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-[[File:Lamprotornis hildebrandti -Tanzania-8-2c2.jpg|100x100px|Hildebrandt's Starling]]
+[[File:Physomerus grossipes cropped2.jpg|100x100px|Sweetpotato bug]]
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-{{*mp}}... that the brightly coloured '''[[Hildebrandt's Starling]]''' ''(pictured)'' nests in abandoned [[woodpecker]] burrows and holes in [[Utility pole|telegraph poles]] and fenceposts?
+{{*mp}}... that the female '''[[sweetpotato bug]]''' ''(pictured)'' is very protective of her young?
+{{*mp}}... that King [[Farouk of Egypt|Farouk I]] of [[Egypt]] secretly communicated with representatives of [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]] through his father-in-law '''[[Youssef Zulficar Pasha]]''', Egypt's first ambassador to [[Iran]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Battle of Mingtiao]]''' marked the beginning of the [[Shang dynasty]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Church of the East]]''', originally the Christian church of [[Sassanid Persia]], eventually established churches throughout [[Asia]], including in [[Mesopotamia]], [[India]], [[Central Asia]], and [[China]]?
-{{*mp}}... that after '''[[Willy Schaeffler]]''' taught [[George Patton]] to ski, he moved to the US and became the most successful ski coach in US history?
-{{*mp}}... that '''''[[Ororaphidia]]''''' and '''''[[Styporaphidia]]''''' are the oldest [[snakeflies]] known from [[China]], dating from the [[Middle Jurassic]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Recombination (cosmology)|recombination]]''' refers to the formation of the first electrically neutral [[hydrogen]] atoms in the universe?
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[BBC Sound Archive]]''' was founded in 1936 by '''[[Marie Slocombe]]''' while she was working as a temporary secretary disposing of sound recordings?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Andrea Fay Friedman]]'''{{`}}s first voice-acting role was portraying Ellen, a young woman with [[Down Syndrome]], on the "[[Extra Large Medium]]" episode of ''[[Family Guy]]''?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[The Younger Lady (mummy)|KV35YL]]''', a [[mummy]] that was discovered in the ancient Egyptian tomb [[KV35]] in 1898 and thought to be male at the time, was recently determined by [[DNA testing]] to be [[Tutankhamun|King Tut]]'s mother?
-{{*mp}}... that the [[Post mill#Hollow Post mill|''spinnenkopmolen'']] '''[[Arkens, Franeker|Arkens]]''', [[Franeker]], is the only windmill in the [[Netherlands]] fitted with ''Vlinderwieken'' ({{lang-en|Butterfly sails}})?
+{{*mp}}... that former [[Philadelphia Eagles]] [[running back]] '''[[Perry Harrington]]''' was expected to compete for the [[Starting lineup|starting]] [[Fullback (American football)|fullback]] job in [[1981 NFL season|1981]] when he [[Bone fracture|broke]] his leg in the fourth game of the season?
-{{*mp}}... that Australian [[triathlete]] '''[[Mirinda Carfrae]]''' in her first attempt at the [[Ironman Triathlon|Ironman]] distance broke the women's [[marathon]] course record at the [[2009 Ironman World Championship|2009]] [[Ironman World Championship|World Championships]]?
+{{*mp}}... that despite not sinking a single ship in her career, '''''[[German submarine U-241 (1943)|U-241]]''''' managed to shoot down a Norwegian [[PBY Catalina|Catalina]] flying boat?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Louis Robertshaw]]''' flew combat missions in [[World War II]] and [[Korean War|Korea]] and flew an [[F4 Phantom II|F-4D Phantom]] fighter in [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]] as commanding general of the [[1st Marine Aircraft Wing]]?
-{{*mp}}... that in the '''[[Treaty of Bromberg]]''', [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth|Poland-Lithuania]] accepted [[House of Hohenzollern|Hohenzollern]] sovereignity in the [[Duchy of Prussia]] in turn for an "eternal alliance"?
-{{*mp}}... that [[Thai people|Thai]] director '''[[Yongyoot Thongkongtoon]]'''{{`}}s debut film was ''[[The Iron Ladies]]'', a fact-based sports comedy about a volleyball team of gay and transgender men?
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