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 * ...that in the otaku culture, it is common to see trains, computer operating systems, warplanes, and even home appliances anthropomorphized as girls (pictured)?
 * ...that animals have delivered mail throughout history, with different postal services using pigeons, reindeer and even cats?
 * ...that within a tomb in the town of Bergamo, Italy there is a statue dedicated to the life of Enrico Rastelli, the world's greatest juggler?
 * ...that 96 tropical cyclones have affected the state of Delaware since 1749?
 * ...that Broome Pearling Lugger Pidgin is a mixed language based on Malay, Japanese, English and Australian Aboriginal languages?
 * ...that the Organ Pipe Cactus (pictured) takes 150 years to reach maturity and can reach a height of eight meters?
 * ...that Enrique Angelelli was an Argentine Catholic bishop killed during that country's military junta?
 * ...that the Famous Artists School has perhaps been best known for its Draw me! advertisements on the covers of matchbooks?
 * ...that the parastatal Kenya Railways Corporation will be managed by a private consortium come November 1, 2006?
 * ...that Wojciech Bobowski was one of the most important musicians of the Ottoman Empire, and the author of the Bible translation into the Ottoman Turkish language?
 * ...that the division viol (pictured) is a type of viol used for highly virtuosic music, much like its Italian equivalent, the viola bastarda?
 * ...that the treatment of Crohn's disease can include a mouse-human chimeric antibody called infliximab?
 * ...that Suleiman the elephant, named after the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, became the first elephant to visit Vienna in March 1552?
 * ...that Binaca Geetmala was a Radio Ceylon countdown program of hit Indian film songs that was the most listened to radio program in India for portions of its 42-year run?
 * ...that the Liaoshen Campaign was a decisive 52-day engagement in the creation of Communist China?
 * ...that General Valerian Madatov (pictured) was called the Russian Joachim Murat by Field Marshal Hans Karl von Diebitsch during the Russian occupation of Paris in 1814?
 * ...that the borders of the states and territories of the United States have changed over 90 times since the United States Constitution was adopted by the Philadelphia Convention on 13 July 1787?
 * ...that West Side Story won the Academy Award for Best Picture at the 34th Academy Awards?
 * ...that Harvey Littleton, a former professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, pioneered the American studio glass movement in the 1960s and is responsible for training many prominent glass artists?
 * ...that the song "Diwanit Bugale" was a French Eurovision entry performed in Breton and the only French entry not performed at least partly in French?
 * ...that the first Russian parliament of 1906 and the Russian Constituent Assembly of 1918 convened in the Tauride Palace (pictured) of Catherine the Great?
 * ...that British Air Marshal Joubert de la Ferté served as commander-in-chief of RAF Coastal Command on two separate occasions, before and during the Second World War?
 * ...that the French clothing brand Cacharel is named after a small bird that inhabits the Camargue?
 * ...that Joseph Nanven Garba was part of the coup that displaced Yakubu Gowon as the leader of Nigeria, and yet went on to be President of the United Nations General Assembly?
 * ...that the 2006 Kapa O Pango controversy is due to a throat-slitting gesture at the end of the All Blacks traditional haka performance?
 * ...that conger cuddling was once described as the "most fun a person could have with a dead fish"?
 * ...that after the Siege of Boonesborough in the American Revolutionary War, Daniel Boone (pictured) was court-martialed?
 * ...that the song "Mama Corsica" is the only song in the Corsican language to have been performed at the Eurovision Song Contest, placing 4th in the 1993 edition?
 * ...that overacting can be intentional for some roles, particularly when exaggerating the evil characteristics of a villain, but is often the subject of parody and satire?
 * ...that two-time International Motor Sports Association champion Steve Millen was only able to compete in three of four IROC races in 1995 before he suffered a career ending injury at Road Atlanta?
 * ...that the masseira is a form of agriculture in sand dunes practiced solely in Northern Portugal?
 * ...that U.S. Army surgeon Ben L. Salomon was recommended for the Medal of Honor four times before it was posthumously awarded by George W. Bush in 2002?
 * ...that Edinburgh University did not teach Scottish history until 1901, when a new professor, Peter Hume Brown (pictured), insisted that it was not revolutionary to study its national history?
 * ...that the Canadian government rescued six U.S. diplomats during the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran in a covert operation named the Canadian caper?
 * ...that a bridge-playing robot managed to defeat two reigning European bridge champions?
 * ...that Indian revolutionary Manmath Nath Gupta was tried for participating in the Kakori train robbery but was not hanged because he was a teenager?
 * ...that the National Library of Mexico has a 1498 edition of Dante's Divine Comedy?
 * ...that Mount Burbidge in Namadgi National Park was named for Australian botanist Nancy Tyson Burbidge, who was instrumental in lobbying for the foundation of the park?
 * ...that the Hartog Plate (pictured), a pewter plate, is the oldest-known artefact of European exploration in Australia?
 * ...that Charles St. Clair was both a Scottish Peer and a York Herald of Arms, and was consequently able to attend the State Opening of Parliament in either capacity?
 * ...that informal cricket games often replace the original cricket ball with a tape covered tennis ball known as the tape ball?
 * ...that Obaysch became the first living hippopotamus in England since prehistoric times when he joined the London Zoo in 1850?
 * ...that 9 of Indiana's 12 native bat species have been observed in the National Natural Landmark Wyandotte Caves?
 * ...that the collectible miniatures game Gamoja involves twin character pieces that are either good or evil?
 * ...that footprints (pictured) have revealed clues about the activity of criminals and dinosaurs, and have also been the source of several myths and legends?
 * ...that Baba Kanshi Ram wore only black clothes from 1931 to 1943 in support of Indian independence, which earned him the sobriquet of Siahposh General or General in Black?
 * ...that the Battle of Wuhan was the largest ground battle of the Far East theatre of World War II?
 * ...that the family Caponiidae is unique among spiders because its members usually have two eyes?
 * ...that Calyute was an Indigenous Australian resistance leader who led a raid on Shenton’s Mill in Western Australia in 1834 for a half-tonne of flour?
 * ...that Chindonya are elaborately-costumed Japanese street musicians who advertise for shops and other establishments?
 * ...that the Yana people people of California hid in the Sierra Nevada mountains for over 40 years their survival and existence unknown in the United States from 1865 to 1911?

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