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 * ...that J.M. Legard's 2006 novel Giraffe is based on the real-life mass killing of giraffes at the zoo in the Czechoslovakian town of Dvůr Králové nad Labem on the night of 30 April 1975?
 * ...that the first edition of Patience and Sarah, winner of the 1971 Stonewall Book Award, was self-published and all copies sold by the author after six publishers rejected it for not being marketable?
 * ...that several universities now offer courses on the politics of Harry Potter?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2007/February, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2007/August, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2007/August, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.