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 * ... that New York City's Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch (pictured) once had a puppet library?
 * ... that angling was once an Olympic sport?
 * ... that the shape of Fisherman's Friend lozenges was based on the buttons on a dress worn by Doreen Lofthouse?
 * ... that during an expedition on RV Kaharoa, a 34-centimetre-long (13 in) "supergiant" amphipod was discovered?
 * ... that Olympia Dukakis's first screen role was in the avant-garde film Twice a Man?
 * ... that ten years after publishing a book about Great South African Christians, Horton Davies gave a speech criticizing South African churches for their role in apartheid?
 * ... that the two varieties of Alabama croton are separated by more than ?
 * ... that Aboriginal soldier Tim Hughes was decorated for remarkable bravery, exceptional coolness and initiative during the Battle of Buna–Gona?
 * ... that the Victory Vertical piano was developed in 1942 to be parachuted to US troops?

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