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 * ... that Edwin Clarke (pictured) combined research into the structure, functions, and diseases of the human nervous system with "impressive rhythm on the dance floor"?
 * ... that Watford's appearance in today's FA Cup Final is their first since 1984?
 * ... that Kyrgyzstani author Tugelbay Sydykbekov won the Stalin Prize in 1949 for the novel People of our Time, which simultaneously embraced Soviet-style communism and traditional culture including Islam?
 * ... that according to a US Supreme Court decision, the Fourth Amendment does not always apply to searches at the border?
 * ... that the 1919 Australian federal election was the first to use preferential voting?
 * ... that sturgeons are ancient fishes, widely sought after for caviar and more critically endangered than any other group of animal species?
 * ... that the Disher Challenge Cup, an annual rowing race, is named after Clive Disher, who rowed for the winning Australian eight in the 1919 Henley Royal Peace Regatta?
 * ... that although measles was declared eradicated from the United States in 2000, more than 500 people there have been diagnosed with the disease so far in 2019?
 * ... that South African Willem Botha adapted the 2008 Latvian Eurovision entry as an Afrikaans song for the Springboks rugby team, and helped to produce the 2013 Belarusian Eurovision entry?
 * ... that a crowd of 20,000 rioted in an attempt to secure the release of the mutinous crew of the battleship SMS Helgoland (pictured) in November 1918?
 * ... that actor and acting teacher Bryan O'Byrne is credited with launching the acting career of Nick Nolte, whom he discovered while coaching Nolte's college roommate?
 * ... that social bookmarking service AddThis, combined with its parent company Clearspring, reach an online audience of more than 200 million monthly viewers?
 * ... that in 1887, Marius Nygaard co-published a Latin-Norwegian dictionary which is still in use?
 * ... that Sri Lanka scored a world record 952 runs for six wickets in a Test cricket match at the R. Premadasa Stadium against India in 1997?
 * ... that Richard Allen, a Dublin draper, raised £20,000 for Irish famine relief efforts by writing letters to America?
 * ... that once established, Labrador's Mealy Mountains National Park Reserve will be the largest National Park in Atlantic Canada?
 * ... that Irish meteorologist Gerald Fleming has been noted to wink while giving weather forecasts?
 * ... that even though it is known primarily for Sauvignon blanc wines, Sancerre can also be a red wine made from Pinot noir (pictured)?
 * ... that speed skater Tomomi Okazaki, currently competing in her fifth Olympic Games, is the oldest member of the Japanese team at the 2010 Winter Olympics?
 * ... that Myglaren, a social satire, was the first made-for-television film produced in Sweden and aired in 1966?
 * ... that Ngô Sĩ Liên compiled Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư, the oldest remaining historical record of a Vietnamese dynasty?
 * ... that the concert venues of the Rheingau Musik Festival include Eberbach Abbey, Schloss Johannisberg and Lorch?
 * ... that the mediaeval Gaelic manuscript MS 1467 contains the earliest known pedigree which gives Clan Campbell a "British" ancestry, from Uther Pendragon, and King Arthur?
 * ... that Robert Scholl, the father of White Rose members Hans and Sophie Scholl, was imprisoned for 18 months in 1943 for listening to a "Feindsender"?
 * ... that South Korea was on track to sweep the men's 1500 metre short track speed skating event at the 2010 Winter Olympics before Sung Si-Bak and Lee Ho-Suk crashed into each other on the final lap?