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 * ...that in the Big Runaway during the American Revolution in Pennsylvania in 1778, Rachel Silverthorn (pictured) rode to warn settlers on Muncy Creek of impending attack when no man would?
 * ...that tourism is Nicaragua's second largest industry, having grown 394% in the past 12 years?
 * ...that Royal Governor of Chile José de Garro planned to defeat the Mapuches by taking their chiefs hostage in a ruse, but the plan was rejected by King Charles II of Spain as too deceitful?
 * ...that in 1961 the Portland Buckaroos hockey team beat the Seattle Totems in the Western Hockey League championship to win the Lester Patrick Cup in its first season of existence?
 * ...that the non-fiction book The Pit: A Group Encounter Defiled is cited in academic journals as an extreme example of encounter groups?
 * ...that Jewelers' Row (pictured) in Philadelphia was the first speculative housing development in the United States, featuring that country's first row houses?
 * ...that book peddlers played an important cultural role in various countries, for which they sometimes suffered state persecution and sometimes enjoyed state protection?
 * ...that Australian Olympic swimming gold medalist Neil Brooks retired after being suspended for drinking 46 cans of beer on a flight from Britain back to Australia?
 * ...that as British Colonial Secretary, Arthur Creech Jones oversaw dominion status in 1948 for Ceylon, the first non-white colony in the British Empire to gain it?
 * ...that the 1928 legislative election is considered the last free election in Poland before the fall of communism six decades later?
 * ...that the Royal Air Force ordered 1,291 De Havilland DH.10s (pictured) for use in World War I, but they were only used in a single bombing mission before the armistice ended the fighting?
 * ...that Kannada poet and Indian political activist Kayyara Kinyanna Rai published his first journal, Susheela, at the age of 12?
 * ...that Michigan State University Libraries has the largest catalogued collection of comic books in the world, with over 150,000 items?
 * ...that President Ngo Dinh Diem survived the 1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing after a 500 lb (225 kg) bomb landed in his room and failed to detonate?
 * ...that John Ives (pictured) was elected a fellow of both the Society of Antiquaries and the Royal Society by the age of 21?
 * ...that the West Pharmaceutical Services explosion in 2003 occurred just 170 miles from the site of another industrial disaster, America's second-worst?
 * ...that Du battant des lames au sommet des montagnes (French for "From the beating of the waves to the summit of the mountains") is a legal description of the manner in which the island of Réunion was divided into parcels?
 * ...that Rasau Field, one of the two onshore oil fields of Brunei, was discovered in 1979 but oil production only started in 1983?
 * ...that when the Sudanese Boeing 737 Air West Flight 612 was hijacked, the hijacker originally wanted to fly to Rome or London but was forced to settle for Chad due to a lack of fuel?
 * ...that St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford (pictured) was closely associated with the early Oxford Movement?
 * ...that the mushroom Lactarius rubrilacteus is also known as the "Bleeding milkcap" because it releases a dark-red milky substance when sliced or cut?
 * ...that the South Seas Evangelical Church, the third-largest religious affiliation in the Solomon Islands, traces its history to a mission for Kanakas in Queensland, Australia?
 * ...that British Conservative politician Robert Jones was the only person to represent the parliamentary constituency of West Hertfordshire from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997?
 * ...that the brief Dodecanese Campaign in 1943 resulted in one of the last major German victories in World War II?
 * ...that Pankaj Gupta was one of the earliest Indian sports administrators involved in football, hockey and cricket?
 * ...that in the 100th meeting of the Red River Shootout (pictured), the Texas Longhorns tied their record for biggest margin of victory over their rival, the Oklahoma Sooners?
 * ...that Wee Chong Jin, one of the former judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore, was the longest-serving Chief Justice of Singapore and of a Commonwealth country, having held the post for over 27 years?
 * ...that Dr. H. Sudarshan was honored with the Right Livelihood Award, also known as alternative Nobel Prize, for showing how tribal culture can help secure the basic rights and needs of indigenous people?
 * ...that Ashley Mallett, Australia's most successful post-war off spinner, had his career curtailed by arthritis?
 * ...that the genus Brachyplatystoma includes many large species of Amazonian catfish, including one which may reach about 3 metres (almost 12 feet) in length?
 * ...that, even though the soldiers that constituted the Red Lancers, a horse-mounted military unit, first served as the Dutch Royal Guards, they were almost completely destroyed after their first battle in 1812?
 * ...that the Rothschild giraffe (pictured) is the most endangered and tallest subspecies of giraffe?
 * ...that the role of Kanephoros was the most prominent public office a girl or woman could hold in ancient Athens?
 * ...that tens of thousands of Armenian Khachkars have allegedly been destroyed in a systematic manner by the government of Azerbaijan?
 * ...that during a 1942 air attack on the Koolama, an Australian merchant ship, a man survived a direct hit to his head by a bomb, dropped by a Japanese aircraft?
 * ...that Dr. Naseem Ashraf was accused in Dawn of having a hidden agenda of de-Islamisation of the Pakistan cricket team?
 * ...that Shikellamy, an Oneida chief, was an emissary between the Iroquois and colonial government of Pennsylvania for nearly twenty years and helped negotiate several treaties?
 * ...that the 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt stalled after President Ngo Dinh Diem falsely promised reform, allowing loyalist forces to crush the rebels?
 * ...that the Sugarlands (pictured), a valley once known as "Moonshiners' Paradise", is now the location of Great Smoky Mountains National Park headquarters?
 * ...that towards the end of his career, Gothic painter Henri Bellechose made commissions for the Dukes of Burgundy even though he was not paid at all?
 * ...that in the early 18th century the Marquis de Ségur owned three of the five most prestigious wine estates in Bordeaux?
 * ...that 1927 Italian football champions Torino F.C. were stripped of their title for match fixing?
 * ...that labor union activist Sam Pollock, who helped lead the Auto-Lite Strike, is the grandfather of noted experimental filmmaker Damon Packard?
 * ...that the Romanian politician Costică Canacheu campaigns for the official recognition of Aromanians as a national minority in his country?
 * ...that females of the tropical fish subfamily Glandulocaudinae are able to hold sperm in their ovaries for several months?
 * ...that the Achelous-class landing craft repair ship USS Krishna (pictured) and her sister ship USS Indra are the only U.S. Naval vessels to have borne the name of a Hindu deity?
 * ...that the body of a 5th-century Germanic warrior found with the Treasure of Pouan was initially thought to be that of Theodoric I?
 * ...that Australian cricketer John Gleeson attributed the finger strength used in his two-finger bowling action to a childhood of milking cows?
 * ...that the first documented discovery of gold in California, was at Rancho San Francisco in 1842, six years before the California Gold Rush?
 * ...that the January 1964 South Vietnamese coup by General Nguyen Khanh succeeded despite his accomplice General Tran Thien Khiem oversleeping?
 * ...that Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee John Pesek was also inducted into the Greyhound National Hall of Fame?
 * ...that David Farragut (pictured) in 1862 became the first Hispanic U.S. Navy Admiral?
 * ...that somewhere between 25–33% of Icelanders living in Iceland died due to the 1783 eruption of Laki, and the subsequent famine?
 * ...that light echoes appear to exceed the speed of light due to simple interstellar illusions?
 * ...that despite the scar literature after China's Cultural Revolution contributing to Deng Xiaoping's return to power, he later suppressed it?
 * ...that the Irish–Australian surveyor Robert D. Fitzgerald became so skilled in his hobby of botany that Charles Darwin corresponded with him and 4 plants were named in his honour?
 * ...that Churumuri.com, one of the most popular blogs on WordPress.com, is named after a snack made of puffed rice that is a speciality of  Mysore, Karnataka in India?
 * ...that the Governors Court in New South Wales had a rule barring ex-convict lawyers from appearing before it, but all of the lawyers in the penal colony were ex-convicts?
 * ...that Gilbert Jessop called Henry Scattergood (pictured) America's greatest wicket-keeper?
 * ...that British philosopher Iain King is attempting to apply the scientific revolution to ethics?
 * ...that the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency is building nuclear power plants that float on water?
 * ...that during the 2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona, Katherine Legge completed the one millionth lap in the history of the race?
 * ...that Dusky Woodswallows roost together in large flocks during the breeding season to protect their young from predators?
 * ...that the person or group responsible for the blackmail letters of the Glico Morinaga case in Japan is known as the Monster with 21 Faces?
 * ...that First Command Financial Planning, Inc., a financial services company that caters to the U.S. military, was found "willfully" non-compliant related to fraudulent activities in its marketing?

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