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 * ...that British pre-Rafaelite painter Solomon Joseph Solomon (artist of the picture) was one of the few Jewish painters of his time to become a member of the Royal Academy?
 * ...that Lieutenant Peter Bover, whose shooting of a Royal Navy sailor sparked the Nore mutiny of 1797, was exonerated by the mutineers and cheered on returning to his ship?
 * ...that the summer 1944 Lublin–Brest Offensive of Soviet Army succeeded in bringing the Soviets to the vicinity of Warsaw, where the Warsaw Uprising began?
 * ...that modern nursing was founded by Florence Nightingale at the Selimiye Barracks in Istanbul, Turkey during the Crimean War (1854-1856)?
 * ...that the Gideon H. Pond House was built by Gideon Pond, who came to Minnesota to teach farming and Christianity to the Native Americans?
 * ...that the Kipawa River in Quebec, Canada, is being considered for hydroelectric development which would completely divert it?
 * ...that Randy Gumpert first pitched for the New York Yankees in 1946, even though it had been eight years since he was on a Major League roster?
 * ...that Consumer Protection law in the United Kingdom incorporates directives from the European Union?
 * ...that the Swedish narrow gauge railway Upsala-Lenna Jernväg includes the biggest remaining steam locomotive (pictured) built for 891 mm rail gauge?
 * ...that the Brothers Grimm were amongst the Göttingen Seven, university teachers who protested changes to the constitution of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1837?
 * ...that when the RMS Titanic was built in Belfast in 1912, the largest shipyard in the world was in Belfast?
 * ...that Vortex I, which took place in Oregon in 1970, remains the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history?
 * ...that Colombian National Police Sub-Intendant Jhon Frank Pinchao was kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla for almost 9 years, until finally escaping in 2007?
 * ...that a 1973 book on Prem Rawat, Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji?, featured an introduction by American anti-Vietnam War activist Rennie Davis?
 * ...that the satirical magazine The Georgetown Heckler changed its name from The Georgetown Lampoon after being threatened with a lawsuit by the Harvard Lampoon?
 * ...that British architect Sir Colin Wilson, known for designing the new British Library near St Pancras station, donated his collection of modern art to the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester?
 * ...that many of the earliest known copies of the New Testament are remains of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri in Egypt (papyrus pictured)?
 * ...that in the Roman Empire, ten-year celebrations called "decennalia" originated after Augustus refused the lifetime supremacy offered to him?
 * ...that although it was not particularly well-known in Bulgaria until the late 19th century, today Bulgarian beer is one of the country's most popular alcoholic beverages?
 * ...that the Duke of Wellington had not seen Kitty Pakenham for ten years when he proposed marriage to her in 1806?
 * ...that the Northeastern United States was struck by a major tornado outbreak on July 10, 1989?
 * ...that, like Aphrodite bathing in the sea at Paphos, Hera too renewed her maidenhood annually, in the spring of Kanathos?
 * ...that nutritionist-turned-molecular biologist Thomas H. Jukes was one of the few scientists ever to have a regular column in the journal Nature?
 * ...that the Green Knight (pictured) of medieval literature is thought by many scholars to represent the Devil due to its strange color?
 * ...that John J. Clague won the Logan Medal, the highest award of the Geological Association of Canada, in 2007?
 * ...that 5-HT3 antagonists, effective for treating the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy, have no effect on motion sickness?
 * ...that the fifth-century Syriac Curetonian Gospels found in Egypt represent a considerably older, independent textual tradition of the four gospels?
 * ...that alpine skier Jean Saubert won one-third of all medals earned by the entire United States Olympic team at the 1964 Winter Olympics?
 * ...that Californian politician Lou Papan received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1996?
 * ...that Romulus Whitaker won the Whitley Award for establishing a rainforest research station at Agumbe in India to conserve King Cobras?
 * ...that the House of Gediminas ruled Lithuania from 1285 to 1572?
 * ...that The Geysers, a geothermal power field located north of San Francisco, California, (power plant pictured) is the largest geothermal development in the world?
 * ...that Betty Roberts was the first woman to serve on Oregon's Supreme Court?
 * ...that Swearing on the Horns is a Highgate pub tradition that dates back to the 1600s?
 * ...that the autobiography of Italian sculptor Raffaello da Montelupo contains the only known contemporary reference to Michelangelo's natural left-handedness?
 * ...that the Rusty-barred Owl is one of the only two members of the Strix genus of birds to be found in South America?
 * ...that William Moore was the earliest settler of Skagway, the famous gold rush town in the Klondike Gold Rush?
 * ...that the European fascist alliance New European Order split in 1955 due to a dispute over the issue of whether the province of Bolzano-Bozen should be Italian or Austrian?
 * ...that the Sauk Rapids Tornado of 1886 changed the economic structure of central Minnesota after it destroyed at least 109 commercial or public buildings in Sauk Rapids (devastation pictured)?
 * ...that at least 36 vases painted by the Athenian Meidias Painter are still in existence more than 2,400 years after they were created?
 * ...that Mary Brunner, a member of the "Manson family", was incarcerated after a shootout with police at a robbery?
 * ...that Irish writer and trade unionist Brian Behan once took part in a swearing match at the British Museum?
 * ...that unemployment protection in Italy is guaranteed by the Italy's constitution?
 * ...that Superman stops a mad scientist and his army of robots in the 1941 animated short film The Mechanical Monsters?
 * ...that Saskatchewan Highway 58 travels the Missouri Coteau to an important shore bird site on Canada's second largest saline lake?
 * ...that the Jesus Army, a British Christian outreach organisation, has been condemned by the Cult Information Centre, another British charity?
 * ...that Russian photography pioneer Karl Bulla (pictured) left more than 200,000 glass negatives that are now in the public domain?
 * ...that 13 rioters convicted by a jury of their peers were later pardoned for their actions in the Muncy Abolition Riot of 1842?
 * ...that British art historian Sir Oliver Nicholas Millar GCVO served in the Royal Household for 41 years, becoming the first Director of the Royal Collection in 1987?
 * ...that Robert Smith Vance was the third United States federal judge to be assassinated as the result of his judicial service?
 * ...that over four hundred 4000-year-old carved stone balls have been uncovered in archaeological digs in Scotland?
 * ...that the Judaic legal fiction of Prozbul protects both the poor and wealthy from the effects of the Sabbatical Year?
 * ...that Sammy Ellis won 22 games and made the All-Star team for the Cincinnati Reds in 1965 despite allowing the most Earned Runs in the league?
 * ...that the 1912 comic strip Polly and Her Pals by Cliff Sterrett was the first to have a female protagonist?
 * ...that the highest wooden sculpture of Bodhisattva in the world (pictured) is housed in Puning Temple of China?
 * ...that the National Football League's New York Giants won the first Super Bowl in their franchise history during their 1986 season?
 * ...that bread and beer were the two basic staples of Ancient Egyptian cuisine?
 * ...that the first computer simulations of galaxy mergers were conducted by Alar Toomre in the 1970s?
 * ...that the Crotalus tigris has the highest toxicity of venoms among rattlesnakes, even though it has a low venom yield?
 * ...that one of the finest naturalistic ivory diptychs (pictured) of Late Antiquity was found in a well at the Montier-en-Der Abbey, originally called Puteolus ("little well")?
 * ...that German-born Richard Lieber started the trend of American state parks having inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more?
 * ...that BBC Radio presenter Margaret Hubble presented Woman's Hour alongside Marjorie Anderson and Jean Metcalfe in the 1950s?
 * ...that major portions of Japanese writer Shōko Ieda's 1991 book Yellow Cab, about the eponymous sexual stereotype of Japanese women, were later denounced as "fraudulent" by her research assistant?
 * ...that Swindon's Link Centre (pictured) contains the tallest climbing wall in England?
 * ...that Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia was exiled for life, after marrying a commoner of black ancestry?
 * ...that the 1942 animated short film Japoteurs features a scene similar to the one in Superman Returns in which Superman catches an airplane in mid-air?
 * ...that Beechy, Saskatchewan, despite only having a population of 243, is home to former provincial Leader of the Opposition and Saskatchewan Party founder Elwin Hermanson?
 * ...that the story of Kamsa and Bar Kamsa is the most famous Jewish legend regarding the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem?

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