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 * ...that eleven Pacific hurricanes have had their names retired, due to the damage they caused and other reasons?
 * ...that Herbert Gutman co-founded the "new labor history" school of thought, which focuses on the effects that ordinary people have had on the history of labor?
 * ...that Major General John Paton commanded the rear party during the evacuation of Anzac Cove in World War I and was one of the last Australian soldiers to leave the beach?
 * ...that self-expandable metallic stents (pictured) are prosthetic metal tubes inserted by fibre optic cameras in order to treat cancers of the gastrointestinal tract?
 * ...that Bhai Gurdas was the original scribe of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhism?
 * ...that the Romanian politician Constantin Argetoianu, who organized repression of the Communist Party and announced the group's effective termination in 1922, spent his final years as a political prisoner of the Communist regime?
 * ...that History Line: 1914-1918, a turn-based strategy computer game from 1993, adapted the software engine of the science-fiction Battle Isle series to portray the First World War?
 * ...that the illustrated children's book Hot House Flowers, an allegory for illegal immigration, was written by a Brooklyn criminal court judge?
 * ...that the nature reserve Rejvíz in the Czech Republic is covered with a peat bog including two moss lakes of glacial origin?
 * ...that Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park was the first pet cemetery to also allow people to be buried alongside their pets?
 * ...that the performance of "I See A Star" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 involved one singer playing a barrel organ with a collection of puppets on it?
 * ...that Russian painter Alexandre Jacovleff (pictured) participated in trans-Saharan and trans-Asian (from Syria to China) expeditions organized by the French car manufacturer Citroën?
 * ...that Natural Bridge State Park holds the largest natural arch in Wisconsin?
 * ...that after World War I, İstanbul was occupied by the Triple Entente in the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire?
 * ...that B&H Photo Video in New York City employs so many Satmar Hasidim, there is daily bus service to the store from Kiryas Joel, a Satmar enclave in Orange County, New York?
 * ...that U.S. airman Louis R. Rocco single-handedly carried three comrades out of a burning helicopter under enemy fire, despite having burned hands, a broken wrist and a fractured hip?
 * ...that the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a national monument in Singapore, was given by Sultan Ibrahim of Johor in Malaysia?
 * ...that actress Frances Gifford played the lead role of Nyoka in the 1941 movie serial Jungle Girl?
 * ...that there are more hurricanes in the Baja California Peninsula than anywhere else in Mexico?
 * ...that the Théâtre Optique (pictured) show of 1892 was the first public projection of moving images, predating the Lumière Brothers' screening by three years?
 * ...that The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook to be published in the United States?
 * ...that 122 people were killed in an insurgent uprising in Mosul during the Iraq War?
 * ...that coral within tropical oceans is being used as a tropical cyclone observation to date past hurricanes, by looking for concentrations of the oxygen isotope O-18?
 * ...that Yakut linguist Semyon Novgorodov adopted the International Phonetic Alphabet for the modern written Yakut language?
 * ...that the Coleman Bridge in Singapore was the second bridge built across the Singapore River, and the first built in masonry?
 * ...that Xavier William Proenza has been announced as the next director of the National Hurricane Center?
 * ...that industrialist Joseph S. Cullinan (pictured) worked in the oilfields of Pennsylvania from the age of 14, but would later help shape the early oil industry in Texas?
 * ...that, in the ninth century, the fort at Novye Duboviki on the Volkhov River shielded Novgorod from potential attacks by Viking raiders?
 * ...that Marin Dwarf Flax (Hesperolinon congestum) is a wildflower whose few small colonies are threatened by transmission line maintenance and new trail systems?
 * ...that Prince Arisugawa Taruhito's engagement to Princess Kazu-no-Miya Chikako of Japan was cancelled by the Tokugawa bakufu so that the princess could marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, for political reasons?
 * ...that the Society of Friends of Science, first Polish scientific organization, founded in 1800, originated from the Thursday's dinners custom held by the last king of Poland, Stanisław August Poniatowski?
 * ...that while the fungus Apophysomyces is safe to handle, even a small amount entering the bloodstream can lead to a fatal mucormycosis infection?
 * ...that Australia's worst weather-related maritime disaster of the 20th century was the sinking of the Koombana (pictured) in a cyclone off Port Hedland, Western Australia?
 * ...that the land around the Scottish mountain Canisp was purchased by a group of local residents for nearly £3m?
 * ...that the death of Joseph Quinn prompted Bellevue Hospital of New York City to make significant improvements to its ambulance system?
 * ...that controversy has arisen over whether Norway's Lysaker Station should be curved or straight?
 * ...that the Met's new opera The First Emperor by Tan Dun has been in development for ten years?
 * ...that in 2005 the Constitutional Court of Spain ruled that Spanish courts may hear cases regarding genocide in which there were no Spanish victims, thereby reversing a decision of the country's Supreme Court?
 * ... that the Istana Kampong Glam (pictured) is a former Malay palace in Singapore, and was refurbished into the Malay Heritage Centre in 2004?
 * ...that the Montgomery Worsted Mills, a Registered Historic Place in Montgomery, New York, now earn most of their money by generating hydroelectric power from the nearby Wallkill River, rather than the manufacture of textiles?
 * ...that Singapore Dreaming bagged Singapore its first IFFPA-recognised award at an international feature film festival?
 * ...that Itzik Manger, a Yiddish poet, is best known for his radical revisions of Biblical material?
 * ...that Chris Phatswe committed suicide by crashing his Air Botswana plane into two other planes belonging to the airline, effectively crippling operations?
 * ...that Kalos inscriptions found on antique Attic vases (pictured), usually contain the author's declarations of love for the young man represented in the vase-painting?
 * ...that the phrase "Goody Two-Shoes" comes from a 1765 children's story?
 * ...that George Temple-Poole designed many of the first permanent structures in the shanty towns built during Western Australia's gold rush?
 * ...that Jacques Lacan's theory of a mirror stage, where an infant first recognizes its self in a mirror, was inspired by the work of psychologist Henri Wallon?
 * ...that Les Wallace is the only left-handed BDO World Darts Champion?
 * ...that the gates to Norwood Jewish Orphanage in London were destroyed to allow fire engines easier access to the grounds?

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