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 * ...that although scholars have studied revolutions (depiction) for over a century, there are still many competing theories explaining those key events in human history?
 * ...that Satveer Chaudhary was the first Asian American to hold elected office in Minnesota?
 * ...that in the United Kingdom alone, over £60 million is spent annually on dealing with the effects of leaves on railroad tracks?
 * ... that in 1057, Saint Anthony of Pechersk singled-handedly dug out the Near Caves in Kiev, Ukraine which is part of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra?
 * ...that Thoroughbred racehorse Gallant Man lost the 1957 Kentucky Derby by a nose after his jockey stood up to celebrate?
 * ...that together with the Treaty of Mendota, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux ceded nearly 24 million acres of Sioux land to the United States in exchange for cash and annuities?
 * ...that the vestry of Makaravank Monastery (pictured) in Armenia served two adjacent churches?
 * ...that Clontarf Aboriginal College in Australia has at various points in its history served as an orphanage, a convent, an RAAF training facility, a boarding school and a day school?
 * ...that Taras Fedorovych, a 16th century Cossack hetman, led an unsuccessful uprising over the issue of the Cossack register?
 * ... that human sacrifices were once offered in Chitpur, now home to Kolkata’s latest railway passenger terminal?
 * ...that numerous specimens of dinosaurs have been excavated from the Dashanpu Formation, first discovered by a natural gas company that found the formation's first dinosaur, Gasosaurus?
 * ...that Standard Oil of Kentucky (or Kyso) was formed from the breakup of Standard Oil in 1911 and was awarded oil rights over the Southeastern U.S.?
 * ... that the Agung (pictured), a Philippine set of gongs, was repeatedly hit during earthquakes for it was believed its supernatural powers would halt the earth's reverberations?
 * ...that the Late November 2006 Nor'easter caused winds up to 80 mph in the Outer Banks, the only occurrence of thundersnow on record in Charleston, and the earliest recorded snowfall in Charleston and Savannah?
 * ...that under the terms of the Bunbury Agreement, the English county of Cheshire would have remained neutral during the English Civil War?
 * ...that Chicago politician Giuseppe Esposito was shot and killed in front of his family during the 1928 Republican Pineapple Primary?
 * ... that the New Guinean Quoll is a carnivorous marsupial that is reported to eat prey bigger than itself?
 * ... that Rudolf Duala Manga Bell was organising a colony-wide revolt against the German Empire in Cameroon when he was executed for high treason in 1914?
 * ...that Count Alexander Dmitriev-Mamonov (pictured) ended his love affair with the 60-year-old Empress Catherine II in order to marry her 16-year-old lady-in-waiting?
 * ...that in 1992, a single marbled eel was sold in mainland China for $1,000?
 * ... that Isaac Newton Van Nuys of New York founded Van Nuys, California, United States in 1911?
 * ...that Theo Osterkamp was the first German reconnaissance pilot to fly a land-based aircraft to England during World War I?
 * ...that Shelley's poem On the Medusa by Leonardo da Vinci in the Florentine Gallery is based on the painting which was not in fact authored by Leonardo?
 * ...that for organizing a revolt on an Ottoman slave galley and freeing Christian slaves, Hetman Ivan Sulyma received a medal from Pope Paul V?
 * ...that Richard Ferguson joined a gang of highwaymen after recognising the man robbing his stagecoach near London as a former acquaintance?
 * ...that Crab Creek is one of the few perennial streams of the Columbia Basin?
 * ...that the first print portrait produced in Europe of a living, identifiable person (pictured) was of artist Israhel van Meckenem and his wife Ida?
 * ...that Maria Fyodorovna was the tallest Russian tsarina ever, and experienced difficulties while dancing with her husband, Emperor Paul, as a result?
 * ...that Cirsium fontinale is a species of California thistle that actually represents three taxa, two of which are endangered species with narrow endemic ranges?
 * ...that the breeding rights for the Thoroughbred racehorse Graustark sold for a record $2,400,000?
 * ...that with over 3,000 participants, the 1884 Chichibu Incident was one of the largest peasant revolts of Japan's Meiji period?
 * ...that Agustin Ramos Calero was the second-most-decorated soldier in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II?
 * ...that the University of British Columbia Library (pictured) holds the largest collection of Asian-language materials in North America?
 * ...that the San Mateo woolly sunflower is an endangered species that makes its home on serpentine outcrops that are chemically inhospitable for most plant species?
 * ...that Albanian nationalist Andon Zako Çajupi practiced as a lawyer in Cairo as well as writing a comedy attacking the tradition of arranged marriages?
 * ...that Jimmy Fratianno was the highest-ranking member of the Mafia to become an informant for the U.S. government until Sammy Gravano in 1991?
 * ...that the Sandugo or Blood Compact, where two people drink a small amount of each other's blood, was a traditional way to formalize treaties of friendship in the Philippines?
 * ...that the Scouting song Ging Gang Goolie was deliberately written in gibberish so that Scouts from different countries could easily learn it without struggling with a language barrier?
 * ...that engineering students from seventeen American universities have taken part in Challenge X (entrant pictured), a government-sponsored competition designed to guide students through the automotive design process?
 * ...that the habitat of the endangered Whiteray pygmy daisy has been reduced to a narrow strip only six miles long, due to urban development, off-road vehicles and destruction by road maintenance crew?
 * ...that American soldier Lucian Adams was awarded the Medal of Honor for single-handedly destroying several enemy machine gun emplacements in World War II?
 * ...that Wee Siew Kim, a Singaporean MP, had to apologise after scandal broke out involving an elitist blog entry made by his daughter?
 * ...that the Russian victory in the Battle of Rakovor in 1268 put an end to the attacks of the Teutonic Knights on Russia for thirty years?
 * ...that the Claregalway Friary (pictured), one of the first Franciscan monasteries in Ireland, housed only two friars when it was finally forced to close in 1847?
 * ...that during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary no fewer than 75 Turkish baths were built in the Hungarian eyalets?
 * ...that Polish painter Jan Matejko smuggled arms to Polish insurgents during the January Uprising in 1863?
 * ...that in 2003, German authorities foiled a plot by a neo-Nazi group to set off a bomb at the Ohel Jakob synagogue cornerstone ceremony?
 * ...that after resigning from the Australian Liberal Party, politician Steven Pringle used his parliamentary privilege to launch a scathing attack on the far right faction of the party for their alleged branch stacking tactics?
 * ...that even though John Clough Holmes helped found Michigan State University in 1855, it was not until 1965 that a building was named in his honor?

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