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- ...thatBolli Bollasson, a character in theMedieval IcelandicLaxdœla saga, is credited as the first WestNorse member of theVarangian Guard (pictured)?
- ...that as an art student,SovietpainterFyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov was employed as an "artistic reporter" on anArctic expedition aboard the doomedChelyuskin steamship?
- ...that in1955,What's the Story, anAmericangame show, was the lasttelevision seriesbroadcast on theDuMont Television Network?
- ...that theSiege of Lathom House during theFirst English Civil War ended in victory for theCavaliers because the lady of the house,Charlotte de la Tremoüille, defended it defiantly?
- ...that the1991 Hamlet chicken plant fire resulted in 25 deaths andprisonsentences for the owners?
- ...thatLord Nolan was the first chairman of theCommittee on Standards in Public Life?
- ...thatLeonard Crofoot, a dancer inThe Singing Detective, has had threeStar Trek roles?
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- ...thatpoet andplaywrightMaria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska (pictured), known as the PolishSappho, discussed topics such asabortion, extra-marital affairs, andincest?
- ...that the femaleSmith's blue butterfly has only seven days to feed,court,mate, andlay eggs?
- ...thatJohn Freke was the firstophthalmic surgeon?
- ...that theRyuho was the only major warship damaged in theDoolittle raid, and the last Japaneseaircraft carrier to make a war-time voyage outside theHome Islands?
- ...that theGouin Reservoir inQuebec,Canada is not one contiguous body of water, but the collective name for a series of lakes with highly irregular shapes?
- ...thatcock throwing was a popularblood sport inEngland for centuries?
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- ...that thefauna of Scotland includes almost half of the EU’s breeding seabirds, but only oneendemic vertebrate species, and that although a population ofWild Cats (pictured) remains, many of the larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times?
- ...that51 Birch Street, alow-budgetdocumentary about the mystery of asuburban marriage, was named one ofTheNew York Times top ten films of 2006?
- ...thatUpdown Court, a private residence inEngland, is valued at over US$120 million?
- ...thatRoger Bacon sent hisOpus Majus, a treatise ofnatural science, toPope Clement IV in 1267?
- ...thatMurderers Among Us was the firstGerman post-World War II film?
- ...that 2003'sHurricane Ignacio was the latest-forming firsthurricane of aPacific hurricane season since reliablesatellite observation began in 1966?
- ...that the championracehorseCorrida, a two-time winner of thePrix de l'Arc de Triomphe, disappeared during theBattle of the Falaise Gap?
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- ...that in thedepositioninitiation ritual(pictured) of Medieval and Early Modernuniversities, new students were dressed up with horns which were then removed with grindstones, axes, and pliers?
- ...that in his satirical 1827 pamphletGrand Erratum, French physicistJean-Baptiste Pérès argued thatNapoleon never existed, but was just another expression of an ancient myth?
- ...that modelRebecca Twigley became a household name inAustralia after wearing a revealing dress to an event in 2004?
- ...that theGolden Resources Mall inBeijing, the second-largestshopping mall in the world, has attracted as few as 20 shoppers in an hour?
- ...that the Soviet spotter aircraftSukhoi Su-12, though approved, was never produced due to lack of manufacturing capacity in theUSSR?
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- ...thatDarwin Falls(pictured) is the tallest waterfall inDeath Valley National Park and features a rare example ofriparian greenery in the driest place inNorth America?
- ...thatWilliam E. "Bud" Davis, who had a successful career aspresident at four universities, originally wanted "to be the world's greatestfootball coach" before he went 2-8 in 1962 and never coached again?
- ...that, in autumn 1934,Amicii URSS, aRomanianleft-wing cultural society, dispatched the writerAlexandru Sahia on an illegal visit to theSoviet Union, as a means to commemorate theOctober Revolution?
- ...thatMandy Mitchell-Innes was the last survivingEnglish cricketer to have playedTest cricket before theSecond World War?
- ...thatWilliam Dronfield founded theUnited Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades, which inspired the creation of theTrades Union Congress?
- ...that "On the very first of May", a work composed bysinger andorganistWilliam Savage, was set tononsense verses by his wife?
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- ...that the inhabitants ofFjuckby,Sweden want to change the name of their village because of its unfortunate associations?
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- ...thatRosersberg Palace (pictured), one of theSwedishRoyal palaces, was used as a school ofmusketry for 101 years?
- ...thatAlejandro Maclean, Spanish television producer andRed Bull Air Race World Series pilot, isnicknamed "The FlyingMatador"?
- ...that the2000 Sri Lanka Cyclone, which left over 500,000 homeless, was the firsttropical cyclone of hurricane intensity to hitSri Lanka since 1978?
- ...that thecornerstone for the first museum ofspace exploration, theKonstantin E. Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics inKaluga,Russia, was laid byYuri Gagarin?
- ...that the1968 Florida teachers' strike was the first statewidestrike byteachers inUnited States history?
- ...that theRaven banner, a standard used by variousViking leaders includingSigurd the Stout andHarald III of Norway, was atotem believed to have the power to grant victory to its holder?
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- ...thatSmokey(pictured) was selected as mascot by theUniversity of Tennessee students after abluetick coonhound howled during a halftime contest?
- ...that the1939 plannedencyclical ofPope Pius XI,Humani Generis Unitas, which condemnedracism andpersecution of Jews, became known as "The Hidden Encyclical" or "The Lost Encyclical," because it was never promulgated?
- ...that the1985 Oregon State vs. Washington football game resulted in the biggest overcomepoint spread incollege football history when theBeavers beat theHuskies, 21-20?
- ...that David Robinson, who tried to hijackQantas Flight 1737 in 2003, wanted to crash the plane into aTasmanian national park to release theDevil and bring aboutArmageddon?
- ...thatkabuki actorMatsunosuke Onoe became the first superstar ofJapanese cinema, appearing in over 1,000 films during the course of his 17-year career, including over 80 per year at his peak?
- ...thatIan Harvey, aConservative junior minister in theUnited Kingdom, resigned his seat in 1958 after a sex scandal?
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