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 * ...that Benedict Arnold was an early American politician, who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1829 despite the fact the person he was named after was revealed to be a traitor two weeks before he was born?
 * ...that a police officer in the United States may only briefly detain and frisk a person if there is reasonable suspicion that the person is involved in a crime?
 * ...that the song "Delta Dawn" was first sung by Tanya Tucker and turned down by Barbra Streisand before gaining widespread pop success by Helen Reddy?
 * ...that Pal, owned by animal trainers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax, was the name of the first dog to portray Lassie?


 * ...that the Warren County Canal was a twenty-mile long canal in Ohio that linked Lebanon to the Miami and Erie Canal, which operated only eight unprofitable years?
 * ...that The Face on the Cutting-Room Floor is a whodunit written in English by German-born sexologist Ernest Borneman when he was not yet 20 years of age?
 * ...that the biodiversity of New Zealand is dominated by bird families that flew in from Australia and insects, frogs and plants that were on the island when it broke off from Gondwana?
 * ...that a Sub Inspector or S.I. is the rank of an Indian police officer who is in command of a police station?


 * ...that Keying was a three-masted Chinese junk, which sailed from China to the United States and England between 1846 and 1848?
 * ...that the French footballer Lucien Laurent scored the first ever World Cup goal, against Mexico in 1930?
 * ...that the Nine Saints were a group of Christians from the Byzantine Empire who took part in converting areas of what is now Eritrea and Ethiopia in the late fifth century AD?


 * ...that the complex communication patterns of Weaver ants used in nest building is studied and modeled in various disciplines of generative sciences?
 * ...that Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is the largest producer of diamonds by value in the world?
 * ...that Will Harvey created his first commercial computer game when he was only 15 and still in high school?
 * ...that the internet casino GoldenPalace.com won a bid to name the recently discovered type of New World monkey: the GoldenPalace.com Monkey?


 * ...that Queen's Gambit Accepted is a chess opening in which Black takes a White pawn after two moves, but is not a real gambit because Black cannot count on keeping his advantage?
 * ...that actor Philip Ahn was the first child of Korean ancestry to be born in the United States?
 * ...that Boneless Fish is a Japanese frozen food made from fish, which is deboned by hand and then glued to its original shape using a food-grade enzyme?
 * ...the callsign of KFRC in San Francisco, California in the U.S. stood for "Known For Radio Clearness"? In fact, when the AM radio station signed on with 50 watts in 1924, it was heard as far away as New Zealand, far exceeding anyone's expectations.
 * ...that the Bhutan Broadcasting Service had transmitted radio broadcasts for many years, but only commenced with television broadcasts in 1999?
 * ...that every British monarch since Queen Victoria has worshipped at Crathie Kirk, a small parish church near Balmoral Castle?
 * ...that Giovanni Bugatti was the longest serving executioner in the Papal States?
 * ...that Humber College's TVO series Distinguished Artists is the first network television show produced by a college or university?


 * ...that Pal, owned by animal trainers Frank and Rudd Weatherwax, was the name of the first dog to portray Lassie?
 * ...that Marie-Anne Gaboury was the first woman of European descent to travel to and settle in the Canadian west?
 * ...that Terri Irwin, co-owner of the Australia Zoo and co-star of the The Crocodile Hunter series on television, began caring for injured wildlife as a child and ran her own rehab facility for five years before she met Steve Irwin?
 * ...that the Anglo-Zanzibar War was the shortest war in recorded history, lasting only 45 minutes?
 * ...that the Marylebone Cricket Club beat Warwickshire in the first game of the 2005 English cricket season?


 * ...that the Galápagos tortoise is the largest living tortoise in the world, endemic to the Galápagos Islands, where about 15,000 of them live?
 * ...that Edgar Buchanan was a dentist before becoming an American actor with a long career in both movies and television, and is probably best remembered as Uncle Joe Carson from the Petticoat Junction and Green Acres television sitcoms of the 1960s?
 * ...that Dismal Swamp Canal which runs along the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp in Virginia and North Carolina is the oldest continually operating man-made canal in the United States?
 * ...that the F-Zero series of video games is renowned for its sheer visceral impression of speed?
 * ...that James A. Bland (1854–1911) an Black American musician and songwriter wrote over 700 songs, including "Carry Me Back to Old Virginny" in 1878, which was later the official state song of Virginia from 1940 to 1997?
 * ...that Fisher Automobile Company in Indianapolis, Indiana is believed to have been the first automobile dealership in the United States?
 * ...that the Lebanon Correctional Institution and the Warren Correctional Institution are on land once owned by the Shakers?


 * ...that Dr. Hunter McGuire was a physician who amputated General Stonewall Jackson's arm during the American Civil War and later helped found several hospitals and a prominent medical school in Richmond, Virginia?
 * ...that a physical paradox is thought to be either an artifact of error or incompleteness because reality is assumed to be completely consistent?
 * ...that Mountain Lake, one of only two natural lakes in Virginia, was the filming location for the fictional Kellerman's Resort in New York's Catskill Mountains for the 1987 film Dirty Dancing?


 * ...that Varina-Enon Bridge, which carries Interstate 295 across the James River in Virginia, hosts an award-winning VDOT project to provide nesting locations for peregrine falcons which are traceable on a website?
 * ...that although England centre forward Geoff Hurst had scored a hat-trick and was therefore entitled to keep the match ball, it was German striker Helmut Haller who took it home after the 1966 World Cup final?
 * ...that Caesars Creek State Park has 7,900 acres centered around a 2,800-acre lake created by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers?


 * ...that amateur video footage of the September 11, 2001 attacks was sold to broadcasting corporations for as much as $45,000 U.S. dollars?
 * ...that Cetartiodactyla is a hypothesis based on DNA that suggests whales and hippos are related?
 * ...that "Gigantour," a six-week heavy metal music festival devised by Megadeth front-man Dave Mustaine, will travel North America in late July 2005?
 * ...that Ohio's College Township was given by Congress for the benefit of Miami University?


 * ...that an American Silver Eagle coin contains a guaranteed minimum of one troy ounce of .999 pure silver?
 * ...that some stationery companies produce scented paper and envelopes specifically for love letters?
 * ...that a smokie is a West African delicacy made by blowtorching the carcass of a sheep or goat without removing its fleece?
 * ...that Reverend John Chilembwe is celebrated as the first Malawian nationalist, and was a martyr for his cause?