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 * ... that F.I.B.S. is the earliest backgammon server on the internet and has been actively operating since July 19, 1992?
 * ... that Nicholas Christofilos designed the Astron fusion power machine while selling elevators?
 * ... that between 1930 and 1933, the Russian battleship Parizhskaya Kommuna (pictured) carried a Heinkel aircraft catapult?

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 * 1) Recent additions/2005/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 2) Recent additions/2011/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
 * 3) Recent additions/2010/February, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.