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 * ...that Johannes Rietstap (pictured) was the founder of modern heraldic theory in The Netherlands?
 * ...that in almost 100 years of existence, Ireland King of Arms granted only three coats of arms?
 * ...that the office of Garter Principal King of Arms was created for William Bruges around 1415?
 * ...that Ralph Bigland worked as a cheesemaker across Europe before becoming an officer of arms and eventually Garter Principal King of Arms?
 * ...that in 2005, Adam Bruce (pictured) became the first herald appointed to Clan Donald of Scotland in 510 years?
 * ...that Sausenburg Castle (pictured) in Germany was destroyed in 1678 by the army of French Marshall Creque during the Franco-Dutch War?
 * ...that from 1897 until his retirement in 1908, American cricketer John Lester (pictured) led the batting averages of the Philadelphians?
 * ...that Nabisco's bakery in Chicago Lawn was the biggest in the world when it opened in 1941?
 * ...that George Patterson's (pictured) score of 271 is the highest total in a single innings for a cricketer from a non-Test nations?
 * ...that Richmond Herald, Lawrence Dalton, embezzled tabards from the Royal Household in 1547?
 * ...that English herald Thomas Hawley's (pictured) records contain the first preserved account of a heraldic visitation?
 * ...that a power struggle between Thomas Benolt and Thomas Wriothesley in 1530 almost brought an end to the College of Arms?
 * ...that Ranji Hordern took 34 out of 51 wickets in three matches for the Philadelphians in their 1909 tour of Jamaica?
 * ...that Clarenceux King of Arms Stephen Leake appointed his thirteen year old son Chester Herald in 1752?
 * ...that American John Thayer is the only known first-class cricketer to have died on the RMS Titanic?
 * ...that Thomas Lant called the College of Arms "a company full of discord and envy?"
 * ...that Gilbert Jessop called Henry Scattergood (pictured) America's greatest wicket-keeper?
 * ...that John Ives (pictured) was elected a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society by the age of 21?
 * ...that Roseland Christian School (pictured) changed from a completely Dutch-American student body in 1884 to a completely African American one by the mid 1980s?
 * ...that Philadelphian Nelson Graves was only 14 years old when he made his first-class cricket debut?
 * ...that English-born cricketer Arthur Wood (pictured) had to satisfy a five year residency requirement before he was allowed to play with the Philadelphians?
 * ...that Chicago theater-owner Tony DeSantis survived two near-fatal explosions in his life?
 * ...that Timothy Christian School was forced to move from Cicero, Illinois to enroll African American students?
 * ...that Garter King of Arms William Segar (pictured) was imprisoned for confirming a coat of arms to someone who was not a gentleman?
 * ...that Milwaukee Hawks player Don Boven (pictured) fouled out of six consecutive NBA games in 1952–a record that still stands?
 * ...that the Punjabi magnate Sir Malik Umar Hayat Khan (pictured) was an honorary aide-de-camp to King George V, King Edward VIII and King George VI?
 * ...that as Chief Herald of India, Osmond Barnes (pictured) proclaimed Queen Victoria Empress of India at Delhi in 1877?
 * ...that although clansmen or clanswomen of a Scottish clan may wear a Scottish crest badge, the actual crest and motto within the badge are the sole property of their chief?
 * ... that the only current British medal to retain the head of Queen Victoria on its obverse is the Service Medal of the Order of St John (pictured)?
 * Note: The idea for this hidden DYK box was blatantly lifted from Howcheng!