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 * ...that Stanislavski and Craig's symbolist production of Hamlet in 1911 (pictured) put the Moscow Arts Theatre on the cultural map of Europe?
 * ...that the annual Global Peace and Unity conference held at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre in London is the largest Muslim event in Europe?
 * ...that Teimuraz I, a Georgian monarch of the Bagrationi Dynasty, was also an accomplished poet whose literary works includes original Georgian poems as well as translations and adaptations from Persian literature?
 * ...that only after five years since its founding in 1991, Reel Affirmations became the fourth-largest LGBT film festival in the United States?
 * ...that Alex Niño quit medical school at the University of Manila in 1959 to pursue his childhood goal of becoming a comic book artist?
 * ...that A. Roswell Thompson, a taxi operator and a figure in the Ku Klux Klan, ran for governor of Louisiana in 1959, 32 years before David Duke waged his more publicized race in 1991?
 * ...that Jehovah's Witnesses in Canada were persecuted in the early to mid-20th century, and that their religion was banned during World War II under the War Measures Act as a result of their refusal to serve in the military?
 * ...that Buryat Mongolian Buddhist Agvan Dorzhiev was a tutor and debating partner of the teenage Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama?
 * ...that Admiral Robert Holmes (statue pictured) of the Royal Navy destroyed 130 ships and burned the town of Terschelling for the loss of three men in the action Holmes's Bonfire?
 * ...that Peter Birkhäuser was so moved by a moth trapped by a window that he painted its picture, and later analysed his thoughts and corresponded with Carl Jung?
 * ...that in 1921, future four-star admiral Louis M. Nulton tried to save the battlecruiser USS Constitution from being scrapped by illegally transferring funds from the construction and repair of other warships?
 * ...that the 1994 Guinness television advertisement Anticipation used jump cutting techniques to make an actor appear to be performing a physically impossible dance?
 * ...that the Comoedienhaus theater, built in 1782, the first theater of performing arts in Frankfurt, Germany, played host to concerts by Mozart, Schiller and Goethe, among others?
 * ...that in numerical analysis, the error of an approximation of a function $$\textstyle u$$ by a polynomial of order at most $$\textstyle m-1$$ in terms of derivatives of $$\textstyle u$$ of order $$\textstyle m$$ is bound by the Bramble-Hilbert lemma?
 * ...that the United Church of Christ in Blooming Grove, New York was a Presbyterian congregation until its pastor was tried for heresy?
 * ...that popularity of German Minority, a party of the German minority in Poland, has been steadily declining since its establishment?
 * ...that Clímaco Calderón was President of Colombia for only one day?
 * ...that the Lockheed NF-104A (pictured), equipped with a reaction control system as well as a rocket engine to supplement a jet engine, was a low-cost training vehicle for American astronauts in the 1960s?
 * ...that Bhadda Kundalakesa attained arahantship faster than any other Buddhist nun?
 * ...that bugged conversations with surgeon-crime boss Giuseppe Guttadauro revealed how the Mafia funded the 2001 election campaign of Sicilian President Salvatore Cuffaro?
 * ...that the opening session of the Estonian Constituent Assembly on April 23 1919 is considered the birth of the Estonian Parliament?
 * ...that according to a Dakota Indian legend, the Great Spirit divided Barn Bluff between two rival villages of Minnesota, with the remaining portion moving to Winona and became Sugar Loaf?
 * ...that Credonia Mwerinde founded the doomsday cult, the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God, with Joseph Kibweteere?
 * ...that in the United Kingdom, speed limits imposed by variable-message signs are advisories only, and there are no legal sanctions for drivers who exceed them?
 * ...that razor manufacturer Thiers Issard produces a singing razor whose blade produces a resonant tone when plucked?
 * ...that Russian cellist Anatoliy Brandukov (pictured) entered the Moscow Conservatory aged eight?
 * ...that Victor-Alphonse Huard styled himself the "disciple" of Léon Abel Provancher?
 * ...that the Iroise Sea on the Atlantic Ocean is France's first marine park?
 * ...that Richard Rougier, son of novelist Georgette Heyer, became a British High Court judge?
 * ...that HMAS Stalwart was the largest Australian designed and constructed naval vessel?
 * ...that the case of Rice v. Collins concerned a juror who may have "rolled her eyes" under questioning?
 * ...that Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Paget was also an MP for Carnarvon despite his active navy career?
 * ...that, in 1987, Bolaji Akinyemi proposed the development of nuclear weapons by Nigeria?
 * ...that John L. Fugh was the first Chinese American to be Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army?
 * ...that Gavin Kaysen was undone at the Bocuse d'Or cooking competition because a dishwasher ate part of his entry?
 * ...that Joe Robertson, Dean of Oregon Health and Science University, lives on a houseboat?
 * ...that The Legendary Buster Smith was the only solo album by Charlie Parker's mentor Buster Smith?
 * ...that the first temple to be built in soapstone was constructed in Western Chalukya architecture (pictured), in the Karnataka, India?
 * ...that it was Frances Seymour, the Duchess of Somerset who interceded with Queen Caroline to obtain a pardon for the poet and murderer Richard Savage?
 * ...that royal fish, such as whales and sturgeons, are property of the Queen when found on the shores of the United Kingdom?
 * ...that the "negro of Banyoles" was a human piece of taxidermy which prompted debate by the United Nations?
 * ...that most trains stop before reaching the platform at Coombe railway station in Cornwall, UK, and then reverse away?
 * ...that the Minority Treaties of 1919-1921, designed to protect ethnic minorities, were not implemented on the victorious allies of World War I?
 * ...that the construction of Tellico Dam on Little Tennessee River in 1979 put several 18th century Overhill Cherokee towns underwater?
 * ...that Ian Smith's 24 international tries, scored for Scotland in rugby union between 1924 and 1933, was an international record until 1987?
 * ...that the Ukrainian pogroms in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution of 1917 were falsely attributed by the communist on Symon Petlura, despite his efforts to save Jews?
 * ...that the standard version of Sojourner Truth's famous speech "Ain't I a Woman?" was recorded by Frances Dana Barker Gage (pictured)?
 * ...that criteria of truth are standards and rules used to judge the accuracy of statements and claims?
 * ...that the Hearst Medical Papyrus, considered to be an authentic ancient Egyptian document for more than a century, may be an almost perfect fake?
 * ...that two male lovers of German film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder committed suicide?
 * ...that Jehovah's Witnesses have had an impact on civil liberties in the United States, winning 47 cases involving religious beliefs brought by them before the U.S. Supreme Court?
 * ...that Ellen Hammer is regarded as one of the first Americans to study the history of Vietnam?
 * ...that Nanda, the half-sister of Gautama Buddha, went on to be the foremost nun in the practice of jhana?
 * ...that Belinda Dann, a member of Australia's Stolen Generation, died just months after being reunited with her family, who had been searching for her for over a century?
 * ...that 27 years passed between the discovery of Ravenel's stinkhorn and the publication of its scientific description?
 * ...that Le Naturaliste Canadien is the oldest French-language academic journal in North America?
 * ...that one of the television advertisements from the Good things come to those who wait Guinness advertising campaign was voted the "Best ad of all time" by the British public?
 * ...that in "Thou Art the Man", one of Edgar Allan Poe's (pictured) lesser-known detective stories, ventriloquism is used to expose a murderer?
 * ...that the award for European Parliament's newly established cinema prize, Lux, consists of subtitling the winning film in the 23 official EU languages and an original language adaptation for the deaf and hard of hearing?
 * ...that due to backlash from the John Hinckley trial, under US law an expert witness can no longer testify on legal issues such as the insanity defense?
 * ...that Captain Clack Stone led the intense defense of Apple River Fort against 150-200 Sauk and Fox warriors, which resulted in only one death at the fort?
 * ...that the Whitman-Walker Clinic adopted oral testing for HIV in 1993, before most major AIDS clinics in the US?
 * ...that PlumpJack Winery was the first winery in the Napa Valley to use screwcaps as a wine closures on Cabernet Sauvignon wines sold for over USD$100 per bottle?
 * ...that after being suspended for life from the Ontario Hockey League, Marc Laforge still played professionally for two National Hockey League teams?
 * ...that when Richard Fort won a seat in the 1950 general election, he became the third person with the same name to represent Clitheroe in the British House of Commons?
 * ...that the Crown Colony-class cruiser HMS Jamaica (pictured) was nicknamed "The Galloping Ghost of the Korean Coast" because the North Koreans claimed that she had been sunk on three occasions?
 * ...that in Tennard v. Dretke, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it a cruel and unusual punishment to ignore the defendant's mental retardation in sentencing the death penalty?
 * ...that archaeological evidence has shown that the Indian threadfish (Alectis indicus) has long been a resource for humans, with prehistoric and more modern sites in the United Arab Emirates preserving its remains?
 * ...that Bob Odom, Louisiana's Commissoner of Agriculture and Forestry, is, with 28 years experience, his state's longest-serving statewide constitutional official?
 * ...that U.S. Senator Henry F. Ashurst had a cameo as a U.S. Senator in Otto Preminger's film Advice and Consent?
 * ...that the Lake Superior National Marine Conservation Area in Ontario will be the largest freshwater marine protected area in the world?
 * ...that Frederick Garling was the second solicitor admitted to practice in the Australian State of New South Wales?
 * ...that the medical papyri (pictured) show that ancient Egyptian physicians of the 19th century BC knew about migraines?
 * ...that Ann Northrop gave up a successful career at CBS to eventually become an AIDS educator for the Hetrick-Martin Institute and co-host of TV news program Gay USA?
 * ...that even though nothing definite can be said about the existence of Sebaldus, the patron saint of Nuremberg, his veneration continued even after the Protestant Revolution?
 * ...that before U.S. short track speed skater Cathy Turner won a gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics, she had left the sport for eight years to pursue a singing career under the stage name "Nikki Newland"?
 * ...that the Little Treaty of Versailles was the first of several Minority Treaties, and Poland's renouncing of it was the deathblow to the League of Nations' ethnic minority-protection regime?
 * ...that before competing in luge, Bonny Warner competed for Stanford University on a field hockey scholarship?
 * ...that the founding of the Church in Malta is described in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible?