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... that British war correspondentIan Fyfe was killed onD-Day while landing in a glider with troops attacking theMerville Gun Battery?
... that the 1976 Philippine filmItim was described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history" in a 2022 retrospective at theMuseum of Modern Art?
... that the only death from theBelvidere Apollo Theatre collapse was the one audience member who bought a concert t-shirt fromCrypta that night, according to their lead singer?
... that in the 1980s, whenMoturoa Island lost all its endangeredkiwi to pests, experts reintroduced seven birds – today there could be as many as 300 kiwi on the island?
... that in the 18th century theMawali tribe(pictured) was driven from theSyrian steppe to the regions ofHama andIdlib, where their descendants live today?
... that a reviewer describedCeechynaa, who entered theUK singles chart earlier this month with "Peggy", as "proudly waving the sexual liberation flag"?
... thatvitamin E was named "tocopherol" as it was identified as essential for live births in rats?
... that in the 1950sMichel Klein opened one of the first veterinary practices in Paris?
... that newspaper publisherJacob Frolich built trapdoors and hiding places in his house in case it was raided byRadical Republicans?
... that nearly 300 construction workers showed up at 8 am to continue buildingChernobyl Reactors 5 and 6, despite the Chernobyl disaster earlier that day?
... that war correspondentBernard Gray was killed while travelling as an unofficial passenger aboard a Royal Navy submarine during the Second World War?
... that Filipino violinistGilopez Kabayao was nicknamed the "Mozart to the Barrios"?
... thatIan Holm, who died in 2020, was "resurrected" to appear inAlien: Romulus through a combination of animatronics, computer-generated imagery, and artificial intelligence?
... that NFL playerAdrian Baril also was a "fat men's race" champion?
... thatHMT Night Hawk was sunk on Christmas Day 1914 while trawling for mines off Scarborough, England?
... that theNational Gingerbread House Competition, despite its name, has featured gingerbread merry-go-rounds, sea monsters, and even the Statue of Liberty?
... thatPflaumentoffel, edible figures made from prunes, were sold by children in German Christmas markets in the 19th century?
... thatChristmas: A Biography states that, despite its Christian origins, Christmas has been mostly secular since its inception in the fourth century?
... that the 1962 space-age pop albumLatin-esque was recorded with halves of the orchestra separated by almost a city block to heighten its stereo effects?
... thatBob Gandey founded a circus that continues to be operated by his descendants more than a century later?
... thatHudson's Bay Company ships reserved special rooms for importantLower Chehalis visitors due to their key role in regional trade networks?
... thatPlanting a Rainbow has been praised for both its "deft use of colors" and the educational identification of seeds, bulbs, sprouts, and blossoms?
... thatLouis Abramson worked on the renovation of a building that he designed 57 years earlier?
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Bubble wrap jacket fromThe Horn of Plenty
... thatThe Horn of Plenty byAlexander McQueen satirized the fashion industry with clothing sewn from expensive fabric made to look like household trash(example pictured)?
... thatFen Juhua became the "first of the lady knights in the Chinese cinema" after fighting for love ina 1925 film?
... that in a 2024 game, college football playerJordan Watkins scored anOle Miss–record fivereceivingtouchdowns – even though he had never before had more than one?
... that after seeing Taiwanese actorMo Tzu-yi's work, a director sought to inquire about him at a film market, only to find Mo standing right behind him?
... thatdogs(example pictured) have much more sensitive noses and ears than humans, but have trouble distinguishing red from green?
... that in 1809, two ministers leading the British war effort against Napoleon foughta duel against each other?
... that in his first year in theNFL,Lou Rash was told he was released and began flying back home, but was told upon landing that the release was a mistake and he was to return?
... thatmuthkwey was not harvested or walked over, because oral tradition held that it had grown from the droppings of a two-headed serpent?
... that the Mongol princessAl-Altan was rumoured to have poisoned her brotherÖgedei Khan?
... that theSaybrook Colony was sold to Connecticut for an annual payment of 180 pounds of equal quantities of wheat, peas, and either rye or barley?
... that future Olympic weightlifterChiu Yuh-chuan received a job offer in marketing after media coverage about his difficulty securing employment?
... thatMarie Denizard(pictured) stood as a candidate in a French presidential election in 1913, thirty years before French women achieved suffrage?
... thatThe Crystal was one of few publications in early-20th-century China that regularly covered same-sex intimacy?
... thatHanif Kureshi transformed shadows cast by the Sun into street art?
... thatGigarta, a settlement mentioned byStrabo andPliny the Elder, is believed to have been located on the slopes ofMount Lebanon, although its exact location remains under debate?
... thatKaren Tei Yamashita realized the structure of her novel,I Hotel, by cutting, folding, and writing on ten cardboard cubes, each representing a year in the book?
... thatCarrlyn Bathe met her husband after he sent her gear from his clothing brand?
... that due to thenear-miss effect, gamblers may mistake a game of luck for a game of skill?
... that tacklers "bounced off"Chauncey Archiquette "as if he were a brick wall"?
... that Chief ConstableJames Smart flooded police courts with over 17,000 cases to prove the impracticality of leaving homeowners with the responsibility for lighting stairs?
... that an Indiana university recently argued in court thatThe Silver Veil and the Golden Gate, a 1914 painting, was too modern for their art collection?
... thatPiri Reis didnot map Antarctica in the sixteenth century?
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