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- ... that Kortnei Johnson (pictured) became a seven-time state sprinting champion for the University Interscholastic League despite training on grass and cement?
- ... that over the course of several decades, the missionaries of New Zealand's German Mission House failed to convert a single person?
- ... that Carrie Swain was possibly the first woman entertainer to perform in blackface?
- ... that all 55 people killed during the Great Genna Martyrdom in 1622 were beatified by Pope Pius IX more than two hundred years later?
- ... that S'Klallam artist Jeffrey Veregge's "Salish Geek" style blended traditional formline art techniques with bright colors and pop culture references?
- ... that the daimyo of Kumamoto is said to have spent a thousand gold pieces in one night at an Ōsakishimojima teahouse?
- ... that in 2024, C. J. Hanson became the first player from his school to be chosen in the NFL draft since 1989?
- ... that the Chinese Red Army housed its political directorate in a Catholic church in 1935?
- ... that people in Madagascar perform algebra on tree seeds in order to tell the future?