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 * ...that the TP S.A. Tower (pictured) in Warsaw features an external elevator shaft that is sloped 14° from the vertical?
 * ...that public displeasure with "The Voice", Ireland's fourth Eurovision victory in five years, led to the introduction of televoting?
 * ...that the 13th century romance Perlesvaus features a strikingly different portrayal of the Arthurian legend than most texts, including a scene in which Sir Kay murders King Arthur and Guinevere's son?
 * ...that the father and two brothers of Pakistani cricketer Wasim Raja also played first-class cricket?
 * ...that five months before his death, William Edington was offered the post of Archbishop of Canterbury, but turned it down?
 * ...that Mahinda, a 3rd-century monk who brought Buddhism to Sri Lanka, was the son of the Mauryan Emperor Asoka?
 * ...that bin bugs are being attached to wheelie bins in England to monitor the amount of domestic waste produced by each household?
 * ...that the world's first airline was DELAG, which operated with zeppelin airships?
 * ...that the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer is used by the European Space Agency to determine the chemical composition of a planet's atmosphere?
 * ...that the building housing the Indian Institute of Advanced Study at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh was originally built as a home for Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India?
 * ...that former major league baseball pitcher Terry Forster recorded a novelty song called "Fat Is In" after he was referred to as a "fat tub of goo" on Late Night With David Letterman?
 * ... that the largest Lithuanian encyclopedia was published in the United States by the immigrant community when Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union?
 * ...that the Lone Pine that marked the battlefield for which the Battle of Lone Pine is named, and whose pine cones have been planted at memorials for ANZAC soldiers killed during the whole of the Gallipoli Campaign, did not itself survive the battle? (Lone Pine at Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli)
 * ...that Homer Mensch, the double bassist who played the theme for Jaws, originally wanted to be a tennis player?
 * ...that the Arch of the Centuries of the University of Santo Tomas at Manila was disassembled from the University's original campus at Intramuros, carried piece-by-piece, and was re-erected at the current campus at Sampaloc?
 * ...that the Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands in India had a forked structure and derived its name from the fact that it comprised only of isolated cells?
 * ...that Banksia epica is named after two epic journeys the first by Edward John Eyre in 1841 to cross the Nullarbor and the second by John Falconer in 1986 to collect specimens from the same area? (Banksia epica flower spike)
 * ...that the little-known Dominickers of Holmes County, Florida, were said to be descendants of a pre-Civil War plantation owner's widow and one of her black slaves?
 * ...that the National Protection War led to the death of Yuan Shikai, which led to the beginning of the Warlord Era in China?
 * ...that Punjabi film-star Yograj Singh was a former Test cricketer and father of current Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh?
 * ...that biological therapy for inflammatory bowel disease has changed the manner in which doctors treat Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis?
 * ...that the P'urhépecha language isolate of Mexico is one of only two Mesoamerican languages not to have a phonemic glottal stop and that it has more than 160 affixes, 13 tenses and 6 modes?
 * ...that the non-profit Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association (pictured) is the largest association for textile research and allied industries in India? (Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association)
 * ...that the 2000 Black Coaches Association Classic was postponed by an electrical storm during which lightning struck ESPN broadcaster Lee Corso's rental car?
 * ...that during Operation Cedar Falls in the Vietnam War, American and South Vietnamese troops captured 3,700 tons of rice, enough to feed 13,000 troops for a full year?
 * ...that Indian-American teenager Gaurav Raja memorized 10,980 digits of pi in 2006 to break the North American pi memorization record?
 * ...that the Australian Federal Division of Macarthur is considered to be a bellwether as it has been held by the ruling political party in every election since 1949?
 * ...that at the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the Tarascan state was the second only to the Aztec empire in size and population?
 * ...that the European and Japanese collaborative BepiColombo mission is planned to be the first extensive mission to Mercury since Mariner 10? (Computer rendition of the BepiColombo orbiters)
 * ...that Polish politician and Sejm member, Joanna Senyszyn, gained media attention due to her distinctive, high-pitched voice?
 * ...that Ian Craig, the youngest ever Australian test cricketer and captain, later became the managing director of Boots pharmaceutical company?
 * ...that the original tunnel built to connect the Kalka-Shimla Railway at Barog, Himachal Pradesh was abandoned as the two constructed ends did not meet?
 * ...that in 1995, André Dallaire attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chrétien after breaking into his residence at 24 Sussex Drive?
 * ...that at the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Ronald Reagan committed a microphone gaffe when he joked that he had signed legislation to bomb Russia?
 * ...that the building that became Presidential Palace in Vilnius served as residence for the French Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I of Russia? (Lithuania's Presidential Palace)
 * ...that despite not being backed by the FDA, full-body scans are performed in the United States to screen for disease in healthy people?
 * ...that the manufacturer of the Trojan car claimed that driving it was cheaper than walking?
 * ...that Australian cricket captain Brian Booth also represented Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics in hockey?
 * ...that the Dhammapada describes an ascetic named Jambuka who had the practice of standing on one leg and eating his own excrement?
 * ...that portions of Chicago's Devon Avenue have been renamed in honor of Golda Meir, Mahatma Gandhi, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and Sheik Mujib?
 * ...that the Lviv Opera and Ballet Theater, in Lviv, Ukraine combines details of the Renaissance and Baroque architecture? (Image:Opera-we-Lwowie.jpg)
 * ...that the isolated population of Citrine Forktails on the Azores is the only population of dragonflies anywhere in the world known to reproduce by parthenogenesis?
 * ...that the Israeli entry for the 1987 Eurovision Shir Habatlanim, meaning The Bums' song led to a resignation threat by the Israeli culture minister?
 * ...that the Talbot Samba supermini car was the last Talbot passenger car ever made?
 * ...that the Gay Football Supporters Network recently voted Steven Gerrard top of their annual "Lust List" for the second year running?
 * ...that Biodiversity Action Plans are a primary tool of 189 nations to conserve threatened species, but the one nation who has signed, but not ratified, the underlying treaty has produced the most elaborate set of plans?
 * ...that for over 200 years the Ribeira Palace (pictured) in Lisbon was the residence of the Kings of Portugal until its destruction in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake? (Ribeira Palace in the 18th century)
 * ...that Mixmath is a Canadian board game similar to Scrabble, in which numbered tiles are played to form equations instead of letters forming words?
 * ...that according to Externism, a pseudophilosophy proposed by the famous fictitious Czech genius Jára Cimrman, in the end of every learning process we know nothing, but we know it precisely?
 * ...that In Dreams, the debut album by British child star Joseph McManners, was recorded in Prague and features music by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra?
 * ...that most of the Muslims in Fiji are descended from those brought to the islands from India as indentured labourers between 1879 and 1916?
 * ...that on August 26, 2006 the Philippines won the inaugural World Cup of Pool held at Newport, Wales?

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