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 * ... that the Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge is the first segmentally constructed concrete arch bridge in the United States? (image)
 * ... that Keong Saik Road in Chinatown, Singapore was formerly a red-light district in the 1960s but is now the site of many boutique hotels?
 * ... that pioneering research on time-temperature canning conducted at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Samuel Cate Prescott was never patented?
 * ... that in 1919, the discharge of the chief of police of Berlin led to a general strike and accompanying fighting known as the Spartacist uprising, in which over 500,000 workers took part?
 * ... that detachments of Royal Marines and of seamen from the Royal Navy were formed into Naval Brigades (image) to undertake operations on shore in the Crimean War, the Second Opium War, the Indian Mutiny, the Zulu War and Boer War, and the Boxer Rebellion?
 * ...that Daumantas of Pskov, a Lithuanian dynast involved in the assassination of the first Lithuanian king, was later canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church and became a patron saint of Pskov?
 * ...that Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis, the son of professional wrestler Road Warrior Animal, is the first Buckeyes scholarship football player from Minnesota since 1933?
 * ...that Eilhart von Oberge's German poem Tristrant, dating to the late 12th century, is the earliest complete version of the Tristan and Iseult legend in any language?
 * ... that both Herbert Witherspoon and Göran Gentele died before the opening nights of their first seasons as general directors of the Metropolitan Opera?
 * ... that the Ch'ŏnma-ho is a little known, indigenously produced North Korean tank; information on which has proven to be elusive even to the United States Government?
 * ...that British Labour Party Member of Parliament Martin Flannery was a Communist until the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was crushed by the Soviet Union, but remained on the far left?
 * ...that Bamse was a St. Bernard dog that became the heroic mascot of the Free Norwegian Forces during the Second World War?
 * ...that Wollaston Lake is the largest lake in the world that drains naturally in two directions? - self-nom by youngvalter 15:23, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ... that Katsu! is a shout used in Zen Buddhism to induce enlightenment, as well as in the martial arts to focus one's energy?
 * ...that the first Howell Melon Festival became famous when it sent the Howell Melon Queen to visit President Eisenhower? -self-nom by technopilgrim 00:04, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * ... that the World's Largest Texas Flag, measuring 23 metres by 38 metres (75 feet by 125 feet), is unfurled on the field by members of Alpha Phi Omega before Texas Longhorns football games? (Image)
 * ...that British lawyer Sir Robert Megarry was tried at the Old Bailey in 1954 for submitting false income tax returns, but later went on to become a High Court judge, Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Division and then Vice-Chancellor of the Supreme Court?
 * ...that Antwone Fisher was born in a woman's prison in which his mother was incarcerated?
 * ...that last week's first-ever football meeting between the University of Miami and Florida International University was marred by a massive brawl that led to the suspension of 31 players?
 * ...that between 1944 and 1962, up to 186,000 inmates passed through approximately 100 forced labour camps in Communist Bulgaria?
 * ...that, according to an oriental ritual, the deceased citizens of ancient Prinias, Crete were beheaded and then cremated, while their heads were buried separately?
 * ...that Ying Fo Fui Kun was the first Hakka clan association in Singapore, and its clan house at Telok Ayer (pictured) was gazetted as a national monument in 1998? (Image)
 * ...that the 1989 Glasnost Bowl was an attempt to schedule an American college football game in the Soviet Union?
 * ...that the rococo manor house at Damsgård, near Bergen, Norway, is one of the best preserved wooden 18th century structures in Europe?
 * ...that doubt exists about exactly where in Ontario at least two of the three known specimens of the extinct epiphytic moss Neomacounia nitida were collected in the 1860s?
 * ...that Soviet Russia recognized the independence of the Democratic Republic of Georgia in the 1920 Treaty of Moscow, in exchange for the promise not to grant asylum on Georgian soil to troops of powers hostile to the Soviet republic?
 * ...that Carolina Dogs employ a whip-like motion whilst pack hunting snakes? (image)
 * ...that innovative Indian film director Ritwik Ghatak's first feature film Nagarik premiered after his death, twenty-four years after it was made?
 * ...that Mury, a protest song by Jacek Kaczmarski about events in Catalonia, became the unofficial anthem of Solidarity?
 * ...that Iliaş of Moldavia, Jagiello's brother-in-law, lost his throne and was blinded following Poland's withdrawal from Moldavian affairs?
 * ...that Phil Fondacaro, an actor with dwarfism, portrayed the only Ewok to die on-screen in Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi?
 * ...that rock and roll pioneer Chan Romero wrote the 1959 hit, "Hippy Hippy Shake" which was covered by The Beatles?
 * ...that Vishnu Bhagwat was the first service chief in independent India to be sacked from his post in late 1998?
 * ...that modified starch is added to processed frozen foods to prevent them dripping when defrosted?
 * ...that Juditha triumphans is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, narrating the story of the Jewish widow Judith, who beheaded the invading Assyrian general Holofernes after he fell in love with her; and that all characters were interpreted by orphan female singers?
 * ...that Susan L. Hefle's research led to the development of commercialized ELISA testing for food allergens?
 * ...that Hong San See, a Chinese temple and national monument in Singapore, was sited on a small hill for good fengshui and once commanded a good view of the sea?
 * ...that the Tamworth Pig is a rare breed of swine which has such a high bristle density that, unlike most pigs, it almost never suffers sunburn?
 * ...that the four large housing cooperatives that make up Cooperative Village on the Lower East Side of Manhattan were sponsored and financed by trade unions with ties to the Socialist Party of America?
 * ...that vulvar cancer accounts for about 4% of all gynecological cancers? -
 * ...that Swedish goalkeeper Karl Svensson was given his nickname Rio-Kalle after two heroic matches in the 1950 FIFA World Cup that were actually played in São Paulo and not in Rio de Janeiro?
 * ...that the Paleo-Hebrew alphabet is an offshoot of the Phoenician alphabet that was used to write the Hebrew language from about the 10th century BCE until it fell out of use in the 5th century BCE?
 * ...that Ravensburg State Park in Pennsylvania, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s, is named for the ravens that still roost there?
 * ...that noted Bengali writer Rajnarayan Basu was a tutor of Asia's first Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore?
 * that the Laura Spence Affair was a major UK political row started over comments made by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown accusing Oxford University of elitism?
 * ...that Semuliki National Park in Uganda is one of the richest areas of floral and faunal diversity in Africa?
 * ...that Leonarda Cianciulli, the "Soap-Maker of Correggio", murdered three women and turned their bodies into soap and tea cakes?
 * ...that British athlete Don Thompson was nicknamed "Il Topolino" (Italian for "Little Mouse") when he raced to victory in the 50km walk at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome while wearing a képi and sunglasses ?
 * ...that if you ever responded to a shaky telemarketing or sweepstakes solicitation, chances are that you have been placed into a sucker list and in the future you will be approached with a reloading scam?
 * ...that the Smith Flyer was an automobile formed out of a wooden plank, two bucket seats, a driving mechanism and a power unit?
 * ...that an employee resignation letter from the son of the  patent attorney to the Wright Brothers (inventors of the airplane) led to the demise of the Tucker Car Company and a $62 million donation to Georgetown University Medical Center?

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