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 * ...that Moodna Creek (pictured), a tributary of the Hudson, was originally known as "Murderers' Creek" after a family was massacred on its banks?
 * ...that Ariel, a sprite in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, may be based on the biblical Ariel in Isaiah?
 * ...that in 1968 Eldridge Dickey was the first African-American quarterback to be drafted to a professional American football league in the first round?
 * ...that Friz Freleng's 1937 cartoon Clean Pastures narrowly evaded Hollywood Production Code censors, before being removed from distribution by United Artists in 1968?
 * ...that the Dawesville Channel, a 2.5 kilometre long, 200 metre wide man-made channel near Mandurah, Western Australia, was built specifically to counter algal blooms?
 * ...that Bill Barber played tuba on a number of Miles Davis albums including Birth of the Cool, Miles Ahead and Sketches of Spain?
 * ...that the Yamasee War of 1715-17 nearly annihilated the colony of South Carolina and paved the way for the founding of Georgia?
 * ...that the Cheat Mountain salamander of West Virginia is the only vertebrate known to be unique to that state?
 * ...that when John Torrington's corpse was exhumed 138 years after his death, it was almost perfectly preserved?
 * ...that the United States Capitol crypt was intended as the entrance to George Washington's tomb?
 * ...that Daniel Hughes (pictured) was a mulatto raftsman who led fugitive slaves to freedom by transporting them in his barge and providing shelter at his Loyalsock Township, Pennsylvania home?
 * ...that the Queensland Court of Disputed Returns once heard an election dispute from a person who claimed that the Queensland Government was unconstitutional but who still wished to be elected to it?
 * ...that Liz Claiborne Inc. was the first company founded by a woman to make the Fortune 500?
 * ...that Selvarajah Rajivarnam was the fourth journalist to be killed on April 29, during the last three years of the Sri Lankan civil war?
 * ...that the Kannada film Shanti is one of just a few narrative films with only a single actor?
 * ...that the Trygg class was a class of three torpedo boats built for the Royal Norwegian Navy and that they were all sunk during World War II, two after having been captured by the German Kriegsmarine?
 * ...that Dumfries House, designed by John and Robert Adam in the 1750s, was recently bought by a consortium of charities organised by Prince Charles?
 * ...that Swedish classical saxophonist Anders Lundegård is known for his cello-like tone and intense performance style?
 * ...that the Australian legal case of D'Emden v Pedder followed United States legal precedent in holding that state and federal governments were immune from each other's laws?
 * ...that Charles Chaplin decided the best way to bring The Tramp ([[Image:Charlie_Chaplin.jpg:pictured]]) into the new era was by re-releasing three silent films he made with First National as a feature length film?
 * ...that Nguyen Ngoc Tho, Vice President of South Vietnam under Ngo Dinh Diem, was not allowed to take part in policy discussions and was slapped at the order of Diem's brother Ngo Dinh Nhu?
 * ...that the first person in Britain to suggest studying modern history was eighteenth-century clergyman Joseph Priestley?
 * ...that the Stephen Wright House in Paw Paw, Illinois is located on a road that was once a stage coach and Native American trail?
 * ...that Hellbreeder's distinct look was created by being one of the only films to be shot on color reversal stock and then cross processed?
 * ...that the crown-cardinals of Austria, France, and Spain could exercise the jus exclusivae during papal conclaves from the 16th to 20th centuries?
 * ...that Spiral Scratch was the first independently-released Punk rock record, and inspired a wave of DIY record labels across the United Kingdom?
 * ...that although the South American Bittern is widespread, much about its life history remains little-known, due to its skulking habits?
 * ...that Seacliff Lunatic Asylum (pictured) in New Zealand was plagued by landslips, a fatal fire in a locked psychiatric ward and allegations of abuse before reverting to a forest reserve?
 * ...that viable sperm has been extracted from cadavers up to 36 hours after the donor's death?
 * ...that José María Robles Hurtado, a martyr during the Cristero War, placed the noose that would be used to hang him around his own neck, telling his executioner "Don't dirty your hands"?
 * ...that the Arts Club of Chicago arose from the success of the Art Institute of Chicago's handling of the Chicago showing of the Armory Show?
 * ...that Danish botanist Christen C. Raunkiær (pictured) made quantitative studies of plants in literature?
 * ...during the annual romeria from the Guadalajara Cathedral to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan, the statue of Our Lady of Expectation is accompanied by more than 3,000,000 people?
 * ...that the Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in Connecticut will be reconstructed as the first extradosed bridge in the United States?
 * ...that 19th century Polish general Ludwik Mierosławski led revolutionaries in Poland, Germany and Italy?
 * ...that only 395 De Tomaso Longchamp two-door 2+2 coupés (example pictured) have ever been built?
 * ...that the War of the Two Peters, fought between Castile and Aragon during the 14th century, lasted 19 years?
 * ...that Antonio Salieri's opera Europa riconosciuta was recently revived for the re-opening of La Scala in Milan, after not being seen for 226 years after it first premiered?
 * ...that Flight Lieutenant Bobby Gibbes landed his single-seat fighter in the North African desert in 1942 to rescue a comrade who had been shot down, jettisoning his own parachute to accomdoate his passenger?
 * ...that the lifelong Democrat Jim Naugle is in his sixth straight term as the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale and supported only Republicans for President since 1968?
 * ...that during the 1998 Guinea-Bissau Civil War, as many as 100 refugees an hour passed through the border checkpoint of Mpack, Senegal, which has a population of 518?
 * ...that the Itchen Navigation canal provided an essential trading route between the historic city of Winchester and the port of Southampton?
 * ...that the Hills Memorial Library had 60% of all area residents sign up for library cards in 1909, its first year of operation?
 * ...that the Battle for Saigon in 1955 started as Prime Minister Ngo Dinh Diem tried to wrest control of the police from the Binh Xuyen organised gang licensed by Emperor Bao Dai?
 * ...that Jacques-Louis David produced five slightly different versions of Napoleon Crossing the Alps (pictured) between 1800 and 1805?
 * ...that the Treaty of Greenwich was a failed attempt by Henry VII of England to unite England and Scotland?
 * ...that the Bangalore Palace in India, which was built to resemble Windsor Castle in England, has hosted music concerts of bands like Aerosmith, Rolling Stones and Deep Purple?
 * ...that in ayurveda, Hiptage benghalensis is used to treat leprosy?
 * ...that Jeroen Straathof is the first and still only sports person in the world to represent his country at the Summer Olympics, the Winter Olympics and the Paralympics?
 * ...that Lynn Visson, a United Nations conference interpreter, is also a Russian cuisine cookbook author?
 * ... that Romanian poet, dissident, and journalist Dorin Tudoran was only allowed to leave Romania for the United States after a 42-day-long hunger strike in 1985?
 * ...that the Land of Onias, a region in Ptolemaic Egypt settled by Jewish military colonists, had its own Temple separate from that of Jerusalem?
 * ...that the White Building in Bloomington, Illinois, represents an interesting example of the Chicago school architecture?
 * ...that the 1870s Harrison P. Young House (pictured) in Oak Park, Illinois was remodeled by famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1895?
 * ...that women in the Early Pandyan Society dressed their hair differently according to their marital status?
 * ...that in New South Wales, a Sentencing Council which is the first of its type in Australia, conducts research to improve the consistency of sentencing of criminals?
 * ...that the Silurian Lau extinction event caused the Earth to temporarily return to a condition similar to how it was before multicellular life evolved?
 * ...that the Eastern Spinebill of Australian forests has adapted to urban gardens and can feed from Fuchsias as well as native banksias and grevilleas?
 * ...that Texas has a long history of producing wine with grape vines planted by Franciscan missionaries over 100 years before vineyards were planted in California?
 * ...that Marine corporal Charles W. Lindberg was part of the first flag raising (pictured) on Iwo Jima hours before the famous photo was taken by Joe Rosenthal?
 * ...that Nkiru Books, the oldest African American bookstore in Brooklyn, was saved from being closed down by rappers Mos Def and Talib Kweli in 2000?
 * ...that Australian male singing duo Bobby & Laurie had a national number-one hit with Hitchhiker for five weeks in 1966?
 * ...that Hiptage benghalensis is considered a weed in Florida?
 * ...that St. Mary's Collegiate Church (pictured) is the longest church in Scotland at 62.8 m?
 * ...that Williamsport, Pennsylvania was once known as the "Lumber Capital of the World" and is the birthplace of Little League Baseball?
 * ...that the Adivasi Cobra Force was formed after ethnic conflict between Santal and Bodo erupted in 1996?
 * ...that originally a mudflat, Lido Isle in Newport Beach was one of the first master planned communities in California?
 * ...that Ulley reservoir was sold to Rotherham council for £1 in 1980, when it was no longer needed to supply drinking water?
 * ...that Robert Raymond founded Australia's longest running current affairs television program?
 * ...that the steam rail motors, introduced by the Great Western Railway in 1903 to stimulate traffic, were so successful that they had to be replaced by conventional trains?
 * ...that the 1937 Soviet Census (poster pictured) was considered invalid and its organizers were imprisoned because the counted population numbers were significantly lower than expected by Joseph Stalin?
 * ...that Fort Pasir Panjang, part of the 11 coastal fortifications built to repel the Japanese invasion, saw little action during the Battle of Singapore?
 * ...that Juanelo Turriano was forced to build a second version of his Artificio de Juanelo as the city of Toledo refused to pay for the first one?
 * ...that Alexander Campbell in 1877 slapped a muddy handprint on to the wall of his prison cell declaring his innocence, and the mark would never go away, despite extensive efforts to have it removed?
 * ...that the British architect William Benson was relieved from his position as Surveyor General of the Royal Works after falsely insisting that the House of Lords Chamber was in imminent danger of collapse?
 * ...that the airport in the Nigerian city of Calabar is named after Margaret Ekpo, the 1950's civil rights activist?