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 * ...that the Alexander Column (pictured) on Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, despite its weight of 600 tons, is set so nicely that no attachment to the base is required? [[Image:WinterPalaceAndAC.jpg|The Alexander Column in the Palace Square|right|100px]]
 * ...that former movie actress Vera Ralston personally insulted Adolf Hitler in the 1936 Winter Olympics, and won a silver medal?
 * ...that a circumferentor was an important tool to surveyors for mapping the North American frontier?
 * ...that the works of Polish poet Jerzy Ficowski were banned for several years in the People's Republic of Poland, following his criticism of the government?
 * ...that only one percent of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge is above sea level?
 * ...that Christopher and Cosmas were two Japanese men who travelled the world's oceans with the English explorer Thomas Cavendish between 1587 and 1592?
 * ...that Reverend William Mitchell was an Anglican missionary, and the first ordained person to provide Christian religious services in the Swan Valley area of the Swan River Colony in Australia? [[Image:Rev. William Mitchell.jpg|Rev. William Mitchell|left|100px]]
 * ...that Popeye Village, where the 1980 film Popeye was filmed, is now one of Malta's most popular tourist attractions?
 * ...that a commission as an Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska gives authority over "all officers, seamen, tadpoles and goldfish" under one's command?
 * ... that the Chartered Society of Designers is the world's largest and oldest chartered body of professional designers, and is unique in having designers of all disciplines?
 * ...that the Temple Sanitarium hired the first female anesthesiologist to work in the U.S., Dr. Claudia Potter, in 1906?
 * ...that the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange is the second oldest stock exchange in India, and first functioned under a banyan tree?
 * ...that in the Finnish wilderness, a backpacker can spend the night in a rent-free wilderness hut? [[Image:Oahujoen autiotupa.jpg|The Oahujoki wilderness hut in Lemmenjoki National Park, Finland|right|100px]]
 * ...that the chrysargyron tax forced some Byzantine families to sell their children into slavery and prostitution?
 * ...that Australian Olympic medal-winning swimmer Gary Chapman died in a fishing accident, after retiring from swimming to pursue this very hobby?
 * ...that spoons, eyeglasses, and toothbrushes have been removed from stomachs using endoscopic foreign body retrieval techniques with specialized cameras?
 * ...that in the 1930 Polish election, due to government censorship, opposition papers were reduced to using images of Nietzsche, because he resembled dictator Józef Piłsudski?
 * ...that 19th-century German Wilhelm Hasenclever did not live to see the political party he co-founded get its present name, the Social Democratic Party of Germany?
 * ...that Henryk Zieliński (pictured), a modern Polish historian who studied in the underground university in his youth, died in mysterious circumstances? [[Image:Henryk Zielinski IDphoto July1970.jpg|Henryk Zielińsk|left|100px]]
 * ...that the Byzantine Komnenian army was deployed in places as far-ranging as Italy, Hungary, and Egypt, and was instrumental in the Komnenian restoration of the empire?
 * ...that the film Autism Every Day, though praised by many parents of autistics, has been heavily criticized by people with autism?
 * ...that NASCAR driver Stephen Leicht, who started racing at age 7, was unable to participate in go-karting for 6 months after rupturing his spleen in an accident at age 11?
 * ...that Heraldo Muñoz, former National Supervisor of the People's Stores under Allende, is now Chile's Permanent Ambassador to the United Nations?
 * ...that the technique of double-balloon enteroscopy allows any position along the gastrointestinal tract to be visualized in real-time? (pictured: polyp in small intestine) [[Image:SB polyp.jpg|A polyp in the small bowel|right|100px]]
 * ...that Pando, an aspen colony, is the oldest known living being at 80,000 years, and the heaviest at six million kilograms (6,000 tonnes)?
 * ...that the deployment of Panjandrum, an experimental British weapon devised during World War II, invariably resulted in the random firing of dozens of cordite rockets into the air?
 * ...that John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolle inspired one of the pioneering works of British satire, and half a century later, fell down the stairs at the coronation of Queen Victoria?
 * ...that if one of the dams of Ukraine's Dnieper River reservoirs is destroyed, it may cause radioactive contamination of the whole Black Sea area?
 * ...that Humphrey the whale may be the most publicized Humpback whale in history, having twice wandered off his migration course into San Francisco Bay? [[Image:Humpback_Whale_underwater_shot.jpg|A Humpback whale|left|100px]]
 * ...that of the 27 U.S. Marines in World War II who threw themselves onto exploding grenades to save others, Richard K. Sorenson was one of only 3 to survive?
 * ...that a zayat is a combination rest-house and religious school funded and run by Burmese Theravada Buddhists, as an act of  daná (meritorious charity)?
 * ...that the remains of Henri Huet and three other noted war photographers, shot down in their helicopter over the Ho Chi Minh trail in 1971, have never been found?
 * ...that the EU legal doctrine of state liability was first introduced following the Italian government's failure to properly compensate laid off workers?
 * ...that Nicholas II of Russia and his family preferred the cosy apartments of the Anichkov Palace to their official residence, Winter Palace? (Anichkov Palace in Saint Petersburg)
 * ...that the Grand Chartophylax was considered the right arm of the Patriarch of Constantinople?
 * ...that the scandalous tales of Aristides of Miletus are still being discussed after over two millennia, although not one word of them has survived?
 * ...that the endangered cui-ui sucker fish was a staple of the Native American Paiute tribe for over a millennium?
 * ... that William Lee was U.S. President George Washington's personal servant, and the only one of his slaves freed by Washington in his will?
 * ...that bread and salt is a traditional greeting ceremony (pictured) symbolizing hospitality in Slavic countries? [[Image:Jan Matejko-Batory pod Pskowem.jpg|Bread and salt presented to Stefan Batory during the Siege of Pskov|right|100px]]
 * ...that Stanisław Warszycki, a wealthy 17th-century Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth magnate, gave rise to many legends about his cruelty, and several places in Poland claim sightings of his ghost?
 * ...that in the Penguins' Rebellion, over 800,000 Chilean high school students demanded education reforms from the government of Michelle Bachelet?
 * ...that the victory of Alexios I Komnenos over the Pechenegs at Levounion marked a resurgence of Byzantine military power after half a century of turmoil?
 * ...that Tropical Storm Larry caused five deaths and US$53.6 million in damage when it struck the Tabasco state of Mexico, the first landfall in the state since 1973?
 * ...that the All Saints Church, Henley Brook, the oldest church in Western Australia, held its first service almost eight years before it was consecrated? [[Image:All saints church.jpg|All Saints Church, Western Australia|left|100px]]
 * ...that a catholicon was a purported universal remedy taken orally or rectally?
 * ...that a cento is a poetic work composed entirely of verses taken from other authors?
 * ...that British architect Ron Herron proposed building massive robotic walking cities in 1964?
 * ...that the poem The Absent-Minded Beggar was written to raise money for servicemen's families during the South African War?

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