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 * ...that Kupa Synagogue (pictured) in Kraków features paintings of people standing by the rivers of Babylon, which is unusual since the use of the human figure in Jewish religious art is rare?
 * ...that German textile artist Gunta Stölzl was the only female "master" of the Bauhaus?
 * ...that Liu Heita was a Xia general during China's transition period from the Sui Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty in the 7th century?
 * ...that Ngo Dinh Can, brother and confidant of South Vietnam's president Ngo Dinh Diem, was believed to have organised black market smuggling into North Vietnam?
 * ...that the 800,000-member Global Pastors Network continues the legacy of Bill Bright by attempting to, in their own words, "win 1 billion people to Christ"?
 * ...that French pirate Jacques de Sores, who captured Havana in 1555, went by the nickname of "The Exterminating Angel"?
 * ...that the taekwondo form Ko-Dang was named after Korean nationalist Cho Man-sik, imprisoned and executed for his opposition to Kim Il-sung's communists?
 * ...that giant diffuse galaxies, located in the centre of galaxy clusters (100x100px|pictured), often possess a halo of devoured star matter extending as far out as 3 million light years?
 * ...that the fruits of Matico (Piper aduncum) are used as a condiment, for flavoring cocoa, and its leaves are used as an antiseptic, to stop hemorrhage, and to treat infections?
 * ...that Greek composer Phivos has written songs for artists including Keti Garbi, Angela Dimitriou, Manto, Thanos Kalliris, and, most successfully, Despina Vandi?
 * ...that the graphic novel The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers combines Kolkata's Babu culture and the legend of The Wandering Jew?
 * ...that the television series ER aired an episode based on the 2003 Chicago balcony collapse?
 * ...that Clarenceux King of Arms Stephen Leake appointed his thirteen year old son Chester Herald in 1752?
 * ...that Clare Winger Harris was the first woman to publish short stories under her own name in science fiction magazines?
 * ...that Dyrehaven, a forest park outside Copenhagen, has 15 entrances, all with characteristic red gates (pictured)?
 * ...that Phoebe Hessel, who masqueraded as a man for 17 years to fight in the British Army alongside her husband, is buried in the churchyard at St. Nicholas Church, Brighton, England?
 * ...that when Indrajit Gupta, a Communist, became India's Union Minister for Home Affairs in 1996, he became head of a ministry 'which once policed the Commies'?
 * ...that Russian architect Lev Kekushev built Art Nouveau buildings in Moscow in the 1890s and early 1900s, "signed" with a lion (Lev) ornament or sculpture?
 * ...that the synagogue at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna was heavily devastated during the Kristallnacht in 1938 and converted into a transformer station after the war?
 * ...that John Aloysius Ward, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Cardiff from 1983, took early retirement in 2001, after the later years of his ministry were overshadowed by cases of sexual misconduct by priests in his archdiocese?
 * ...that Jack Iverson developed his unique "bent finger" bowling action (pictured) while experimenting during recreational cricket while serving in Papua New Guinea during World War II?
 * ...that Conservatory Water in Central Park, New York City, shelters a seasonal population of the unusual freshwater medusa Craspedacusta sowerbyi?
 * ...that Monisha, a South Indian cinema actress, was only 15 years old when she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her debut performance in Nakhashathangal?
 * ...that the U.S. Navy tank landing ship USS Orange County was decommissioned in August 1945, less than five months after entering service, but recommissioned four years later for the Korean War?
 * ...that Immediate Past President of the American Bar Association Michael S. Greco taught English at Phillips Exeter Academy before attending law school?
 * ...that the daisy-like Flannel flower (pictured) is actually a member of the carrot family?
 * ...that Anastasio Aquino led a rebellion of El Salvador's indigenous Nonualco tribe in the early 19th century, sacking the city of San Vicente in the then Federal Republic of Central America?
 * ...that Stoic philosophy contrasts kathekonta, actions in accordance with nature, with "perfect actions" (katorthomata) derived from pure reason?
 * ...that Alpamysh, an ancient Turkic epic or dastan, is one of the foremost examples of the Turkic oral literature of Central Asia?
 * ...that the de Bruijn notation and the de Bruijn index are mathematical notations invented by Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn for use in λ calculus?
 * ...that Ranji Hordern took 34 out of 51 wickets (66%) in three matches for the Philadelphians in their 1909 tour of Jamaica?
 * ...that Battery Chamberlin contains the last disappearing gun (pictured) on the West Coast of the United States?
 * ...that the Red Forest, near Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, gets its name from the eerie red glow of the pine trees, after absorbing radiation from the Chernobyl accident?
 * ...that the site of Spains Hall, an Elizabethan house near Finchingfield in Essex, has been owned by only three families since the Domesday Book was complied in 1086?
 * ...that the relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, Gautama Buddha's two chief disciples, were the subject of more than two million Sri Lankan pilgrimage visits after their discovery by Sir Alexander Cunningham?
 * ...that the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction, the first criminal court in Australia under British rule, operated more like a court-martial than a court of law?
 * ...that Jan du Plessis, Chairman of British American Tobacco's board of directors, was named the tenth most powerful person in British business by The Times in 2006?
 * ...that the BBC recorded live performances of Hancock's Half Hour, The Goon Show and Steptoe and Son at the Playhouse Theatre (pictured) in London?
 * ...that the 1860 Republican and 1864 Democratic national conventions were held at the Wigwam, a building built in just over a month?
 * ...that Lor Tok, a Thai comedian and actor, had roles in more than 1,000 films from the 1930s to the 1980s?
 * ...that Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona was set at Rancho Camulos in Piru, California?
 * ...that German physicist Max von Laue wrote Acta Crystallographica, which dealt with the absorption of x-rays under interference conditions, while in French military incarceration in 1945?
 * ...that William Ansah Sessarakoo, the "Prince of Annamaboe", became a celebrity in mid-18th century London after he was released from slavery, and was compared to Aphra Behn's fictional Oroonoko?
 * ...that the complex flavor of hoja santa (pictured) has been variously compared to eucalyptus, licorice, sassafras, anise, nutmeg, mint, tarragon and black pepper?
 * ...that Burning Bright by John Steinbeck was an attempt at a new form of literature, the "play-novelette"— but both the play and novel were savaged by the critics and Steinbeck never wrote for the theatre again?
 * ...that while the center of gravity for a set of points is located at the spot from which the sum of the squares of distances to all the points is minimized, the geometric median is the spot from which the sum of distances is minimized?
 * ...that although a response to the 1885 Endicott Board recommendations for the coastal defense of San Francisco, the batteries at Fort Miley were not completed until 1902?
 * ...that Flocabulary is an educational New York City-based project that uses hip hop music to teach SAT-level vocabulary?
 * ...that the Althing of Iceland confirmed Thorlac Thornalli as a saint over 700 years before the Catholic Church did?
 * ...that the Tyska kyrkan (pictured) in Stockholm, Sweden, is situated in the oldest German ecclesiastical parish outside Germany?
 * ...that Joseph Monier was one of the principal inventors of reinforced concrete?
 * ...that Koreans in Vietnam form that country's second-largest group of expatriates after the Taiwanese?
 * ...that South African mining magnate Sir Lionel Phillips survived being shot five times in an assassination attempt?
 * ...that when Archie Goodall scored for Northern Ireland in their 9–1 loss to Scotland, he became the oldest footballer to score an international goal in the 19th century?
 * ...that Kosambi, a city in ancient India which was a frequent site of sermons by the Buddha was one of the places considered suitable for his Parinibbāna?
 * ...that the cappuccio (pictured), a type of headgear worn by men and women in 15th century Florence, was typically made by tailors instead of hatmakers?
 * ...that Desmarest's Hutia has the most complex stomach of any rodent?
 * ...that Richard de Southchurch, Sheriff of Essex, planned to attack London with burning cocks?
 * ...that Rush Limbaugh was a U.S. ambassador to India?
 * ...that the Tempest Prognosticator employs a jury of twelve leeches that use small hammers to ring a bell to indicate the approach of a storm?
 * ...that Serge Voronoff's surgical technique of grafting monkey testicle tissue onto human males has some modern supporters?
 * ...that the cappuccio (pictured), a type of headgear worn by men and women in 15th century Florence, was typically made by tailors instead of hatmakers?
 * ...that Desmarest's Hutia has the most complex stomach of any rodent?
 * ...that the Alameda Works Shipyard in Alameda, California, was one of the largest and best equipped shipyards in the United States?
 * ...that Ananthabhadram, a film by Indian director Santhosh Sivan, was inspired by classical Kathakali dancing and paintings of Raja Ravi Varma?
 * ...that the California Condor, Mauritius Kestrel and Kakapo were all saved from extinction using modern bird conservation techniques?
 * ...that German settlement in Bulgaria dates back to the 13th–14th century?
 * ...that Mahmoud el-Meliguy, an Egyptian actor famed for his villain film roles, was nicknamed "Marlon Brando of the East"?
 * ...that the Royal Fort (pictured) in Bristol was built with façades in Baroque, Palladian and Rococo styles because it was a compromise between the designs of three different architects?
 * ...that the French Military Mission to Japan played a key role in the establishment of the nascent Imperial Japanese Army?
 * ...that a power struggle between Thomas Benolt and Thomas Wriothesley in 1530 almost brought an end to the College of Arms?
 * ...that in 2002, 72% of Swiss voters voted in favour of making abortion in Switzerland legal on demand in the first trimester of a pregnancy?
 * ...that on April 29, 1899, trade unionists in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho killed two men by steering an explosives-laden train to the site of a mill, in order to protest the firing of fellow union members?
 * ...that the British Member of Parliament Dr Donald Johnson was interested by the connotations of the Macmillan government's 69-vote win over the Profumo sex scandal?
 * ...that Hersey Kyota has represented Palau at the United Nations Millennium Summit, even though he is not Palau's ambassador to the U.N.?
 * ...that the Coenocorypha snipes (pictured alongside a Godwit) once ranged from New Caledonia and Fiji to New Zealand but are now restricted to New Zealand's outlying islands?
 * ...that Aristotle's ideas of physics held that because an object could not move without an immediate source of energy, arrows created a vacuum behind them that pushed them through the air?
 * ...that by tradition, military leaders participating in military simulations will often do so anonymously?
 * ...that Sir John Ruggles-Brise, 2nd Baronet, Lord Lieutenant of Essex for 20 years, was the first Pro-Chancellor of Essex University?
 * ...that the gang-rape and murder of Sarathambal in 1999 became an internationally known incident of the Sri Lankan civil war?
 * ...that Room 307, Gilman Hall on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where the element plutonium was discovered, is a United States National Historic Landmark?
 * ...that the status of the Northern Group of Forces, the Soviet Army unit stationed in Poland from 1945 to 1993, was formally regulated by Soviet-Polish treaty only in 1956?
 * ...that competitions for the design of José Martí Memorial (pictured) in Havana, Cuba started in 1939, but the design that was finally constructed in 1953 was a variation on a design that had come in third in the fourth competition?
 * ...that on March 21, 1943, Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff tried to kill Adolf Hitler in a suicide attack in Berlin, but failed because Hitler left earlier than expected?
 * ...that Francis Barber was born a slave in Jamaica and was the manservant for over 30 years, and finally the heir, of Dr. Samuel Johnson of dictionary fame?
 * ...that "O Meu Coração Não Tem Cor" was the most successful Portuguese Eurovision entry to date, but was ironically followed by the country's worst result since the Carnation Revolution?
 * ...that there are significant breeding populations of 35 mammalian species in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, out of which 15 are threatened mammals according to the IUCN Red List?
 * ...that the Goulburn Valley region of Australia is home to the oldest and largest plantings of the little used Marsanne grape variety?
 * ...that G. S. Shivarudrappa is only the third person to be named "poet of the nation" by the Government of Karnataka?
 * ...that the Piner Creek watershed is home to a historic round barn (pictured), one of the early architectural features of Sonoma County, California?
 * ...that the British colonial Administrator Sir Robert Codrington was influential in establishing British colonial government in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland and making them different in character from white-settler-led Southern Rhodesia?
 * ...that rhymed prose has been popular in various cultures, ranging from medieval Arabic maqamat to modern rap?
 * ...that Polish general Józef Zając held military decorations from Poland, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austro-Hungary, and the short-lived state of Central Lithuania?
 * ...that a 1968 court challenge to the right of Sir Ewan Forbes, 11th Baronet, born "Elizabeth", to inherit his family baronetcy rested on the question of his gender?
 * ...that Kolkata West International City has one of the largest foreign direct investments in township projects in India?
 * ...that Brigadier-General Mihiel Gilormini, founder of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, the UK's Royal Air Force, and the United States Army Air Corps during World War II?
 * ...that the passing of the Great Comet of 1577 (pictured) caused almost century-long debate, during which Galileo argued that comets were merely optical illusions?
 * ...that Cesar Picton, who was enslaved aged six in Senegal, died in England as a wealthy coal-merchant?
 * ...that, according to human rights organizations, Azerbaijani journalist Eynulla Fatullayev has been beaten, received death threats and had his father kidnapped due to his criticism of the government?
 * ...that three days after a fire gutted the passenger ferry Levina 1, killing at least 49, she sank with a party of journalists and investigators on board, killing at least one more?
 * ...that during the Battle of Jarosław in 1939 the Polish Army defended the town for two days before retreating in good order?
 * ...that in the 1850s Arnold Guyot measured the elevation of Old Black in the Great Smoky Mountains to within 3 feet (1 m) of the modern value?
 * ...that Sir David Robertson initially agreed to mind the constituency of another British parliamentarian who was interned during the Second World War?
 * ...that Eremitage Palace (pictured) originally had a hoisting apparatus able to lift the dinner table from the basement to the dining room, allowing Christian VI of Denmark to dine without any waiters present?
 * ...that Lil' Pimp was the first feature-length film to be created entirely with Macromedia Flash animation?
 * ...that Javad Malik-Yeganov was exiled to Karelia following the collapse of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic on suspicion of being a member of Musavat?
 * ...that in 2005 the then 28-year-old Murat Yusuf became the youngest ever Mufti of Romania?
 * ...that Mao Anqing, the last known surviving son of Mao Zedong, suffered from a mental illness often attributed to a severe beating received from a policeman while living on the streets in Shanghai in the 1930s?
 * ...that shortly after Jonah of Manchuria died in 1925, he is said to have appeared in a dream before a crippled boy saying "Here, take my legs. I don't need them anymore," and the boy woke up completely healed?
 * ...that Brigadier General Mihiel Gilormini, founder of the Puerto Rico Air National Guard, served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, the Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Corps during World War II?
 * ...that the world's tallest statue of Hindu God Lord Shiva (pictured) is located in Murudeshwara, a coastal town in Karnataka, India?
 * ...that Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina's Missa Papae Marcelli was once thought to have been composed to convince the Council of Trent not to ban polyphonic music from the Catholic Church?
 * ...that New Black Panther activist Quanell X is featured in some of Scarface's early rap videos?

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