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Did you know...

 * ...that when Lady Frances Brandon failed to marry her daughter Lady Jane Grey to Edward VI of England, she plotted instead to raise Jane to the throne by means of a coup d'état in 1553?
 * ...that the European White Elm is distinguished from other European elms by its long flower stems?
 * ...that the Free French corvette Aconit was awarded the Ordre de la Libération for her service in World War II?
 * ...that the incorrect climatological theory that "rain follows the plow" was promoted in the 1870s to justify the settlement of the arid Great Plains of the American West?


 * ...that Pancho Barnes was a pioneer of women's aviation and owner of the Rancho Oro Verde Fly-Inn Dude Ranch?
 * ...that the Humboldt Squid is a large, aggressive predatory squid which can grow to 2 m long and weigh 40 kg?
 * ...that Götz von Berlichingen, a knight of the Holy Roman Empire, wore a prosthetic hand made of iron after losing his hand in the siege of Landshut in 1508?


 * ...that the Swabian War of 1499 was fought between the Old Swiss Confederacy and the emperor Maximilian I and his Swabian League?


 * ...that the male pink salmon develops a large hump on its back when it is time to spawn, leading to the species nickname "humpie"?
 * ...that a freak decompression accident on board the oil rig Byford Dolphin in 1983 literally caused a man to explode?
 * ...that Scottish cyclist Robert Millar finished fourth in the 1984 Tour de France, the best ever finish by a British cyclist?
 * ...that Marcus Loew, whose family's poverty forced him to give up on schooling and go to work at age nine, became the owner of the largest chain of movie theaters in the United States and the founder of MGM Studios?


 * ...that Starry Night Over the Rhone, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1888, shows the constellation Ursa Major over the Rhone at Arles?
 * ...that when Theodora Comnena married King Baldwin III of Jerusalem in 1158, her dowry was 100,000 hyperpyra?
 * ...that the fungus Magnaporthe grisea destroys enough rice to feed more than 60 million people annually and was prepared as an anti-plant biological weapon during World War II?
 * ...that Buzzie Bavasi was the general manager of the Brooklyn & Los Angeles Dodgers for eighteen years, helping the team win their first four World Series championships?


 * ...that cloud-busters can allegedly use energy from their brain's prefrontal lobe to dissipate clouds?
 * ...that the first witches persecuted by the Inquisition believed in Madonna Oriente, the Moon goddess?
 * ...that Elsie Tanner was a core character on the British soap opera Coronation Street for over twenty years?
 * ...that Leonard Shoen was an entrepreneur who founded the first American vehicle rental company called U-Haul in 1945?


 * ...that the Dutch ship Brederode was the flagship of the United Provinces in the six largest battles of the First Anglo-Dutch War?
 * ...that Dutch maritime painter Simon de Vlieger was influential in the move away from the monochrome grisaille to a more colourful style of sea painting?
 * ...that Malin Space Science Systems operates the camera on the Mars Global Surveyor?
 * ...that Video-Enhanced Grave Markers turn headstones into talking video displays for the deceased?


 * ...that some original sources on medieval hunting contain detailed instructions on how to capture a unicorn?
 * ...that Brooklyn Brewery hired Milton Glaser, best known as the creator of the logo for the I Love New York campaign, to create their company logo?
 * ...that Josiah Belden was a member of the first party to use the California Trail, and the first mayor of San Jose, California?
 * ...that Project Exile was a program of prosecuting illegal gun offenses in federal court, helping reduce gun violence in Richmond, Virginia?
 * ...that the Plague of Athens devastated ancient Athens in 430 BC, perhaps leading ultimately to the city's defeat in the Peloponnesian War? (hidden on main page, not used)


 * ...that NGC 3314 is a pair of almost perfectly overlapping spiral galaxies, giving astronomers a unique opportunity to observe the properties of interstellar dust?
 * ...that Showmen's Rest in Forest Park, Illinois is a 750 plot section of Woodlawn Cemetery where members of a circus troupe were interred following the Hammond circus train wreck in 1918?
 * ...that Sarah Brady became an advocate of gun control and led actions to reduce gun violence after her husband White House Press Secretary James Brady sustained a disabling head wound during the Reagan assassination attempt in 1981?


 * ...that Julia Tuttle was the citrus plantation owner that owned the land upon which Miami, Florida, was built, and that she gave half her land to Henry Flagler to entice him to build a station for the Florida East Coast Railroad there?
 * ...that Project Aqua was a proposed hydroelectric scheme for the lower Waitaki River in New Zealand that would have diverted up to 77% of the river's flow into a separate canal?
 * ...that different stages of the fish parasite Myxobolus cerebralis were originally thought to be three different organisms in two different classes?
 * ...that it was Jack Clement who discovered and recorded future Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer Jerry Lee Lewis for Sun Records while Sam Phillips was away on a trip?


 * ...that the Paradesi Synagogue, built by the Malabar Yehudan people, is the oldest synagogue in the British Commonwealth of nations ?
 * ...that the Slovenian folk instrument bird-scaring rattle is used to drive birds from vineyards?
 * ...that the astronomer Tycho Brahe calculated products quickly using Prosthaphaeresis, a 17th century algorithm exploiting trigonometric identities?
 * ...that John Ritter made one of his first film appearances in the 1972 horror film The Other? (Text is new, article used to be redirect)