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March 2010

 * ... that Bayne-Fowle House, a National Register of Historic Places registered property located at 811 Prince Street in Alexandra, Virginia, United States, served as a military hospital in 1864?
 * ... that President of the United States James A. Garfield knew both Latin and Greek, and could write both simultaneously with separate hands?
 * ... that the CARVER matrix was developed by United States special forces as a target acquisition system used to rank and prioritize targets?
 * ... that President George Washington was once a guest at Lloyd House?
 * ... that Azalea Trail Maids appeared in the inauguration parade of President Barack Obama in full antebellum-era dresses?
 * ... that although U.S. President Barack Obama is Christian, high-ranked al-Qaida member Ayman al-Zawahiri has falsely claimed that Obama secretly "pray[s] the prayers of the Jews"?
 * ... that Joseph H. Allen, a volunteer infantryman and the 21st supervisor of the Town of Brunswick in New York, was brevetted lieutenant colonel by Abraham Lincoln in 1865?
 * ... that American writer-director Patrick Coyle first publicly showed his 2009 film Into Temptation at the hospice where his father stayed?
 * ... that a 1996 National Geographic magazine map of the United States labeled the High Desert region of southeast Oregon (pictured) as the Great Sandy Desert?
 * ... that 1968 was the deadliest year in the Vietnam war for the United States and its Vietnamese allies?
 * ... that Chenowth Advanced Light Strike Vehicles were used by United States Navy SEALs in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as during the Gulf War?
 * ... that Bienvenido Santos’s novel, The Man Who (Thought He) Looked Like Robert Taylor, narrates the experiences of Filipino migrants in the United States?
 * ... that Thistle, Utah, was destroyed in 1983 by the most costly landslide (pictured) in United States history and was the first federal disaster area declared by the U.S. President in the state of Utah?
 * ... that indie rock band Fang Island took its name from a fictional location described in an Onion article as a secret hideaway of then U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld?
 * ... that Carey McWilliams described Carlos Bulosan's America Is in the Heart as a social classic that reflected the experiences of Filipino immigrants in America?
 * ... that the American electric blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, Johnnie Bassett, played on The Miracles 1958 debut single, "Got a Job"?
 * ... that during the Korean War, US Army Colonel Robert F. Martin commanded the 34th Infantry Regiment for only 14 hours before he was killed in the Battle of Chonan?
 * ... that Republican National Committee official Rob Bickhart wrote a PowerPoint presentation for a meeting of Republican fundraisers which depicted Nancy Pelosi as Cruella de Vil?
 * ... that the American soul blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter Jimmy Burns, issued a number of singles in the 1960s, but waited over 25 years to release his debut album?
 * ... that Whitney Avenue Historic District in New Haven, Connecticut, includes "locally outstanding" collections of Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival architecture?
 * ... that General Vernon Prichard, commander of the "Old Ironsides" armored division during the Italian Campaign in World War II, was Dwight Eisenhower's quarterback at West Point?
 * ... that footballer Edward King was honored for heroism in the Philippines and tactical skill in France and later became Commandant of the Army Command and General Staff College?
 * ... that Hanging Rocks (pictured) at Wappocomo, West Virginia, on the South Branch Potomac River was the site of both a battle between Delaware and Catawba Native American tribes and an American Civil War skirmish?
 * ... that Wyandanch, the sachem of the Montaukett, in 1659, sued Jeremy Daily in the colonial court in one of the first trials in North America with an English defendant and a Native American plaintiff?
 * ... that George Peek was the first Administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration and the first President of the two banks that would become the Export-Import Bank of the United States?
 * ... that Boeing is submitting an updated OV-10 Bronco for the US Air Force Request for a slower support plane, or Light Attack/Armed Reconnaissance aircraft?
 * ... that American Texas and electric blues musician Mike Morgan's backing band, the Crawl, was named after a Lonnie Brooks song?
 * ... that Agalinis aspera (tall false foxglove), a purple and pink flowering plant native to the United States and Canada, is endangered?
 * ... that the American Detroit blues guitarist, singer and songwriter Eddie "Guitar" Burns was originally known as a harmonica player?
 * ... that Heath Calhoun and Andy Soule, both double-leg amputees due to wounds received in Iraq and Afghanistan, respectively, will represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Paralympics?
 * ... that Lord Palmerston threatened "immediate and frightful" war against the United States if they would not repatriate Alexander McLeod, a Canadian accused of killing an American sailor?
 * ... that when U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy heard Phil Ochs sing "Crucifixion", tears came to his eyes?
 * ... that Kesha Rogers, who won the 2010 Democratic primary for Texas's 22nd congressional district, is a follower of the LaRouche movement and has called for the impeachment of President Barack Obama?
 * ... that Anna Kozlova has competed in three Olympics, once for the Unified Team (former Soviet Union) and twice for the United States?
 * ... that Sotir Peçi published the first Albanian-language newspaper in the United States?
 * ... that Wilma B. Liebman (pictured), the second woman ever to be Chair of the National Labor Relations Board, was named to the position by President Barack Obama on his first day in office?
 * ... that Michele S. Jones (pictured) was the first woman in the U.S. Army to attain the rank of command sergeant major before she retired to a military liaison position in the Obama Administration?
 * ... that Ann Baumgartner was the first American woman to fly a United States Army Air Forces jet aircraft when she flew the Bell YP-59A jet fighter at Wright Field as a test pilot during World War Two?
 * ... that the Bacon Deluxe sandwich from Wendy's topped a list of the five most unhealthful gourmet burgers sold by national fast food restaurant chains in the United States?
 * ... that early female Republican Party  politician and suffragist Rhoda Fox  Graves was the first woman to serve in the New York State Senate?
 * ... that the American  electric blues  harmonica  player, singer  and songwriter,  Little Sonny, often boosted his earnings by photographing  customers between his on-stage appearances?
 * ... that Mary Nolan voted in favor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 22 that recognizes the service of United States Merchant Marine veterans during World War II?
 * ... that James W. Treffinger went on to become a Republican County  executive of Essex County, New Jersey, even though his Catholic family "idolized" FDR and Kennedy?
 * ... that between November 1996 and 2001, 936 people left the parish of Baños in Cuenca Canton,  Ecuador,  and emigrated mostly to the United States?
 * ... that in 1906, some Filipino prisoners involved in medical experiments in the United States  were intentionally infected with cholera, and those who survived were  rewarded with cigars or cigarettes?