustard Seed owner Dan Mullane and former Mint Restaurant proprietor Dylan McGrath?
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Candlewicke
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Lucques
(Jan. 30, 2009)
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... that Lucques (pictured), Aglandau, Salonenque, Picholine, Olivière, Tanche, Bouteillan, Cailletier, Grossane, Germaine, Cayon and Sabine are some of about a hundred French olive cultivars?
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Lampman
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Kieran Govers
(10, 2012)
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... that Kieran Govers, Simon Orchard, Robert Hammond, Nathan Burgers, Matthew Butturini, Kiel Brown, Joel Carroll, Mark Knowles, Fergus Kavanagh, Glenn Turner, Jason Wilson and Russell Ford are in training with the Australian field hockey team for the 2012 Olympics?
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User talk:LauraHale
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Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar
(20 June 2017)
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...that the National Film Awards in various categories have been presented to the films Doghi (Other Social Issues), Vastupurush (Best Feature Film in Marathi), Devrai (Environment Conservation/Preservation), Samhita (Best Music Direction), Astu (Best Dialogue) and Kaasav (Best Feature Film), all by filmmaker duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar?
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Vivvt
Dharmadhyaksha
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1968 Summer Paralympics
(27 May 2011)
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... that Ethiopia, Great Britain, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Rhodesia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, and the United States were among the 28 nations that competed in the 1968 Summer Paralympics?
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Basement12
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11 Provinces in North Vietnam
(September 06, 2010)
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... that the 11 provinces of Bắc Giang, Bắc Kạn, Cao Bang, Ha Giang, Lang Son, Lao Cai, Phu Tho, Quang Ninh, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang and Yen Bai are part of the 59 administrative provinces and 5 municipalities in Vietnam?
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Nvvchar
YellowMonkey
Bloefeld
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Donald Bradman with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948
(Jan. 18, 2009)
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... that Harvey, Barnes, Brown, Johnson, Loxton and Hassett were members of Bradman's Invincibles who won the First, Second and Fourth Ashes series Test matches of 1948 and drew the Third?
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YellowMonkey
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Grove Road Cemetery
(April 9, 2023) |
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... that Grove Road Cemetery once had two chapels (pictured) by architect Thomas Charles Sorby, and contains self-made men George Dawson, Richard Ellis and David Simpson, banker John Smith, bandleader Daniel Schwarz, newspaperman Robert Ackrill, kayaker Fridel Meyer, and miser John Turner? |
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Storye book
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Patricia Kenworthy Nuckols
(Feb. 6, 2021) |
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... that the first women inducted into the USA Field Hockey Hall of Fame included a WASP pilot, a World War II Marine, a "Chickie", a Hall of Fame lacrosse player, a world-champion softball player, an All-College basketball player, the founder of the first collegiate squash program in the United States, a professor and a valedictorian of Ursinus College, and a resident of Atlantis (pictured)? |
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Cbl62
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Rage (roller coaster)
(September 4, 2014)
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... that the roller coasters Rage (pictured), Crazy Bird, El Loco, Eurofighter, Falcon, Huracan, Timber Drop, Twist Coaster Robin, Typhoon, and Vild-Svinet all have (or were expected to have) steeper-than-vertical drops?
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IronGargoyle
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György Dungyersky
(Feb. 11, 2014)
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... that Yugoslavian tennis players György Dungyersky, Ivan Balás, Aleksandar Popović, Franjo Šefer, Krešimir Friedrich, Ivan Radović, Franjo Kukuljević, Franjo Punčec, Josip Palada, and Dragutin Mitić were all members of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia Davis Cup team?
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Lajbi
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Matt Byrne
(Aug. 26, 2012)
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... that Matt Byrne, Terry Bywater, Gaz Choudhry, Peter Finbow, Abdi Jama, Jon Hall, Dan Highcock, Ade Orogbemi, Simon Munn, Jon Pollock, Ian Sagar, and Matt Sealy have been selected to play wheelchair basketball for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?
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Thine Antique Pen
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Michael Crouse
(March 13, 2012)
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... that Canadian baseball players Michael Crouse (pictured), Marcus Knecht, Chris Bisson, Andrew Albers, Jamie Romak, Tim Smith, Kyle Lotzkar, Mark Hardy, Nick Bucci, and Jon Malo won gold at the 2011 Pan American Games?
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Muboshgu
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Brett Jackson
(February 28, 2012)
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... that American baseball players Brett Jackson, Jeff Beliveau, James McCann, Tuffy Gosewisch, Matt Clark, Pete Andrelczyk, Matt Shoemaker, Justin Cassel, Chad Tracy and Andrew Garcia won silver at the 2011 Pan American Games?
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Muboshgu
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Leigh Hunt
(October 14, 2009)
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... that Leigh Hunt's works involve: a juvenile poem about the pleasure palace, Hero's suicide, the jilted Ariadne, a diary with a calendar, poetic feasts, a masque, nymphs, and a deadly love affair?
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Ottava Rima
Ironholds
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George Cruikshank's dispute with William Harrison Ainsworth
(September 18, 2009)
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... that George Cruikshank, in Artist and the Author, disputed the origin of William Harrison Ainsworth's stories about evil gypsies, a famous thief, treasonous Catholics, a dark prison, burned sinners, an old miser, a horny king, and a stupid queen?
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Ottava Rima
Malleus Fatuorum
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Stortinget (station)
(Mar. 31, 2009)
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... that the stations Mortensrud on the Østensjø Line, Forskningsparken on the Sognsvann Line, Nydalen, Storo and Sinsen on the Ring Line and Husebybakken have opened after the Oslo T-bane was declared completed with the reopening of Stortinget in 1987?
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Arsenikk
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Women's Premiership
(13 March 2014) |
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... that the Women's Premiership is currently comprised of Bristol Ladies, Darlington Mowden Park Sharks, Lichfield Ladies, Richmond Women, Saracens Women, Wasps Ladies, Worcester Ladies and Aylesford Bulls Ladies, after having defeated Thurrock T-Birds in a playoff? |
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The C of E
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Ashtabharya
25 May, 2013)
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... that the Hindu god Krishna is described as having eight chief queens (pictured with Krishna) – Rukmini, Satyabhama, Jambavati, Kalindi, Mitravinda, Nagnajiti, Bhadra and Lakshmana – and 16,000 other wives headed by Rohini?
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Nvvchar
Redtigerxyz
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Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park
(Oct.17, 2012)
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... that the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park contains dozens of monuments, including the Bawaman, Jama (pictured), Kevada, Lila Gumbaj, and Nagina mosques, as well as the Kalika Mata Temple atop Pavagadh Hill?
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Nvvchar Dr. Blofeld Rosiestep
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Julie Anne Genter
(Dec. 11, 2011)
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... that 26 new MPs were elected to the 50th New Zealand Parliament, including Julie Anne Genter (pictured) and Denise Roche (both Greens), Rino Tirikatene (Labour), Maggie Barry, Paul Goldsmith and Alfred Ngaro (National), and Richard Prosser andDenis O'Rourke (both NZ First)?
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Schwede66
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Yale Bulldogs football
(July 4, 2011)
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... that despite winning seven national championships from 1899 to 1912, the Yale football team had 14 head coaches in those 14 years, including a lingerie manufacturer, "the phantom line cleaver", a manufacturer of machine guns, a victim of typhoid fever, a Harvard law student, the senior partner of Smith Barney & Co., the grandfather of a noted documentary filmmaker, the nephew of the U.S. Secretary of State, and the president of a historically black university?
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cbl62
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William Blake
(November 5, 2009)
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... that in William Blake's Four Zoas myth, the Christian God is divided into four parts, Sense, Reason, Imagination, and Love, which have the counterparts Sexual Urges,Pleasure, Inspiration, and Nature?
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Ottava Rima
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William Blake
(October 26, 2009)
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... that in William Blake's poems, Imagination fights Reason in his version of Genesis, Eden, and Exodus while his son later starts revolutions in America, Europe, Africa and Asia?
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Ottava Rima
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William Britten's illustrations of Tennyson's poetry
(September 10, 2009)
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... that William Britten illustrated many images from Lord Tennyson's early poems, including:a lonely woman (pictured), a corpse, a jilted lover, drug users, an odd saint, a sleeping lady, a knight, and waves?
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Ottava Rima
Julian Colton
Shoemaker's Holiday
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Conversation poems
(July 3, 2009)
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... that conversation poems of Samuel Coleridge were inspired by many events: adulterous love, marriage sex, a French invasion, a bad childhood, depressed birds, a fever, burning his foot, and a better poet?
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Ottava Rima
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This is Nightlive
(Jan. 17, 2009)
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... that before starring inThis is Nightlive, John Ryan was co-creator with Derek O'Connor of blogorrah.com, and a former co-owner of the unsuccessful New York Dog and Stars on Sunday publications in partnership with Kiss and Stellar founderMichael O'Doherty?
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Candlewicke
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John William Lambert
(Dec. 22, 2008)
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... that John W. Lambert (pictured) in 1891 made the first U.S. car for sale as well as Union cars andLambert cars using his gasoline engines and gearless transmissionsfor the Union car company and Lambert car company as subsidaries of the Buckeye Manufacturing Company?
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Doug Coldwell
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Egg fossils
(September 9th, 2013)
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... that paleontologists have discovered the fossilized eggs of cephalopods, fishes, and reptiles, with some dinosaur eggs (pictured) being preserved with pathological shell deformities?
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Abyssal
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Chromium mines in Albania
(October 5, 2010)
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... that the Bulqizë, Kalimashi 1, Kalimashi 3,Krasta, Përroi Batrës, Qaf-Buall, Vlahna and Zogaj mines are the only mines inAlbania to have reserves of over 1 million tonnes of chromium ore?
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Bine Mai
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(September 18, 2010)
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... that the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached by Johnny Orr featured Rudy Tomjanovich, Campy Russell, Rickey Green and Phil Hubbard and included the 1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1973–74, 1976–77, and 1979–80 teams, and the NCAA Tournament runner-up 1975–76 team?
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TonyTheTiger
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Struve family
(June 3, 2010)
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... that over the course of more than 200 years, the Struve family produced renowned scientists including Jacob,Friedrich, Otto Wilhelm, Genrikh, Hermann, Ludwig,George Hermann, Wilfried and Otto Struve?
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Materialscientist
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the first monastery
(May 24, 2010)
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... thatChogyal established the first monastery (pictured) in Sikkim at Yuksom in 1701, which is part of a Buddhist pilgrimage circuit including Norbugang, Pemayangtse , Rabdentse, Sanga Choeling, Khecheopalri Lake, and Tashiding?
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Nvvchar
Himalayan Explorer
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Ex-Baptist chapels in Sussex
(Ebenezer Chapel, Hastings pictured)
(Apr. 27, 2010)
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... that Burgess Hill,Hadlow Down, Hastings, Newick, Pell Green,Rye, Shover's Green and Southover in Sussex each have a Grade II-listed former Baptist chapel which has been converted to residential use?
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Hassocks5489
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Skinner & Eddy
(Sep. 29, 2009)
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... that only one Skinner & Eddy ship built for World War I service was lost in that conflict, but 31—including SS West Lashaway, West Elcasco, SS West Eldara, West Haven (pictured), West Hobomac, SS West Humhaw and SS West Maximus—were lost to enemy action in World War II?
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Gatoclass
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SS Edenton
(Sep. 25, 2009)
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... that many of the freighters built bySkinner & Eddy for World War I service—including SS Edenton, SS West Cressey, SS West Elcajon, SS West Gotomska, SS West Hosokie, SS West Loquassuck, West Mahomet and Western Front (pictured)—were quickly commissioned into the United States Navy on completion?
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Gatoclass
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Dong Son drums
(Feb. 26, 2008)
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... that the Ngoc Lu (pictured) is regarded as the most important drum of the Dong Son culture of the Bronze Age, whose artefacts have been found atCo Loa Citadel, Chau Can, Lang Ca, Lang Vac, Xuân La and Viet Khe?
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YellowMonkey
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First ten Revenue Service cutters
(Jan. 24, 2008)
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... that the ten Revenue Marine cutters authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1790 – including the Vigilant, Active,General Green, Massachusetts, Scammel, South Carolina and Eagle – comprised the U.S. Federal government's first "armed force afloat"?
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Gatoclass
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Going to the Dogs
(September 19, 2013)
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... that Dutch artist Wim T. Schippers (pictured) wrote and directed Going to the Dogs, a play for six German shepherds, Ronflonflon, a radio show full of jingles, and TV shows for the VPRO including De Fred Haché Show, Barend is weer bezig, Het is weer zo laat!, De lachende scheerkwast, andOpzoek naar Yolanda?
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Drmies
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Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
(November 25, 2012)
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... that Agustín Alberdi, Jason Archer and Paul Beck, Luis Miguel Leal,Israel Lugo, Jorge "Fish" Rodríguez and Alejandro Santiago Ciena earned the Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video by directing artists such as three-time winners Calle 13?
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Jaespinoza
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Loring Air Force Base
(November 11, 2012)
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... that Loring AFB alert crews would scramble from a mole hole, run to awaiting jets on a christmas tree (both within the alert area), and perform an elephant walk and a MITO, all within fifteen minutes?
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User talk:Ktr101
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Mail bag
(October 26, 2012)
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... that throughout U.S. history, different types of mail bags have been called mail pouch, mail sack, mail satchel, catcher pouch, mochila saddle mailbag (pictured), andportmanteau depending on form, function, place and time?
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Doug Coldwell
7&6=thirteen
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Mongolian shamanism
(August 25, 2012)
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... that Mongolian shamanism (which comes in yellow and black) reveres a white old man (pictured) besides ongod such as Dayan Deerh and 99 or possibly 102 tngri?
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7
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Drmies
LadyofShalott
Uncle G
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Renee Chatterton
(29 July 2012)
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... that 2012 women's eights Olympic rowersRenee Chatterton, Tess Gerrand, Alexandra Hagan, Sally Kehoe, Elizabeth Patrick, Phoebe Stanley, and Hannah Vermeersch are part of a team nicknamed the "Motley Crew"?
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7
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LauraHale
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(September 19, 2010)
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... that the Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached by Bill Frieder won five consecutive NCAA tournament berths and include the 1980–81, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, and 1987–88 teams, and 1988–89 national championship team?
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7
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TonyTheTiger
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Welsh League
(August 10, 2010)
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... that the Welsh League, consisting of Aberdare, Barry, Ebbw Vale, Merthyr Tydfil, Mid-Rhondda and Treherbert, was the first professional rugby league competition in Wales?
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7
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FruitMonkey
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Frank Freeman
(February 28, 2010)
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... that many works by "Brooklyn's greatest architect", Frank Freeman, have been destroyed, including the Hotel Margaret, Germania Club House,Brooklyn Waterworks, Bushwick Democratic Club House, Brooklyn Savings Bank and Thomas Jefferson Building (pictured)?
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7
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Gatoclass
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Skylark operators
(Jul. 7, 2009)
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... that during World War II, Norwegians Erik Welle-Strand, Egil Reksten, Sverre Midtskau, Einar Johansen, Haakon Sørbye and Bjørn Rørholt operated illegal radio transmitters codenamed "Skylark" for the Secret Intelligence Service?
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7
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Geschichte
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The Pressure Cooker
(May. 10, 2009)
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... that Dylan McGrath's documentaryThe Pressure Cooker was criticised by Michelin star-winning French restaurateur Patrick Guilbaud but has been praised by L'Ecrivain owner Derry Clarke, a judge alongside Sammy Leslie on the Adare-produced Fáilte Towers?
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7
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Candlewicke
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John Milton
(Dec. 9, 2008)
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... that the later political works of John Milton (born 400 years ago today), including Tenure of Kings,Eikonoklastes, Defensio Secunda, Civil Power, and Ready and Easy Way, were controversial but still sold well?
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7
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Ottava Rima
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John Milton
(Dec. 8, 2008)
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... that John Milton (born 400 years ago today) discusses his religious views in numerous antiprelatical tracts, includingOf Reformation, Of Prelatical Episcopacy, Animadversions, Reason of Church-Government, andApology for Smectymnuus?
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7
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Ottava Rima
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Samuel Johnson
(Aug. 21, 2008)
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... that in addition to Boswell's famous Life (1791) (pictured), major accounts of Samuel Johnson's life include Biographical Sketch (1784), Anecdotes (1786), the rivalLife (1787), Essay (1792), and Thraliana?
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7
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Ottava Rima
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Jesus College, Oxford
(June 4, 2008)
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... that the Welshmen Edward Edwards, Griffith Griffith, Owen Owen, Richard Richards, Robert Roberts and Thomas Thomas (and his son Thomas Thomas) were all educated at Jesus College, Oxford?
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7
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Bencherlite
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Emery ball
May 15, 2021
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... that Russ Ford developed the emery ball pitch and taught it to Ed Sweeney and Earle Gardner, who taught it to Cy Falkenberg, before it was outlawed by Major League Baseball when Ray Keating was caught using it?
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6
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Muboshgu
|
List of members of the National Assembly of Kenya, 2017–present
(September 15, 2020)
|
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... that the current Kenyan National Assembly is made up of 290 constituency elected members including Samuel Arama, 47 county woman representatives including Gladys Boss Shollei and Sabina Wanjiru Chege, and 12 appointed members including Dennitah Ghati?
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6
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User:Pi
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Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School
(September 5, 2020)
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... that Juan Mateos and Alonso Martínez de Espinar, both writers on hunting in Spanish Baroque literature, are depicted in Prince Baltasar Carlos in the Riding School (pictured) by Diego Velázquez, whose half-length portrait of Mateos was identified from an engraving by Pedro Perete, son of Pieter Perret?
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6
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User:evrik and User:Justlettersandnumbers
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Left Front (West Bengal)
(January 11, 2017 )
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... that the Left Front governed the Indian state of West Bengal for 34 years, winning the elections of 1977, 1982, 1987, 1991, 1996, 2001, and 2006?
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6
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User:Soman
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Ariel Award for Best Actress
(January 10, 2017 )
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... that Mexican performers Marco Pérez, Sofía Espinosa, Noé Hernández, and Adriana Paz received the Ariel Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, respectively, at the 2016 ceremony?
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6
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User:Jaespinoza
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The World's Billionaires
(June 4, 2014)
|
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... that Bill Gates (pictured) topped Forbes' annual list of the world's billionaires in 2014, after not having topped the list in 2013, 2012, 2011, or 2010?
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6
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ThaddeusB
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[[]]
(July 26, 2013)
|
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... that at the 2013 World Series of Poker, Marco Johnson, Loni Harwood and Matthew Ashton won their first World Series of Poker bracelets and Michael Gathy, Matt Perrins and Athanasios Polychronopoulos became multiple bracelet winners?
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6
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TonyTheTiger
|
1902 Baltimore Orioles season
(April 13, 2012)
|
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... that the New York Giants and Cincinnati Reds raided Joe McGinnity, Joe Kelley, Cy Seymour, Dan McGann, Jack Cronin, and others from the Baltimore Orioles during the 1902 season?
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6
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Muboshgu
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Asian Games Federation
(February 5, 2012)
|
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... that Afghanistan, Burma, India, Pakistan, andPhilippines were the first five members of the Asian Games Federation?
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6
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Bill william compton
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New Zealand WWII pilots
(June 2, 2011)
|
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... that New Zealand-born World War II pilots Roy Calvert, Fraser Barron, Gordon Cochrane, Bob Yule, and Reg Grant were between them awarded 4 DSOs, 11 DFCs, and 2 DFMs, while Frank Watkins was recommended for the Victoria Cross?
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6
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Spy007au
|
Parliament of Canada/Canadian federal election, 2011
(May 16, 2011)
|
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... that five McGill University students—Charmaine Borg, Matthew Dubé, Mylène Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Jamie Nicholls—were elected to Parliament in Canada's 2011 federal election, but the youngest new MP is Université de Sherbrooke student Pierre-Luc Dusseault?
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6
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OCNative
|
| Various churches in St Leonards-on-Sea (St John the Evangelist's Church pictured) (13 May 2011)
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... that in St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex, Christ Church, St John's and St Peter's Anglican churches are Grade II* listed buildings, and there are Grade II listed Baptist, Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches?
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6
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Hassocks5489
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Persoonia levis
(Mar. 13, 2011)
|
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... that the geebungs of the eastern states of Australia can benarrow-leaved, lance-leaved, broad-leaved (pictured), prickly, prostrate, or stiff?
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6
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Casliber
|
Archidendron muellerianum
(Dec. 17, 2010)
|
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... that the rainforests of eastern Australia harbour such trees as the yellow satinheart,five-leaf bonewood, northern yellow boxwood, shiny-leaved condoo, yellow bulletwood andveiny lace-flower?
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6
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Casliber
|
Cysteine-rich secretory protein
(Oct. 30, 2010)
|
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... that ophanin, piscivorin, ablomin, latisemin and triflin, found in the venom of the King Cobra (pictured), the water moccasin, theMamushi snake, the Erabu sea snake and the Habu snake, respectively, are all cysteine-rich secretory proteins that can reducemuscle contractions?
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6
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Millesya
Jstedehouder
Danyasimone
Aleid Lisanne
SKambizLMvanMegen
EdChem
|
[[]]
(September 28, 2010)
|
|
... that Tommy Amaker coached the 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 and 2006–07 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams, winning the 2004 NIT and finishing runner-up in the 2006 NIT?
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6
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TonyTheTiger
|
[[]]
(September 27, 2010)
|
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... that Michigan Wolverines men's basketball teams coached by Steve Fisher featured Fab Five stars Juwan Howard, Jalen Rose and Chris Webber, and include the 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96 and 1996–97 teams?
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6
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TonyTheTiger
|
[[]]
(July 8, 2010)
|
|
... that Oklahoma Sooners football head coach Barry Switzer won eight consecutive Big Eight Conference college football championships in his first eight years with the 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, and 1980 teams?
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6
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TonyTheTiger
|
Alsatian Workers and Peasants Party
(Jul. 6, 2010)
|
|
... that the Bloody Sunday events of 1926 in Alsace were the starting point of cooperation between communists and clerical autonomists, which led to the expulsion of the Neue Welt group of Charles Hueber and Jean-Pierre Mourer from the French Communist Party and the formation of the Alsatian Opposition Communist Party?
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6
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Soman
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Private railways of Norway
(Apr. 27, 2010)
|
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... that the only non-industrial private railways of Norway never to be nationalized were the Holmestrand–Vittingfoss, Lier,Lillesand–Flaksvand, Nesttun–Os and Tønsberg–Eidsfoss lines?
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6
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Arsenikk
|
Arrested professors
(Jan. 25, 2010)
|
|
... that Endre Berner, Bjørn Føyn, Carl Jacob Arnholm, Eiliv Skard, Harald K. Schjelderup and Anatol Heintz were among the professors at the University of Oslo who were arrested by Nazis during World War II?
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6
|
Geschichte
|
Bodley's Librarian
(Jan. 16, 2010)
|
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... that one of Bodley's Librarians at Oxford University had been in the King's African Rifles,another wrote about French anarchy, another had sixteen siblings, another used boys for routine library tasks, and another later died of a "surfeit of cherries"?
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6
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Bencherlite
|
Cormier wrestling family
(Aug. 20, 2009)
|
|
... that professional wrestling promoter Emile Dupré has said that the Cormier wrestling family (Yvon, Jean-Louis, Leonce, and Romeo) "were to New Brunswick what the Hart family was to Calgary"?
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6
|
GaryColemanFan
|
Katherine Lynch
(May. 8, 2009)
|
|
... that the first season of Celebrity Bainisteoir was said to have "brought the worlds of celebrity and GAA club football crashing together", and the second season features Working Girls and Wonderwomen star Katherine Lynch and Miss Universe contender Andrea Roche?
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6
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Candlewicke
|
John Roach
May 4, 2009
|
|
... that John Roach (pictured) rose from humble origins to establish America's largest postbellum shipbuilding empire, John Roach & Sons, which included theEtna Iron Works, the Morgan Iron Works, and the former Reaney shipyard, renamed the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works?
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6
|
Gatoclass
|
Bjørvika
(Mar. 27, 2009)
|
|
... that theBjørvika Tunnel, financed through Oslo Package 1, will allow urban renewal of Bjørvika (pictured) and Sørengautstikkeren by HAV Eiendom, as part of theFjord City?
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6
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Arsenikk
|
Lisa Hannigan
(Mar. 17, 2009)
|
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... that Ireland's 2008 Meteor Awards featured a duet between Sinéad O'Connor and Mick Pyro and a performance by Gary Lightbody and Lisa Hannigan (pictured) of the song "Some Surprise", taken from the self-titled album of The Cake Sale which was organised by former Bell X1 member Brian Crosby?
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6
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Candlewicke
|
SM UB-42
(Feb. 20, 2009)
|
|
... that six World War I German Type UB II U-boats—UB-42, UB-43, UB-44, UB-45, UB-46, and UB-47—were built in Bremen but cut apart and shipped by rail for reassembly at the Austro-Hungarian port of Pola?
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6
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Bellhalla
|
Kentucky Railway Museum
(Feb. 13, 2009)
|
|
...that the Kentucky Railway Museum (pictured), next door to an historic hotel, features the official state locomotiveof Kentucky, a "Jim Crow" car, a four-star hotel on rails, and the only gas-powered motor rail car in the southeastern United States?
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6
|
Bedford
|
Pennsylvania class steamship
(Dec. 23, 2008)
|
|
... that the Pennsylvania class ocean liners—Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois (later USS Supply, pictured)—were the largest iron ships ever built in the United Statesupon their completion in 1874?
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6
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Gatoclass
|
John Milton
(Dec. 9, 2008)
|
|
... that the early poetry of John Milton (born 400 years ago today), including "Christ's Nativity", "The Passion", "Upon the Circumcision", "Arcades", "L'Allegro", and "Il Penseroso", was written as early as 1624 but not published until 1645?
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6
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Ottava Rima
|
Gilliam class attack transport
(Feb. 5, 2008)
|
|
...that sixteen ships of the US Navy's Gilliam class, including Banner, Carteret,Dawson (pictured), Gasconade and Geneva, were expended as atomic bombtargets after barely two years of service?
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6
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Gatoclass
|
USS Meriwether
(Jan. 27, 2008)
|
|
...that the US Navy's Haskell class attack transports Meriwether (pictured), Tazewell, Natrona, Okaloosa, Oneida and Rawlins all participated in only one battle – the invasion of Okinawa in 1945 – before being collectively struck from the Naval Register on the same day in October 1958?
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6
|
Gatoclass
|
Rhodesian/Zimbabwean government buildings
(Mar. 2, 2021)
|
|
... that the president of Zimbabwe has access to State House which has a "drunk" "Superman" statue of Robert Mugabe in the grounds, and to the former Rhodesian prime minister's house and Cecil Rhodes's Government House in Bulawayo (pictured), but not to Mugabe's Blue Roof mansion?
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5
|
The C of E
|
Canadian Comedy Awards
(Jul. 1, 2019)
|
|
... that poutine (example pictured) and back bacon on a bun were served while the Beaver was awarded to Made in Canada at the inaugural Canadian Comedy Awards?
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5
|
Reidgreg
|
Union Street station (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)
(May 24, 2020)
|
|
... that the New York City Subway stations at 9th, 25th, 59th, and Union Streets, as well as Prospect Avenue, were opened with a competition between two trains heading to Coney Island?
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5
|
Epicgenius, Kew Gardens 613
|
Marlon Bundo
(Apr. 30, 2018)
|
|
... that a children's book illustrated by Gerald Kelley parodies another children's book written by Charlotte Pence about her pet rabbit Marlon Bundo (pictured) by portraying him as gay?
|
5
|
IronGargoyle
Dalsegnoalfine
Adavidb
GreenMeansGo
Wumbolo
|
Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters
(Aug. 1, 2017)
|
|
... that Harry Traver's Jazz Railways, Sesquicentennial Cyclone, and Giant Cyclone Safety Coasters (including the notorious Palisades Park Cyclone, Oaks Park Zip, Crystal Beach Cyclone, and Revere Beach Lightning) all included rapidly undulating "Jazz Track" (diagram pictured)?
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5
|
IronGargoyle
|
Women's Super Rugby and new clubs
(18 May 2017)
|
|
... that the newly established Women's Super Rugby league will include Gloucester-Hartpury Women, Harlequins Ladies, Loughborough Students (Lightning), and Waterloo Ladies, but will exclude a team that has been in the top flight for 15 years?
|
5
|
The C of E
|
Various places of worship in Godalming
(1 November, 2015)
|
|
... that Godalming's Roman Catholic, Quaker and Unitarian (pictured) places of worship, former Congregational chapel, and former Salvation Army hall are all Grade II listed buildings?
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5
|
Hassocks5489
|
Tributaries of Huntington Creek
(December 30, 2014)
|
|
... that Huntington Creek has six direct tributaries that are Class A Wild Trout Waters: Mitchler Run, Shingle Run, Arnold Creek, Lick Branch, Phillips Creek, and part of Kitchen Creek?
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5
|
Jakec
|
International Institute for Species Exploration
(June 28, 2014)
|
|
... that the Top 10 New Species of the past year include a 40 foot (12 m) tall tree (pictured), a crustacean that looks like a skeleton, a protist that acts like a sponge, and a fungus named after the King of the Netherlands?
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5
|
ThaddeusB
|
Nicolas Zamora
(29 December 2014)
|
|
... that Nicolas Zamora (pictured) was the first Filipino Protestant minister in the Philippines and is credited with the foundation of the first indigenous evangelical church in the Philippines?
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5
|
Arius1998
|
Thomas Simpson (architect)
(28 May 2014)
|
|
... that Thomas and Gilbert Murray Simpson designed "a distinguished group of board schools" (one pictured) in the Victorian era for suburban areas of Brighton such as Elm Grove and Prestonville?
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5
|
Hassocks5489
|
Leader of Alderney
(18 February 2014)
|
|
... that the Leader of Alderney has historically been a hereditary Governor, a Judge and a non-politically elected President?
|
5
|
The C of E
|
Flip Flap Railway
(October 5, 2013)
|
|
... that Lina Beecher's Flip Flap Railway (pictured) was tested with monkeys and sandbags but still produced injuries because of its circular loop, an issue which was corrected with later looping coasters at Coney Island, Atlantic City, and Olentangy Park?
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5
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IronGargoyle
|
Royal Tunbridge Wells
7 March 2013
|
|
... that Royal Tunbridge Wells has a church dedicated to King Charles I that had no vicar for 33 years, an opera house that became a pub and a rugby club whose alumni include an RFU regional administrator and aftershave drinking Colin Smart?
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5
|
The C of E
|
Sahara Sea
(January 15, 2013)
|
|
... that François Roudaire (pictured) proposed flooding the Sahara by a channel cut from the Mediterranean to the Chott el Fejej, an event which was portrayed in Jules Verne's last novel, and later was re-imagined with nuclear explosives?
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5
|
IronGargoyle
|
Yam
(December 12, 2012)
|
|
... that the Ashanti celebrate the Adae, Adae Kese, Akwasidae, Awukudae, and Yam (pictured) festivals?
|
5
|
Nvvchar
Rosiestep
|
Coxed four rowers for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
(September 2, 2012)
|
|
... that adaptive rowers Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, James Roe and David Smith, alongside cox Lily van den Broecke, won a gold medal at the 2011 World Rowing Championships and have been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics?
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5
|
Basement12
|
Dungeon Village
(June 8, 2012)
|
|
... that the simulation video games Cafeteria Nipponica, Dungeon Village, Epic Astro Story, Grand Prix Story, and Hot Springs Story were developed by Japanese video game developer Kairosoft?
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5
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Nomader
|
Wukui and brothers
(May 25, 2012)
|
|
... that the five brothers Prince Wukui, Duke Xiao, Duke Zhao, Duke Yi, and Duke Hui fought one another for the throne of the ancient state of Qi, and all succeeded, often by killing their predecessors?
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5
|
Zanhe
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Ashleigh Southern
(March 7, 2012)
|
|
... that Australian Stingers Ashleigh Southern, Glencora Ralph, Zoe Arancini, Rowena Webster and Nicola Zagame are five of seventeen water polo players trying to make the 2012 Summer Olympics squad?
|
5
|
User talk:LauraHale
|
5 Derby-winning Thoroughbred racehorses
(February 10, 2012)
|
|
... that the racehorses Assassin, Hannibal, Cardinal Beaufort, Election and Lap-dog won the Derby Stakes in 1782, 1804, 1805, 1807 and 1826 respectively, making the 3rd Earl of Egremont the first-ever owner of five Derby winners?
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5
|
Froggerlaura & Tigerboy1966
|
Union of Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Organizations
(January 31, 2012)
|
|
... that theDerg military junta supported the formation of the Union of Ethiopian Marxist-Leninist Organizations, but eventually crushed or disbanded its member organizations (Meison, Seded, Echat, Waz and Malerid)?
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5
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Soman
|
Clayton & Black
(January 22, 2012)
|
|
... that prolific Brighton architects Clayton & Black's works include churches, mansion flats, banks, cinemas and their "chef d'œuvre"—a pink granite insurance office (pictured)?
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5
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Hassocks5489
|
Rutgers Scarlet Knights football
(November 29, 2011)
|
|
... that Jacque LaPrarie, Eric Hochberg, Tom Tarver, Mike Stephans, and Chas Dodd all led the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team in passing yards?
|
5
|
PM800
|
List of most expensive sculptures and four of the sculptures
(November 13 2011)
|
|
... that themost expensive sculptures ever sold include modern works such as Picasso's Tete de femme, Modigliani's Tête, and Giacometti's Grande tête mince, and ancient statues like Artemis and the Stag?
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5
|
violet/riga
|
Love Story and related articles
(October 28 2011)
|
|
... that former couple Acha Septriasa and Irwansyah united for their last Love Story under the supervision of Irwansyah's future wife and direction of Hanny Saputra?
|
5
|
Crisco 1492
|
Mochtar Lubis and his works
(July 23 2011)
|
|
... that Indonesian "renaissance man" Mochtar Lubis, co-founder of the daily Indonesia Raya, wrote novels involving superstition, corruption, and erectile dysfunction?
|
5
|
Crisco 1492
|
Caribbean accounting groups
(July 18 2011)
|
|
... that BICA, ICAG and ICAJ are ICAC members, but as of 2008 CISPA was not?
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5
|
Aymatth2
|
Chrisye albums
(June 10, 2011)
|
|
... that during his career, Chrisye released albums that sold like "chicken shit", were recorded with studio executives locked out, raised controversy for being "against Asian mores", went double platinum on his birthday, and had to be recalled to replace the cover design?
|
5
|
Crisco 1492
|
Badai Pasti Berlalu
(June 5, 2011)
|
|
... that Marga T's novel Badai Pasti Berlalu sold roughly 24,000 copies—remarkable for an Indonesian novel in the 1970s—and spawned a critically acclaimed film, album and song?
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5
|
Crisco 1492
|
List of places of worship in Arun
(Former Trinity Congregational Chapel, Arundel pictured)
(June 1, 2011)
|
|
...that past and present churches in Arun, West Sussex, include one in the grounds of a luxury hotel, one in a former Penny School, one (pictured) that became a market, and a "strangely towered" one?
|
5
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Hassocks5489
|
Battle for the Río San Juan de Nicaragua
(May 5, 2011)
|
|
... that during a 1762 British siege of the Fortress of the Immaculate Conception (pictured) in El Castillo village within El Castillo municipality, Nicaragua, Rafaela Herrera inspired the outnumbered Spanish defenders to victory?
|
5
|
DiverDave
|
Jack up rigs owned by the Romanian company Grup Servicii Petroliere
(Jan. 19, 2011)
|
|
...that the Romanian company Grup Servicii Petroliere owns fivejackup independent leg cantilever drilling rigs: Atlas, Jupiter, Orizont, Prometeuand Saturn?
|
5
|
Bine Mai
|
M-1 Challenge XXII
(Dec. 10, 2010)
|
|
... that M-1 Global's welterweight (Shamil Zavurov vs. Abner Lloveras), middleweight (Magomed Sultanakhmedov vs. Rafał Moks), and light heavyweight (Tomasz Narkun vs. Vyacheslav Vasilevsky) mixed martial arts champions will be determined at M-1 Challenge XXIItoday?
|
5
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EdChem
Paralympiakos
|
2010 M-1 Challenge Season
(Nov. 5, 2010)
|
|
... that at M-1 Global's Challenge XXI event, Artiom Damkovsky defeated Mairbek Taisumov to become their inaugural Lightweight MMA Champion and Guram Gugenishvili defeated Kenny Garner (who was replacing the injured Maxim Grishin) for their inaugural Heavyweight Championship?
|
5
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EdChem
Paralympiakos
|
Shannan Prefecture
(September 29, 2010 )]
|
|
... that Gonggar County of Shannan Prefecture in Tibet contains the Gonggar Choide Monastery, a dzong, and a regional airportwhich serves Lhasa, despite being located about 62 kilometres (39 mi) from it?
|
5
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Nvvchar
Himalayan Explorer
|
Dzanga-Ndoki National Park
(September 28, 2010 )]
|
|
... that Dzanga-Ndoki National Park and Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve of the Dzanga-Sangha Complex of Protected Areas in the Central African Republic form the Sangha Tri National Landscape with Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo and Lobéké National Park in Cameroon?
|
5
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Nvvchar
Rosiestep
Himalayan Explorer
|
Iguazu River Dams
(Sep. 23, 2010)
|
|
... that before reaching the Iguazu Falls (pictured) on the border of Brazil and Argentina, the Iguazu River is interrupted by the hydroelectric José Richa, Salto Osório, Salto Santiago, Ney Braga and Bento Munhoz Dams?
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5
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NortyNort
|
Oskar Höcker
(Sep. 17, 2010)
|
|
... that the family of Oskar Höcker, a German writer and a celebrated actor of the Lessing Theater, included three more writers: his brother Gustav, his son Paul Oskar, and his granddaughter Karla?
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5
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Drmies
|
Hochland (magazine)
(Aug. 6, 2010)
|
|
... that the German Catholic magazine Hochland, founded by Carl Muth in 1903, published regular contributions by historians Theodor Schieffer and Heinrich Lützeler, and philosopher Peter Wust?
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5
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Drmies
|
African Barrick Gold
(Aug. 6, 2010)
|
|
... that, in 2009, African Barrick Gold produced 716,000 ounces of gold from the Tulawaka, Bulyanhulu, Buzwagi, and North Mara Gold Mines?
|
5
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Kelapstick
Calistemon
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(July 17, 2010)
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... that the Michigan Wolverines football team's records in years such as 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997 include those in field goals, school completion percentage, single-game receptions, and the largest comeback among others?
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5
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TonyTheTiger
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Centuria Insectorum
(June 27, 2010)
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... that the animals described in Carl Linnaeus' Centuria Insectorum include the crab Hepatus epheliticus, the rhinoceros beetleDynastes tityus (pictured), the scale insect Conchaspis capensis and the butterfly Catopsilia scylla?
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5
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Stemonitis
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List of places of worship in Hastings
(Christ Church, Ore pictured)
(May 21, 2010)
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...that past and present churches in Hastings, East Sussex, include one in the middle of a wood, one on the beach for the fishermen, one on a "crazy site" and one (pictured) with "a very naughty turret"?
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5
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Hassocks5489
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| Austrian battleships(April 30, 2010)
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... that theAustro-Hungarian battleships Habsburg, Babenberg, Árpád, Prinz Eugen,Tegetthoff and Viribus Unitis participated in the bombardment of Ancona?
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5
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Buggie111
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Sera Monastery
(March 10, 2010 )
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... that the great Sera Monastery (pictured) in Lhasa, Tibet, has 19 affiliated hermitages, including 4 nunneries: Chupzang Nunnery, Garu Nunnery, Negodong Nunnery and Nenang Nunnery?
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5
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Nvvchar
Himalayan Explorer
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Bulgarian runners
(Mar. 8, 2010)
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... that the Bulgarian female runners Zlateva, Yordanova, Pekhlivanova, Shtereva, Tomova and Petrova all won medals in 800 metres at the European Indoor Championships in the 1970s?
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5
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Geschichte
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Herman Behr Mansion
(February 27, 2010 )
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... that surviving works by Brooklyn architect Frank Freeman include the Herman Behr Mansion, Eagle Warehouse, Brooklyn Union Gas Company Headquarters, Villa Maria and Crescent Athletic Club House (pictured)?
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5
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Gatoclass
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Robert Southey
(Oct. 02, 2009)
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... that Robert Southey composed five epic poems that describe: human sacrifices, murderous Hindu demons, evil sorcerers, a Goth rapist, and a violent maid?
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5
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Ottava Rima
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T. S. Eliot
(April 29, 2009)
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... that T. S. Eliot's Paradiso-like poems of the Four Quartets (Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages, and Little Gidding) are modeled on the structure of his Inferno-like poem The Waste Land?
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5
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Ottava Rima
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Blond Bombers
(Feb. 2, 2009)
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... that Jim Crockett Promotions hosted an unusual series of pro wrestling tag team matches in the 1970s, as heel (villain) teams such as the Blond Bombers (Rip Hawk and Swede Hanson) faced fellow heels Brute Bernard and Skull Murphy?
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5
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GaryColemanFan
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VIP (magazine)/TV Now
(Jan. 16, 2009)
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... that VIP and TV Now magazines give their names to the VIP Style Awards (venue pictured) and TV Now Awardsrespectively, the latter of which regularly features Lorraine Keane?
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5
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Candlewicke
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John Keats
(Jan. 8, 2009)
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... that the 1819 odes of English poet John Keats, including On Melancholy,To a Nightingale, To Psyche, and To Autumn, created "a new tone for the English lyric" according to critic W. Jackson Bate?
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5
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Mrathel
Ottava Rima
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Operation Parthenon
(Jan. 5, 2009)
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... that Operations Parthenon, Boris, Finery, Shed and Plan Giralda were all British plans for military intervention in Zanzibar following the 1964 revolution?
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5
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Dumelow
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John Milton
(Dec. 15, 2008)
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... that the failed marriage of John Milton inspired his divorce tracts: Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, Judgement of Martin Bucer, Tetrachordon, and Colasterion?
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5
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Ottava Rima
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Davidson-Cadillac armored car
(Dec. 6, 2008)
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...that Royal Page Davidson, son of Northwestern Military Academy founder Harlan Page Davidson, invented the first U.S. military car and fully armored car (pictured) as well as a lightly armored car?
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5
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Doug Coldwell
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William Wordsworth
(Nov. 14, 2008)
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... that one poetic focus in William Wordsworth's early life, especially in the "Lucy" poems, the "Matthew" poems, We are Seven, and Lucy Gray, is man's relationship with death and nature?
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5
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Ottava Rima
Ceoil
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Buddhist temples in Huế
(Feb. 22, 2008)
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... that of Bao Quoc, Dieu De and Tu Dam, the three "national pagodas" in Huế under the Nguyen Dynasty, the latter two were vandalised by the regime of Ngo Dinh Diem, while Thien Mu (pictured) was regarded as the unofficial city symbol?
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5
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YellowMonkey
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Orangeville, Illinois
(Oct. 13, 2007)
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...that in Orangeville, Illinois, four of the five Registered Historic Places: Union House, Masonic Hall, People's State Bank, and Central House are all within three blocks of each other?
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5
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IvoShandor
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