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 * ...that the tallest mountain in the Pyrenees is Aneto?
 * ...that Orson Squire Fowler, who popularized the octagon house, was also a phrenologist?
 * ...that the dismissive line about Canada being "a few acres of snow", commonly attributed to Voltaire is, in fact, a misquotation?
 * ...that Tetricus I was the last of the Gallic emperors?
 * ...that Wite-Out correction fluid was invented in 1966?
 * ...that the infamous man-eating lions of Tsavo attacked workers who were building the Uganda Railway, which connects Uganda and Kenya?
 * ...that Oriental metal is a kind of death metal music that originated in Israel which has traditional Jewish and "Oriental" influences?
 * ...that Chicago mayor Jane Byrne moved into the notoriously miserable Cabrini–Green housing project in 1981?
 * ...that George H.W. Bush flew a Grumman TBF Avenger while he was in the U.S. Navy?
 * ...that Henry Wade never lost a case until Roe v. Wade?
 * ...that most "tin cans" are actually made of steel?
 * ...that the Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber used during World War II?
 * ...that the author Pai Hsien-yung's father was Kuomintang general Pai Chung-hsi?
 * ...that left-handed specialists in baseball frequently enjoy long careers because their pitching arms suffer less stress?
 * ...that American Zoetrope was originally housed in a warehouse in San Francisco in 1969?
 * ...that the 555th Parachute Infantry Company was the first African-American airborne forces unit in the United States Army?
 * ...that the first elected president of Singapore was Ong Teng Cheong?
 * ...that the gestation period of the ring-tailed lemur is approximately 146 days?
 * ...that NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has logged 497 hours in space?
 * ...that the original "dreamer of dreams" was English poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy?
 * ...that Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, was the father of the infamous Vlad III the Impaler?
 * ...that Enrico Fermi was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1942?
 * ...that the improper use of a flag of truce or of the national flag is considered perfidy, an illegal ruse of war?
 * ...that the Palau Congressional Library was founded in 1981 and has a staff of two?
 * ...that Thutmose I was the first pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the Kings?
 * ...that the Reduced Shakespeare Company performs a pastiche of 37 of Shakespeare's plays in 97 minutes?
 * ...that because of an effort to curb the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, prostitution in Germany has been legal since the 1920s?
 * ...that the Chinese tallow tree is used to make soap, candles, and medicine?
 * ...that cranial electrotherapy stimulation can be used to treat anxiety, depression, and insomnia?
 * ...that the friction coefficient is very important in determining the friction between two objects?
 * ...that the Cochin Jews have had a settlement in India since the 16th century?
 * ...that Clare Boothe Luce's play The Women has been made into a film twice, and revived on Broadway several times?
 * ...that in electrical engineering, a Smith chart is a common way of graphing the reflection coefficient of a line?
 * ...that the Thue-Morse sequence has applications in number theory, combinatorics, differential geometry and chess?
 * ...Belgian artist Henry van de Velde was one of the leading representatives of the Art Nouveau movement?
 * ...that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson once physically attacked Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson over Canada's Vietnam War policy?
 * ...that Kao Neaw, a sticky Thai dish often served with ripe mangos and coconut milk as Kao Neaw Mamuan, is a form of glutinous rice?
 * ...that Len Wein created the Swamp Thing character for DC Comics?
 * ...that the endangered golden lion tamarin has a long, but not prehensile, tail?
 * ...that the catchphrase "Kowabunga!" was popularized by the NBC program Howdy Doody?
 * ...that Sweden had a policy of neutrality during World War II?
 * ...that in 1916, Berlin, Ontario changed its name to Kitchener due to World War I-era anti-German sentiment?


 * ...that the U.S. Postal Service's POSTNET uses a checksum to verify ZIP codes?
 * ...that 16 tunnels, many for tube lines, run beneath London's River Thames?
 * ...that the Tokyo Monorail, which travels at speeds of up to 80 km/h, was constructed to coincide with the 1964 Summer Olympics?
 * ...that the Balkan comic opera Ero the Joker was first performed on November 2, 1935?
 * ...that jumping plant lice and aphids are considered to be the "primitive" group within the Hemiptera (true bugs) order?
 * ...that in 1971, Pakistani writer Eqbal Ahmad was indicted on charges of conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger?
 * ...that a pencil sharpener "is a device for sharpening a pencil's point by shaving the end of the pencil"?