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- ... that one 19th-century writer condemned the partial demolition ofthe old church dedicated toSt Nidan inAnglesey, Wales, saying thatits replacement(pictured) was "a painfully impressive example of architectural bad taste"?
- ... thatReinhard Febel composed an opera onCaspar Hauser,Sekunden und Jahre des Caspar Hauser, which premiered in 1992 at theOpernhaus Dortmund?
- ... thatskippers,lycaenids andhoneybees visit the flowers ofDampiera purpurea?
- ... thatsmallmouth bass, introduced intoCrescent Lake, have spread to every major lake in the upperPoplar River watershed ofMinnesota?
- ... that the Miller's Tower atFormakin House is dated "1694 DL", with DL standing for "damned lie", as it was built in the 1900s?
- ... that trying to escapeHurricane Katrina, award-winning writerJesmyn Ward and her family got stranded in a field full of tractors?
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- ... that a lake(pictured) in theLangwieder lake district originated as a pit from which more than 2,000,000 cubic metres ofgravel were excavated for highway construction was once voted the cleanest lake inMunich?
- ... that the plot ofSophocles'lost playTereus incorporates rape, mutilation andinfanticide?
- ... thatBrazil defeatedTimor-Leste76–0 infutsal in 2006, the current world record?
- ... that archaeological excavations inFrightful Cave, inCoahuila,Mexico, recovered over 950 fibresandals and the remains of an aged woman?
- ... thatJessica Gallagher, the first Australian woman to win a medal at theWinter Paralympics, has also set national records in discus, long jump, and shot put?
- ... thatDjenar Maesa Ayu was involved with1 Woman, 14 Men on her 38th birthday?
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- ... thatParalympic gold medallistBrendan Burkett(pictured) is the director of the Centre for Healthy Activities, Sport and Exercise at theUniversity of the Sunshine Coast?
- ... thatSt Edwen's Church, Llanedwen, is one of the few churches in Wales to be lit only by candles?
- ... that thearmored cruiserAdmiral Makarov was one of the ships that represented theRussian Empire at thecoronation ofNicholas I of Montenegro inAugust 1910?
- ... that the interlocking at theHarris Switch Tower inHarrisburg, Pennsylvania, still simulates train movements using timetables from the early 1940s?
- ... that less than six weeks after winning the2011 National Rugby League premiership, theManly-Warringah Sea Eaglessacked their head coach,Des Hasler?
- ... thatPunta Brava,Cuba, has been the site of a number of notable deaths, including those ofAntonio Maceo Grajales (1896) andQuentin Bandera (1906)?
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- ... thatMaurice Wilks, who invented theLand Rover, is buried atSt Mary's Church, Llanfair-yn-y-Cwmwd in Wales(grave pictured)?
- ... that the 5.6magnitudeearthquake which struck the U.S. state ofOklahoma on November 5, 2011, was the most powerful recorded in state history?
- ... that there have been only 22marine isotope stages in the last million years?
- ... that professional baseball playerSimmy Murch worked at aroller skating rink during the winter?
- ... that the melody of the closingchorale inBach's cantataWas soll ich aus dir machen, Ephraim, BWV 89, is doubled by the horn, two oboes and the first violin?
- ... that in 1959, aDouglas Dakotaflew into a Spanish mountain and killed 32 people?
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- ... that some of thereliquaries for books calledcumdachs(example pictured) were carried into battle as standards inMedieval Ireland?
- ... that in 1964,California GovernorPat Brown appointedRichard M. Sims, Jr. to theCourt of Appeal, and in 1982, GovernorJerry Brown, Pat's son, appointed Sims's son to the Court of Appeal?
- ... that the opening chorus ofBach's cantataSchmücke dich, o liebe Seele, BWV 180, has been regarded as "perfectly tailored to the idea of the soul dressing itself up in all its wedding finery"?
- ... that themangaAKB49: Renai Kinshi Jourei features real-life members of theJapanese idol groupAKB48?
- ... that some of the artifacts atPocahontas Mounds, an archaeological site from thePlaquemine Mississippian culture inHinds County, Mississippi, were recovered by schoolchildren?
- ... thatGarin Nugroho's family was worried that he could be killed for his reinterpretation of "the wounds of history" inPuisi Tak Terkuburkan?
- ... that theneo-romantic literary cabaretZielony Balonik fromKraków was rumoured to be a place of "orgies, nude dancing and all manner of dissipation"?
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- ... that theBrighton Wheel(pictured) inBrighton, England, stood in South Africa last year?
- ... thatoil shale deposits in Israel may cover approximately 15% of the country's territory, but only a small part of them are mineable for energy use?
- ... that the street children in theIndonesian filmLeaf on a Pillow were given an education after production finished?
- ... that the BritishdestroyerHMSHarvester sank one Germansubmarine byramming on3 March 1943 whilst escortingConvoy HX 228, but was sunk by another submarine the following day?
- ... thatKRSA, a radio station inPetersburg, Alaska, was sold inDecember 2010 for the sum of $1.00?
- ... that a nude picture of1996 Summer Paralympics gold medallistGerry Hewson and his pregnant wife was published byTime Out New York?
- ... thatBaker's Hole, nearDartford,Kent, England, contains a site at whichNeanderthals made blades?
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- ... that a 19th-century rector ofSt Mary's Church(pictured) inLlanfair-yng-Nghornwy, Wales, was awarded a gold medal for his attempt to save a boat during a gale?
- ... that 12half eagle gold coins were sent fromConfederateNorth Carolina through enemy lines to Philadelphia to be tested by the 1862United States Assay Commission, and were found to be correct?
- ... that theRussian battleshipPoltava was the only one of herclass to survive theRusso-Japanese War?
- ... thatClyde Goodwin started hisprofessional baseball career at the age of 16?
- ... that the856 Damghan earthquake, which killed an estimated 200,000 people in thePersian province of Qumis, also badly disrupted the region's water supplies?
- ... thathexagonal water, a configuration of water that supposedly stopsaging, is amarketing scam?
- ... thatRichard Nixon chose theWilson desk as his Oval Office desk because he believed it was used byWoodrow Wilson, but it was actually used byHenry Wilson, Vice President underUlysses S. Grant?
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- ... thatJohann Poppe, designing interiors of ocean liners forNorddeutscher Lloyd, moved the first class dining saloon to the centre of the ship, where it could rise two or more decks and have a skylight(pictured)?
- ... thatPaul McCartney's song "Call Me Back Again" has been interpreted as his response to calls for aBeatles' reunion during the 1970s?
- ... that in 1924,Francis Alfred BroadMP led a delegation of thebirth control movement which includedH. G. Wells,Dora Russell and Frances Huxley?
- ... that the cargo shipMSRavnaas, owned byArnt J. Mørland's company, was sunk by Japanese aircraft east of theSamar Island about the same time as theattack on Pearl Harbor?
- ... that according to opinion polls,Gregor Virant's Civic List andPositive Slovenia, two newly formed political parties, already rank among top three for the upcomingSlovenian parliamentary election?
- ... thatbaseball playerDave Barbee twice led thePacific Coast League inhome runs?
- ... that, after the2003 invasion of Iraq, theBassetki statue, which is more than 4,200 years old, was found in acesspool?
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