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{{*mp}}...that [[Mineralogy|mineralogist]] '''[[George Switzer (mineralogist)|George Switzer]]''' persuaded [[Harry Winston]] to donate the [[Hope Diamond]] ''(pictured)'' to the [[Smithsonian Institution]], establishing the [[National Museum of Natural History]]'s [[Gemstone|gem]] and [[mineral]] collection? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Douglas Robert Hadow|Douglas Hadow]]''' slipped on the descent after the [[first ascent]] of the [[Matterhorn]], dragging [[Lord Francis Douglas]], [[Charles Hudson (climber)|Charles Hudson]] and [[Michel Croz]] to their deaths? |
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{{*mp}}...that the '''[[sound of fingernails scraping chalkboard]]''' may not be the world's most unpleasant [[sound]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that some species of '''''[[Vireo (genus)|Vireo]]''''', a genus of [[passerine]]s, bind their nests with [[spider silk]] and ornament them with spider eggs? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Hugh Daily]]''', a [[pitcher]] with only one arm, once [[strikeout|struck out]] [[List of pitchers who have struck out 18 or more batters in a nine-inning MLB game|19 batters]] in a [[Major League Baseball]] game? |
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{{*mp}}...that medieval [[Perpendicular Gothic]] '''[[Somerset Towers]]''' typically feature [[pinnacle]]s, lacy [[tracery]] windows and bell openings, [[gargoyle]]s, arches, [[buttresses]], [[merlon]]s, and external stair [[turret]]s? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Bob Kames]]''' was given his [[stage name]] when an announcer on [[Armed Forces Radio]] could not pronounce his real name? |
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{{*mp}}...that the [[United States of America|American]] [[mathematician]] '''[[Anna Johnson Pell Wheeler]]''' married a former professor, who was actually a [[Russia]]n [[double agent]] named Sergei Degaev? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus|Section 171 of the Criminal Code]]''' of [[Cyprus]], which prohibits [[homosexual]] acts between men, was repealed just eight days before a May 29, 1998 deadline set by the [[Council of Europe]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[David Powel]]''' compiled and published the first printed history of [[Wales]] in 1584, which popularized the legend that [[Prince Madoc]] discovered America in about 1170? |
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{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Order of the Faith and Peace]]''', founded by the [[Archbishop of Auch]] c. 1230 for the defence of the peace in [[Gascony]], was patronised by '''[[Gaston VII of Béarn]]'''? |
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{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company]]''' was among the earliest and the last major electric [[streetcar]] systems in the [[United States]]? |
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