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"Neuron screen" at the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences

... that a screen based on the circuitry of a rat brain (pictured) is displayed on the façade of the Jerusalem-based Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences?
... that the Korean War allowed Don Bragg to set a UCLA basketball record for the most rebounds by a varsity freshman, which stood for almost 40 years?
... that the Indonesian pulp and paper industry collectively controls over 10 million hectares of land?
... that Tore Skeie's first book, written while he faced severe financial hardship, won him a prize of NOK 100,000?
... that 1977's Typhoon Thelma was the most destructive event in Taiwan since World War II?
... that Sammy Basso was the oldest known person with progeria?
... that the 2024 psychological horror game Mouthwashing utilises non-diegetic scene transitions that mimic glitches and crashes?
... that John W. Keogh killed an attorney to encourage redistricting?
... that Methuselah likes belly rubs?

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...that the Olympic Javelin is a high-speed rail service announced as part of the public transport regeneration of London in readiness for the 2012 Summer Olympics? violet/riga (t) 6 July 2005 21:41 (UTC)

...that Barbara Cassani founded the budget airline Go Fly before becoming the initial leader of London's bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics? -- Finlay McWalter | Talk July 6, 2005 20:33 (UTC)

...that Watson's Hotel is India's oldest cast iron building and is among the "100 World Endangered Monuments."?
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...that the French battleship France sunk after hitting an uncharted rock during a patrol of Quiberon Bay on August 26, 1922? (Image:Frajack.png, article created by User:YourNickname)

...that the Indian Meteorological Department was set up as a result of a tropical cyclone that hit Calcutta in 1864, and the subsequent famines in 1866 and 1871 due to failing monsoons? (Creator: User:Nichalp)

...that Mandinka prince Sundiata Keita defeated Sosso king Soumaoro Kanté at the Battle of Kirina in 1240, securing the future of the Mali Empire? --Dvyost 6 July 2005 13:54 (UTC)

...that the genetically modified plum C5 is the only Prunus species resistant to the devastating plant disease plum pox? Image:C5 plum pox resistant plum.jpg

July 5

...that many of the scenes Louisa May Alcott depicts in her book Little Women took place when her family was living in The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts? (Creator: 66.30.207.207) Image:The Wayside, Concord, Massachusetts.JPG

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...that the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight contains the world's oldest airworthy survivor of the Battle of Britain, alongside ten other historic aircraft - two of which fought over Normandy on D-Day? (Image:Spitfire.planform.arp.jpg) (orig. created by KrisHansen)
...that shrimp farms are a serious threat to the environment because they cause widespread destruction of mangroves and disperse antibiotics through their wastewater? – Image:Shrimp pond2.jpg (self-nom by Lupo July 4, 2005 14:47 (UTC))
...that the Plan of Saint Gall is the only architectual drawing to survive the 900 year period between the fall of Rome and the 13th century, and is a national treasure of Switzerland? Stbalbach 5 July 2005 17:44 (UTC)
...that Cyrus K. Holliday was a founder of the city of Topeka, Kansas, as well as the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad? Image:Cyrus K Holliday.jpg slambo July 4, 2005 16:54 (UTC)

...that the main work of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson, Strömkarlen (The Stream Boy), was refused by the Swedish Nationalmuseum in 1884, and later bought by Prince Eugén, the youngst son of king Oscar II? Sam Vimes 4 July 2005 13:05 (UTC) - Image:Josephson.jpg
...that soap opera actor Cameron Mathison suffered from Perthes disease as a child, requiring him to wear leg braces for nearly four years? Mike H (Talking is hot) July 5, 2005 02:01 (UTC)
...that Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne was the only British artillerist to command an army in World War I?
...that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency supported the Chushi Gangdruk guerilla fighters in their attempts to overthrow the Communist Party of China in Tibet in the 1950s? Harro5 July 3, 2005 00:41 (UTC)

...that the the only way to effectively manage the bacterial plant disease citrus canker is to destroy all infected citrus trees? Image:Citrus canker on fruit.jpg--nixie 29 June 2005 01:51 (UTC)
...that panel painting was the primary painting medium used in the West, from about the 13th to the 16th century, before canvas and oil paint became the norm? Image:Eyck.hubert.lamb.750pix.jpg (image is not new but instructive). --Stbalbach 29 June 2005 06:35 (UTC)
...that Gershwin selected tap dance innovator John W. Bubbles to play a major role in his opera Porgy and Bess though he did not even read music? --Baron Larf June 29, 2005 14:58 (UTC)
...that after actor Philip Loeb committed suicide, an article in the New York Times noting his passing commented that "He died of a sickness commonly called 'the blacklist'." Ted Wilkes 28 June 2005 23:43 (UTC)

...that the Siglas Poveiras are a proto-writing system inherited from the Vikings and have been used for more than a thousand years by the fishermen of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal? --Pedro 28 June 2005 20:26 (UTC) (Image:Siglaspoveirasbase.png)
...that Massachusetts Avenue, home of Washington D.C.'s Embassy Row, is both the longest and widest avenue in the city? – choster 29 June 2005 05:40 (UTC) (self-nom)
...that the Dictionary of the Middle Ages (1989) is the largest English language encyclopedia of the Middle Ages covering over 100,000 topics? Stbalbach 28 June 2005 17:26 (UTC)
...that J. Willard Marriott grew a small root beer stand to a huge hotel and resort chain, Marriott International? --Frecklefoot (self-nom)

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~~Setif massacre~~ - Dvyost informed.
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The Heart of Midlothian
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...that the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight contains the world's oldest airworthy survivor of the Battle of Britain, alongside ten other historic aircraft - two of which fought over Normandy on D-Day? (Image:Spitfire.planform.arp.jpg)
...that shrimp farms are a serious threat to the environment because they cause widespread destruction of mangroves and disperse antibiotics through their wastewater?
...that the Plan of Saint Gall is the only architectual drawing to survive the 900 year period between the fall of Rome and the 13th century, and is a national treasure of Switzerland?
...that Cyrus K. Holliday was a founder of the city of Topeka, Kansas, as well as the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad?

...that the main work of the Swedish painter Ernst Josephson, Strömkarlen ((the Nix), was refused by the Swedish Nationalmuseum in 1884, and later bought by Prince Eugén, the youngest son of king Oscar II? (Image:Josephson.jpg)
...that soap opera actor Cameron Mathison suffered from Perthes disease as a child, requiring him to wear leg braces for nearly four years?
...that Henry Horne, 1st Baron Horne was the only British artillerist to command an army in World War I?
...that the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency supported the Chushi Gangdruk guerilla fighters in their attempts to overthrow the Communist Party of China in Tibet in the 1950s?

...that Carolingian art permitted the drawing of human figures during the Iconoclasm controversy of the 9th century? (Image:Ebbo.Gospels.St.Mark.jpg)
...that five teams in cricket's 2005 ICC Trophy will be granted official one-day international status for the next four years?
...that in the 1850s, El Hadj Umar Tall founded a short-lived Islamic empire covering modern day Guinea, Senegal, and Mali?
...that PC Stephen Tibble had been in the Metropolitan Police Force of Greater London for six months before he was killed by an IRA gunman?

...that the only effective way to manage the bacterial plant disease citrus canker is to destroy all infected citrus trees? (Image:Citrus canker on fruit.jpg)
...that panel painting was the primary painting medium used in the West, from about the 13th to the 16th century, before canvas and oil paint became the norm?
...that George Gershwin selected tap dance innovator John W. Bubbles to play a major role in his opera Porgy and Bess, even though he did not even read music?
...that after actor Philip Loeb committed suicide, an article in the New York Times noting his passing commented that "He died of a sickness commonly called 'the blacklist'."?

...that the Siglas Poveiras are a proto-writing system inherited from the Vikings and have been used for more than a thousand years by the fishermen of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal? (Image:Siglaspoveirasbase.png)
...that Massachusetts Avenue, home of Washington D.C.'s Embassy Row, is both the longest and widest avenue in the city?
...that the Dictionary of the Middle Ages (1989) is the largest English language encyclopedia of the Middle Ages, covering over 100,000 topics?
...that J. Willard Marriott grew a small root beer stand to a huge hotel and resort chain, Marriott International?

...that Malian playwright and novelist Massa Makan Diabaté was the descendant of a long line of Malinké griots?
...that Sabine Ehrenfeld, the Overstock.com spokesmodel, is fluent in German, French, English, and Italian and that she is an experienced pilot and equestrian? (Image:Sabine_ehrenfeld.jpg)
... that two widely-used maps of China's historical placenames independently published in Taiwan and China during the 1980s are both called Historical Atlas of China?
...that in 1990, Czech and Slovak politicians "fought" the Hyphen War, a political battle over whether "Czechoslovakia" should be spelled with a hyphen?

...that the largest solar plant of the Alps was built on Loser mountain in Austria at 1,838 meters above sea level? (Image:Loser (Berg).jpg)
...That the Tibes Indigenous Ceremonial Center located in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is the oldest astronomical observatory in the Caribbean?
...that the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee is the largest non-casino hotel in the world?
...that the late Shana Alexander was the first female columnist for Life magazine?

...that the Right Hegelians took the philosophy of Hegel in a politically and religiously conservative direction? (Image:Hegel.jpg)
...that the Waterloo Vase is a massive marble urn, 15 feet (4.6 metres) high and weighing 15 tons (13.6 metric tons), which was commissioned by French leader Napoleon but ultimately became an ornament in the British monarch's Buckingham Palace Gardens?
...that, in addition to hearing the landmark Napster and Bernstein cases, U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel vacated the World War II-era conviction of Japanese American Fred Korematsu?
...that French Army soldiers killed between 15,000 and 45,000 Algerian civilians in the Setif massacre of May 8, 1945, the same day as V-E day in Europe?
...that the 1984 Murray Head hit "One Night In Bangkok", from the musical Chess, gained new-found popularity in 2005 due to a remix by the dance act Vinylshakerz?
...that the Canadian postage stamp of Acadian Deportation 1755-2005 encorporates a stamp of Grand Pré, Nova Scotia, from 1930?

...that mastoiditis is an infection that can result from untreated middle ear infections? (Image:Ear-anatomy-text-small.png)
...that the Turin Papyrus, prepared about 1160 BC for Ramesses IV's quarrying expedition to Wadi Hammamat near the Red Sea, is the earliest known geologic map?
...that actor and amateur racing-car driver Skipp Sudduth performed almost all the high-speed driving done by his character in the movie Ronin?

...that The Heart of Midlothian, the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverly novels, was the first in the series to have a female protagonist? (Image:Walter_scott.JPG)
...that in 1911, Charles Rosher, working for David Horsley's production company, became Hollywood's first full-time cameraman?
...that Nickajack was the name of a proposed neutral state made up of Unionist areas of North Alabama and East Tennessee in the period leading up to the U. S. Civil War?
... that in the United States, a federal court can be classified as either an Article I or Article III tribunal?

...that Japan and Poland are the world's largest krill fishing nations since Russia abandoned its operations in 1993? (Image:Krill swarm.jpg)
...that jockey Kent Desormeaux and his horse Real Quiet missed thoroughbred horse racing immortality by a few inches?
...that Norwegian football commentator Bjørge Lillelien famously taunted Margaret Thatcher after Norway's victory over England in 1981?
...that Love Israel, a cult in northern Washington, filed for bankruptcy and then sold their commune to the Union for Reform Judaism to become their 13th summer camp?
...that I Love to Singa, an Al Jolson song written by Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg, is also the title of a popular 1936 Merrie Melodies cartoon?

...that Franco-Japanese relations were initiated by the 1615 visit of the Japanese samurai Hasekura Tsunenaga to the Southern France city of Saint Tropez? (Image:Faxicura.jpg)
...that, after being defrocked as a Church of England priest, Harold Davidson became a seaside entertainer and was killed in 1937 by a lion when he trod on its tail?
...that distinguished recipients of the Grawemeyer Award for music composition have included Witold Lutosławski, György Ligeti, Pierre Boulez and John Adams?

...that the General Council of the Valleys, the parliament of Andorra, has only 28 members? (Image:Andorra_flag_large.png)
...that Jesuit priest John Nobili founded Santa Clara University in 1851?
...that both the Silver Jubilee and Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth II fell on the official Queen's Birthday holiday?
...that Nathaniel "Sweetwater" Clifton was the first African American to sign a contract to play in the National Basketball Association?
...that Packet Storm is a non-profit organization comprised of computer security professionals whose goal is to provide the information necessary to secure computer networks?

...that a postage stamp the United States Department of the Treasury issued in 1962 that commemorated the centennial of the Homestead Act featured art based on a photograph by Fred Hultstrand? (Image:Homestead Act Stamp.jpg
...that prosector's wart is a skin lesion caused by contamination with tuberculosis of a diseased cadaver during its preparation for autopsy by a prosector, a preparator of dissections?
...that Roza Robota was hanged for her role in the Sonderkommando revolt?
...that American statesman John Milledge named Athens, Georgia, the city surrounding the University of Georgia, after Athens, Greece, the city of Plato's Academy?
...that the light cruiser Oyodo of the Imperial Japanese Navy was Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's flagship after the aircraft carrier Zuikaku was sunk during WWII's Battle of Leyte Gulf?

...that the Australian Blue Ant is not an ant at all, but a large solitary wasp? (Image:100 6644.jpg)
...that American patriot John Milledge named Athens, Georgia, the city surrounding the University of Georgia, in imitation of Athens, Greece, the city of Plato's Academy? (Image:Milledge.jpg)
...that the light cruiser Oyodo of the Imperial Japanese Navy was Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa's flagship after the aircraft carrier Zuikaku was sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf? (Image:Oyoda alongside Zuikaku.jpg)
...that Bend It Like Beckham was a crowd favorite at the 9th Pyongyang Film Festival in 2004?
...that Swiss cyclist Hugo Koblet, a Tour de France winner and the first non-Italian to win the Giro d'Italia, died at age thirty-nine under mysterious circumstances? (Image:HugoKoblet.jpg)

...that HMS Adventure was the first ship to circumnavigate the globe from west to east? (Image:Hodges, Resolution and Adventure in Matavai Bay.jpg)
...that for actress KaDee Strickland's role in The Grudge, she was inspired by Jane Fonda's Academy Award-winning performance in the 1971 film Klute? (Image:KaDee_Strickland_in_The_Grudge.jpg)
...that the Blondie song "Call Me" was only the third song from a soundtrack to be the highest-selling single in the United States? (Image:Callmecover.jpg)
...that classical compounds make up much of the technical and scientific lexicon of Western European languages?
...that whole grains are often more expensive than refined grains because their higher oil content is susceptible to oxidation, complicating processing, storage, and transport?

...that Austrian mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger (1865–1945) showed how to compute the fundamental group of a knot? (Image:Wilhelm Wirtinger.jpg)
...that unlike many of the Bee Gees' singles, which were recorded in Miami, Florida, "Stayin' Alive" was recorded at the Chateau d'Herouville in Paris? (Image:Bee Gees Stayin Alive.jpg)
...that in the computer game Crush, Crumble and Chomp! the player controls a disaster movie monster and destroys cities?
...that the Minnesota State Constitution initially had two versions: one signed by Republicans and the other by Democrats?

...that Doc Cheatham (1905–1997) has been called the only jazz musician to create his best work after the age of 70? (Image:DocCheathamGoodForWhatAils.jpg)
...that Captain Henry Trollope (1756–1839) of the Royal Navy, commanding the frigate Glatton, defeated a French squadron that outnumbered him six to one?
...that no Punch and Judy performer can consider himself a Professor until he has swallowed his swazzle at least twice?
...that the 1318 Mamluk Qala'un Mosque was considered the most glamorous mosque of Cairo until its wooden dome collapsed in the sixteenth century and the marble dado was carried off to Istanbul by Ottoman conquerors?

...that in 1978, Governor of Florida Reubin Askew gave the Bee Gees "honorary citizenship" after the success of their single "Night Fever"? (Image:Nightfevercover.jpg)
...that chromoblastomycosis is a fungal skin infection that can be caught from a thorn or splinter?
...that Alan Mullery became the first England association football player to be sent off in a full international match during the 1968 European Championship semi-final against Yugoslavia?
...that Samuel Green was jailed in 1857 for possessing a copy of the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?

...that the history of nuclear weapons and the United States includes around 1,054 nuclear tests between 1945 and 1992? (Image:Castle Bravo Blast.jpg)
...that Philip of Poitou, Bishop of Durham from 1197 to 1208, quarelled so fiercely with his monks that he tried to burn them out of a church, and later excommunicated the entire chapter?
...that singer Maureen McGovern was a secretary before she was signed to perform the Academy Award-winning song "The Morning After"? (Image:Maureen mcgovern-the morning after s.jpg)
...that the 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England predated, by 12 years, the first tour to England by white Australians?

... that Otokichi (1818–1867) was a Japanese castaway, who circled the globe as he tried unsuccessfully to return to Japan? (Image:Otokichi.jpg)
... that Xihoumen Bridge, a suspension bridge planned for the Zhoushan Archipelago in China will be the third largest suspension bridge in the world when completed?
...that after Peter the Great's reform of the Russian military, serf recruits, and their children born after the recruitment, were liberated, with the boys being sent to specially created Garrison schools? (Image:Peter_der-Grosse_1838.jpg)
...that the US children's television series Romper Room aired for over forty years?

...that the song "Nights in White Satin", largely ignored on its first release in 1967, reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was re-released in 1972? (Image: The_Moody_Blues.jpg)
...that Dr. Acacio Gabriel Viegas was credited with the discovery of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Mumbai in 1896, & later became the president of the Bombay Municipal Corporation? =Nichalp (Talk)= 09:00, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
...that the 1985 movie Into the Night is largely responsible for launching Michelle Pfeiffer to stardom? (self-nom) — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:27, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
... that the race car driver Kurt Mollekens won three Formula Ford titles in 1992? - 21:29, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

... that Union Bridge across the River Tweed between England and Scotland was once the longest suspension bridge in the world and is now the oldest surviving? (Image:055167 union bridge.jpg)
...that MTV Canada will be converted into a digital television station called Razer, now that it is owned by CHUM Limited? (Image:Logo_razer.jpg)
...that the virtual economy of massively multiplayer online games sometimes attracts virtual crime, which is punishable by real laws in some countries?
...that James Glynn, captain of the USS Preble, was the first American to negotiate successfully with Sakoku ("closed country") Japan, in 1848? (Image:USS Preble.jpg)

...that the Tarim mummies indicate that Caucasian populations lived in Xinjiang in western China during the 1st millenium BCE? (Image:SteinMummy.jpg)
...that Cherrapunji in India is the wettest place in the world?
...that there are sixteen candidates running in the June 14 Ohio Second Congressional District Election to replace representative Rob Portman?
...that Mick Mills was made captain of the England national football team which started the 1982 World Cup because Kevin Keegan was unable to play through injury?

...that Irish chemist Robert Kane (1809–1890) showed that hydrogen is electropositive? (Image:Robert Kane (chemist).jpg)
...that 1980s horror movie actress Ellie Cornell nearly broke out of her typecasting by appearing the 1992 film A League of Their Own, but had to drop out because she became pregnant?
...that American country music singer Mindy McCready was once engaged to actor Dean Cain?
...that Valerius Anshelm (1475–c. 1546), a Swiss chronicler, wrote a history of Berne from the Burgundy Wars to 1536? (Image:Anshelm Berner Chronik.png)

...that anatomist Caspar Wistar (1761–1818) developed a set of anatomical models from human body parts by injecting them with wax? (Image:Caspar Wistar.jpg)
...that Saki's short story "Sredni Vashtar" plays an important role in Raymond Postgate's 1940 mystery novel Verdict of Twelve?
...that Kermit Roosevelt III, author of the 2005 legal thriller In the Shadow of the Law, is the great-great-grandson of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt?
...that there are parts of Canadian airspace where compasses aren't useful because they're too close to the magnetic north pole? (Image:Canadian-Control-Areas.gif)

...that the scientific collections of Jacques Labillardière (1755–1834) were seized by the British in 1793 as spoils of war, but were returned after lobbying by Sir Joseph Banks? (Image:Jacques Labillardière.jpg)
...that Bono Manso, the capital of Bono state, was an ancient Akan trading town in present-day Ghana, which was frequented by caravans from Djenné as part of the Trans-Saharan trade?
...that the 1960s singing duo Paul & Paula inspired such pairings as Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell?
...that the Brimstone Moth has a variable life cycle of either one generation a year or two generations every three years?

...that Carolus Linnaeus the younger was enrolled by his father at the University of Uppsala at the age of nine? (Image:Forslund, Linnaeus filius.jpg)
...that the bending of starlight around the Sun during the solar eclipse of 1919 was a testimony to the predictive power of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity? (Image:Einstein theory triumphs.png)
...that Niccolò Da Conti (1395–1469) was a Venetian merchant who traveled around the Indian Ocean for 25 years in the early 15th century, and was made to relate an account of his travels as a penance for converting to Islam? (Image:LeVoyageAuxIndes.jpg)
...that Firpo Marberry was the first relief pitcher in Major League Baseball to record 100 saves in his career?

...that the grunion is a sardine-sized fish only found off the coast of California and Baja California that comes up on sandy beaches at very high tides (during the new and full moons) to lay its eggs? (Image:Grunion CF&G -2 100% -a .jpg)
...that Bruce Webster was so burned out from writing the computer game SunDog: Frozen Legacy for the Apple II, that he gave up programming for four years? (Image:Sundogbox.JPG)
...that Jack-Jack Attack is the first Pixar short not to be given a theatrical release? (Image:Jack-jack-attack-1.jpg)
...that Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) signed an agreement in 1963 with Japanese company NEC which gave the latter partial ownership of PTV's network?

...that Barstow, California, and Strong City, Kansas, are both named in honor of William Barstow Strong, former president of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway? (Image:William Barstow Strong.jpg)
...that in the music video for the Crazy Frog song "Axel F", the frog's genitalia have been censored for broadcasting? (Image:Crazy frog-axel f s.jpeg)
...that former England footballer Mick Channon is now a successful horse trainer?
...that Chinese BASIC is the name given to several Chinese versions of the BASIC programming language?

...that suffragist Louisa Lawson (1848–1920), publisher of Australia's first woman-run journal, The Dawn, was also the mother of the great Australian poet Henry Lawson? (Image:Louisa Lawson.jpg)
...that the Terik language of Kenya is classified as endangered by UNESCO because the Terik people have increasingly become assimilated to the Nandi people in recent decades?
...that facial symmetry is correlated with health, physical attractiveness, and beauty, and is a factor in interpersonal attraction? (Image:Ziyi Zhang mirrored.jpg)
...that a sideman is a professional musician who is hired to perform or record with a group of which he is not formally a member?

...that Ars moriendi ("The Art of Dying") was a popular 15th century text on the proper etiquette of how to die? (Image:Ars.moriendi.pride.a.jpg)
...that MOMO syndrome is a very rare genetic disorder characterised by macrosomia, obesity, macrocephaly and ocular abnormalities?
...that the reality television series Dr. 90210 got its name from the zip code for part of the Los Angeles suburb of Beverly Hills?
...that the U.S. airlifted 22,325 tons of military supplies to Israel for use in the Yom Kippur War under Operation Nickel Grass? (Image:Operation Nickel Grass.gif)

...that the Washington State Capitol has been hit by three major earthquakes since its construction? (Image:Washington State Capitol Legislative Building.jpg)
...that David Penhaligon (1944–1986) was a promising Liberal Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom but was killed in a car crash at the age of 42? (Image:Davidpenhaligon.jpg)
...that macrosomia is a complication in pregnancy and childbirth when the fetus is dangerously big?
...that the Defaka people of Nigeria are gradually abandoning their language in favour of the language of the Nkoroo, their close neighbours?

...that Joseph Rainey became the first black person to serve in the United States House of Representatives on December 12, 1870? (Image:Ac.rainey.jpg)
...that the Runyang Bridge and the Jiangyin Suspension Bridge are the two largest suspension bridges in China and the fourth and sixth largest suspension bridges in the world? (Image:Jiangyin bridge.jpeg)
...that Brancaleon, a 15th century Venetian painter who gained fortune, fame and notoriety in his adopted home of Ethiopia, is an example of early contacts between Europe and sub-Saharan Africa?
...that the short-lived Maryland Constitution of 1864 emancipated the state's slaves and disenfranchised Marylanders who fought for or supported the Confederacy? (Image:Maryland state seal.png)
...that the 1st century Greek historian Nicolaus of Damascus reported the embassy of holy men from India to the Levant, Athens and Rome during the time of Jesus?

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