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 * ...that the rex Nemorensis was a Roman priest of Diana who got his position by killing the previous incumbent?
 * ...that Australian author Duncan Ball worked as an industrial chemist and as an editor before he became a full-time author?
 * ...that Aer Arann is the only scheduled airline that uses Waterford Airport, which lies close to Tramore Bay in the Republic of Ireland?
 * ...that Takashi Sakai, an Imperial Japanese Army general during World War II, was sentenced to death on August 27, 1946 for atrocities committed against civilians and surrendered soldiers in Hong Kong?
 * ...that Szare Szeregi (Polish for "Grey Ranks") was a codename for the underground Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Polish Scouting Association) during World War II?
 * ...that the Des Moines Register, "The Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon," ended its tradition of printing the sports sections on peach-colored paper in 1999?
 * ...that in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, Ness' son Conchobar mac Nessa was brought up as the son of the druid Cathbad, although the true father may have been her lover, Fachtna Fáthach, the High King of Ireland?
 * ...that hose clamps are sometimes used as a more permanent version of duct tape, and can be found mounting signs and holding together emergency home repairs?
 * ...that the Saddle-billed Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae?
 * ...that the Blue Eagles are one of only two professional helicopter aerobatics teams in the world?
 * ...that Labour's Alfred Dobbs was the shortest-serving post-World War II British Member of Parliament, serving in the House of Commons for just one day before his death in 1945?
 * ...that 19th-century photographer Napoleon Sarony reportedly paid stage actress Sarah Bernhardt 1500 USD to pose for his camera, which would be equivalent to more than 20,000 USD today?
 * ...that Russian singer and actress Alla Pugacheva has had a career lasting over 40 years, remaining one of the most popular musical artists to this day?
 * ...that Washingtonia is a genus of palm and produces a fruit, eaten by Native American people as a minor food source and by birds? (picture)
 * ...that Salt is an ancient agricultural town in west-central Jordan, famous for the quality of its grape harvest, and therefore speculated to be the root for the English word sultana?
 * ...that folk singer/guitarist Nic Jones suffered multiple broken bones and brain damage after a serious car accident in February 1982?
 * ...that Labour Member of Parliament Ellen Wilkinson organised the 1936 Jarrow March of 200 unemployed men and women from Tyneside to London to demand jobs?
 * ...that a Bok globule, the dark cloud of dense dust and gas in which star formation is taking place within the H II region, was first observed by astronomer Bart Bok in the 1940s?
 * ...that L'Origine du monde, Gustave Courbet's most provocative painting, remained in the privacy of its successive owners for almost 130 years before entering the musée d'Orsay?
 * ...that Mexican pilot Alberto Braniff was the first pilot to fly a plane over Mexico City?
 * ...that the British ice hockey team The Blackburn Hawks are often referred to as the Blackhawks, and were briefly called the Lancashire Hawks?
 * ...that polymer banknotes are made from the polymer biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) and that they incorporate many security features not available to paper banknotes making counterfeiting more difficult?
 * ...that the Sydney Riot of 1879 was one of international cricket's earliest riots?
 * ...the fire from the Weyauwega derailment on March 4 1996 displayed fireballs up to 300 feet (90 m)?
 * ...that Repenomamus may have been the largest mammal in the Cretaceous period and is the only mammal known to have eaten non-avian dinosaurs?
 * ...that BBC television series Watchdog helped uncover the Hoover Company "free flights" scam?
 * ...that Untersturmführer was the first commissioned officer rank of the German SS?
 * ...that the Chicken's Neck is a narrow strip of land 24 km in width connecting India to its north-eastern states?
 * ...that the men's adventure genre of pulp magazine often featured damsels in distress menaced by Nazis?
 * ...that melasma is a skin hyperpigmentation commonly affecting pregnant women that is caused by the overproduction of melanin?
 * ...that modern baby monitors use digital cameras similar to web cams to watch the baby as well as listen to it?
 * ...that George Michael's song I Want Your Sex touted monogamy instead of promiscuity?
 * ...that the term United Nations Medal refers to over two dozen international military awards which have been issued since 1950?
 * ...that Lockheed Martin Aeronautics, a major division of Lockheed Martin, is manufacturer of some of the world's most advanced military aircraft?
 * ...that Jeopardy's cultural impact includes references or parodies in no less than 64 feature films and appearances on more than 10 television show episodes?
 * ...that gear pumps use the meshing of gears to pump fluid by displacement?
 * ...that Zentatsu Richard Baker was an influential American Zen priest who played a leading role in founding Tassajara, the first Buddhist training monastery outside of Asia?
 * ...that the Pushkar Fair is the world's largest camel/cattle fair?
 * ...that DVD audio commentaries were introduced as laserdisc features to appeal to movie fans?
 * ...that metal can grow whiskers?
 * ...that the U.S. federal government sold the disputed Erie Triangle region to Pennsylvania in 1792 so that state would have a freshwater port?
 * ...that Bewitched actress Elizabeth Montgomery made her acting debut as a regular on her father's popular series Robert Montgomery Presents in 1952?
 * ...that Katsushika Hokusai created the woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa, the most famous artistic depiction of a tsunami?
 * ...that Justice Leila Seth was the first woman judge on the Delhi High Court and the first woman to become Chief Justice of India?
 * ...that before building his first railroad steam locomotive, in 1832, Matthias W. Baldwin was apprenticed as a jeweler and devised and patented a method for applying gold plating?
 * ...that Thomas Lord started Lord's Cricket Ground, the home of cricket in 1814?
 * ...that the highlight event of the World Cricket Tsunami Appeal is a two-match one-day international series between a World XI and an Asian XI?
 * ...that Quebec-born singer Alys Robi had a lobotomy in 1952 following a mental breakdown?