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...that 78 soldiers of the Soviet 25th Rifle Division were awarded the title, Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest honorary title and the superior degree of distinction of that nation?
...that Claudia Blum de Barberi is a Colombian politician and psychologist, who became the first woman to ever be elected President of the Congress of Colombia?
...that every World Chess Championship before Garry Kasparov except Bobby Fischer played at the Hastings International Chess Congress?
...that since Thomas Jefferson designed his home, Franklin D. Roosevelt's Top Cottage (pictured) has been the only house designed by a U.S. President, although no President has stayed there overnight?
...that Commander Reinhard Hardegen deliberately placed his U-boat in danger during the sinking of the SS Gulfamerica by refusing to risk hitting civilians onshore?
...that the under the Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration on the Question of Macau, Communist China would guarantee complete autonomy and democratic self-government in Macau up to 2049?
...that the Fabergé invoice for the Karelian Birch egg addressed the abdicated Nicholas II of Russia as "Mr. Romanov Nikolai Aleksandrovich" instead of the previous "Tsar of all the Russias"?
...that college football running back Butch Woolfolk was named MVP of both the Rose Bowl and the Bluebonnet Bowl in the same year?
...that the Chilean wine grape Pais is believed to have descended from the "common black grape" that the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés brought to Mexico in 1520?
...that apparel incorporating homemade granny squares (pictured) was a 1970s fashion fad?
...that Jaroslav Jiřík became the first player from an Eastern Bloc nation to play in the National Hockey League when he appeared in three games with the St. Louis Blues in 1970?
...that the French Committee of National Liberation formed by Gens. Henri Giraud and Charles de Gaulle officially became the provisional government of France after its liberation from Nazi Germany in 1944?
...that Habibullah Bahar Chowdhury, as the first Health Minister of Bangladesh, worked to eradicate mosquitoes from that country?
...that when yellow crystals of mosesite, a very rare mineral found in deposits of mercury, are heated to 186^oC, they become isotropic?
...that Joseph R. Bodwell, the 40th governor of Maine, worked on the farm and also as a shoemaker when he was a child?
...that systematic mapping of the Michelangelo quadrangle on Mercury has revealed the presence of four nearly obliterated multi-ring impact basins, possibly the oldest features in the mapped areas of the planet
...that a team of Canadians assembled to play for the new Nottingham Panthers ice hockey team in England were sent home without playing a game due to the outbreak of World War II?
...that crystals of Paulingite, a rare zeolite mineral found in vesicles in the basaltic rocks from the Columbia River, form a perfect clear rhombic dodecahedron?

...that scarps, ridges, and troughs, such as the 650 km long and 2 km high Discovery Rupes cutting through the Rameau crater, are common features in the Discovery quadrangle on the planet Mercury?
...that in 1578 the 3rd Dalai Lama converted the Mongol leader Altan Khan, who persuaded Mongols to convert, built Mongolia's first monastery, and within 50 years most Mongols were Buddhist?

...that the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme (pictured) is a preserved railway in France that has dual gauge track with four rails?
...that the visual novel Myself ; Yourself was adapted into an animated television series consisting of thirteen episodes?
...that a nutating disc engine is a novel internal combustion engine comprising fundamentally only one moving part?
...that Jamie Morris of the Washington Redskins, originally considered too short to be a running back, holds the NFL record for the most rushing attempts in a game with 45?
...that the Beethoven crater in the Beethoven quadrangle on Mercury is the eleventh largest named impact crater in the Solar System?
...that before penning Number Ones for Kenny Chesney and Rascal Flatts, country music songwriter Neil Thrasher charted a country single in 1997 as half of the duo Thrasher Shiver?
...that the Mold cape (pictured) is a solid sheet-gold cape found in 1833 over the upper body of a skeleton in a Bronze Age burial mound at Mold in Flintshire, North Wales?
...that the Zentrale Stelle (Central Office) was established in 1958 by the West German government to investigate war crimes committed outside Germany by Nazi forces?
...that Montgomery Ward president Robert J. Thorne was an unpaid assistant to the Quartermaster General during World War I, and won the Distinguished Service Medal for reorganizing the U.S. Army's supply system?
...that the bells of St Giles Church in Wormshill, England were restored in 1995 after a collection started in 1944 with only ten shillings?
...that when Frankish Crusaders ran out of food after the Siege of Maarat in 1098, they proceeded to massacre the city's Saracen inhabitants and eat them?
...that in Steve Morrison's first year as Brother Rice defensive coordinator they won a MHSAA football championship and in his first year as Western Michigan linebacker coach one of his linebackers led the nation in sacks?
...that the Kuiper crater in the Kuiper quadrangle, named after after Dutch American astronomer Gerard Kuiper (pictured), has the highest albedo recorded on Mercury?
...that recent studies estimated that 34% of total electricity consumption in the Dominican Republic was not paid for, as poor service and high prices have induced theft through illegal connections and non-payment of electricity bills?
...that Shaun Alexander, the 2005 NFL MVP Award winner, was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the first round of the 2000 NFL Draft?
...that Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), a woodpecker endemic to Cuba, is threatened by habitat loss and now there are fewer than 800 left in the world?
...that the amorphous phosphate mineral santabarbaraite was named after the Italian mining district Santa Barbara where it was discovered in 2003, but its name also honors Saint Barbara, the patron saint of miners?
...that the Transcontinental Motor Convoys inspired Dwight D. Eisenhower to support the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956?
...that Garter King of Arms William Segar (pictured) was imprisoned for confirming a coat of arms to someone who was not a gentleman?
...that the 1994 Intelligence Services Act revamped the Apartheid-era security agencies of South Africa and ensured the future preservation of civil liberties?
...that the Caloris Basin on Mercury, one of the largest impact basins in the Solar System, is surrounded by a series of geological formations believed to have been produced by the basin's ejecta?
...that former United States Border Patrol Agent Jose Compean is the focus of a 130,000 name petition seeking to free him from prison?
...that in 1886, Wilhelm Steinitz won the first official World Chess Championship?
...that the Odriíst National Union was a 1960s Peruvian political party based on a cult of personality focussed on former President Manuel A. Odría?
...that British historian Plantagenet Somerset Fry refused treatment for bowel cancer and suffocated himself with a plastic bag?
...that the Anarchist Exclusion Acts forbade anyone holding anarchist views to enter the United States?
...that HMS Benbow's (pictured) class, the Iron Dukes, were the first Royal Navy battleships to mount anti-aircraft guns?
...that former Governor Samuel Cony served twice as a member of the Maine House of Representatives—first as a Democrat, and nearly 30 years later as a Republican?
...that Colura zoophaga, a species of liverwort native to Kenya, traps ciliates in microscopic structures formed by fusion of the leaf edges, but scientists do not know whether it is a carnivorous plant?
...that José Ortega Spottorno established the now-bestselling Spanish newspaper El Pais to advance liberal values at a time when the country was undergoing a painful transition from fascism to democracy?
...that jerrygibbsite ((Mn,Zn)₉(SiO₄)₄(OH)₂) is a rare mineral of which there are only five known samples in the world?
...that the first volume of printed strips from the furry "Slice-of-life" webcomic A Doemain of Our Own won the 2006 Ursa Major Award for "Best Anthropomorphic Other Literary Work"?
...that the suffering caused by 19th century floods and famines in Mymensingh District, presently in Bangladesh, led to the sale of human beings for around the price of a maund of rice?
...that during a disastrous battle leading 6000 counter-revolutionaries during the French Revolution, Joseph-Geneviève de Puisaye (pictured) fled by ship to England, claiming he needed to save official correspondence?
...that the US Coast Guard cutters Seneca and Ossipee endured a collective total of five torpedo near misses in World War One?
...that Simone Ortega has received prizes from both France and her native Spain for her bestselling range of cookery books, one of which has been updated 48 times and sold millions of copies in Spanish and English?
...that although Howard Johnson became an opponent of animal cruelty, he had earlier called for the British army to deploy flamethrowers to eliminate the seaweed breeding grounds for a type of fly?
...that Paul Hornung, an NFL Hall of Famer, was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the first round of the 1957 NFL Draft?
...that the south pole of the planet Mercury is located in the Bach quadrangle?
...that Eddie Hasha's (pictured) death led to board track racing being compared to Roman gladiators, contributing to the sport's demise?
...that the planet Mars appears red primarily because of a ubiquitous layer of dust containing nanophase ferric oxides?
...that Żeligowski's Mutiny, which resulted in the creation of the Republic of Central Lithuania in late 1920, was in fact staged and carried out with the knowledge of Polish leader Józef Piłsudski?
...that Glafira Dorosh is the only recipient of a Soviet Order for a culinary recipe?
...that Portland General Electric CEO Peggy Y. Fowler is blind in one eye?
...that Yoky Matsuoka, a neuroscience and robotics researcher, was once the 21st ranked tennis player in Japan?
...that Augustine Podmore Williams, a British mariner who urged his fellow-officers to abandon a crowded vessel in stormy seas in 1880, served as the inspiration for Joseph Conrad's fictional character Lord Jim?
...that after the Fall of Constantinople, the Ottomans demolished the Column of Justinian to symbolize their capture of the city?
...that Italian aerodynamicist Antonio Ferri took to the hills in 1943 with a trunk load of scientific documents to turn over to the Allies?
...that despite being Porsche's primary factory-backed competitor in the World Endurance Championship from 1983 to 1986, the Lancia LC2 won only two races?
...that crème brûlée (pictured) was invented in the 1690s by François Massialot, who recommended melting and burning the sugar topping with a red-hot fire shovel?
...that the work of Cornificia, a Roman poet of the first century BC, was read for centuries, but has been lost entirely?
...that snocross riders travel up to 130 feet (40 meters) off jumps before they touch the ground?
...that in 1759, François Thurot's ship set out to create a diversion from an invasion of Britain only to learn, after months of storms and starvation, that the invasion fleet had been defeated before it even left France?
...that Congolese dancer and choreographer Faustin Linyekula is the winner of the 2007 Principal Award of the Prince Claus Foundation?
...that India's Red and White Bravery Awards were renamed the Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Awards after protests claimed it provided surrogate advertising for Red and White brand cigarettes?
...that Garland Rivers was the only true freshman to earn a varsity letter on the 1983 Michigan Wolverines football team?
...that despite the torpedoed Soviet merchant SS Stalingrad sinking in under four minutes, 66 of her crew still managed to survive?
...that Bradford Kelleher started the Metropolitan Museum of Art's gift shop?
...that Singletary Lake (pictured), a Carolina Bay in Bladen County, North Carolina, has been protected since the 1800s, but the land around it only became Singletary Lake State Park in 1939?
...that the spread of Christianity in Asia is believed to have reached China during the Tang Dynasty, where it was known as the Luminous Religion?
...that Clarence Williams had 646 rushing yards and 102 receiving yards without scoring a touchdown during the 1998 NCAA college football season?
...that the most recent of the six different methods of total synthesis of the anti-cancer drug paclitaxel, a drug originally derived from the rare Pacific Yew, was developed at the Tokyo University of Science in 1999?
...that one egg laid in a clutch of two by the White-breasted Robin of Western Australia is much paler than the other?
...that the first major anti-nuclear demonstrations in Germany took place in 1975 in opposition to the construction of a proposed nuclear power station in Wyhl?
...that Dave Murray, a Canadian alpine skier and member of the Crazy Canucks, was ranked third in the world in downhill skiing in 1979?
...that the dominant feature in the Shakespeare quadrangle is the 1300-km wide Caloris Planitia, the largest and best preserved impact basin on Mercury observed by the spacecraft Mariner 10?
...that surface plasmons are the basis of a spectrography technique known as surface plasmon resonance?
...that St Barnabas Church, one of the few Grade II-listed churches in the city of Brighton and Hove, was dismissed by its architect John Loughborough Pearson as "one of my cheap editions"?
...that a design for the Hoyt Library (pictured) in Saginaw, Michigan, which was rejected as too monumental, wasteful of space, and not functional as a library, was used to build the Public Library of New Orleans, Louisiana?
...that the Tolstoj crater, a 400-km (240 mile) wide impact crater on the planet Mercury has an extensive, and remarkably well-preserved, radially-lineated ejecta blanket?
...that Eduardo Serra Rexach is the only person to have held public office with all three governing parties of democratic Spain?
...that Aloysius C. Galvin, a former president of the University of Scranton, served aboard a U.S. Navy submarine chaser in the Aleutian Islands during World War II?
...that ornithologist Charles Foster Batchelder's last words to one of his friends were "Glad to have known you"?
...that Operation Resurrection was the planned take-over of Paris in May 1958 by French Army paratroopers and armored units to overthrow the French government and facilitate the return of Charles de Gaulle to power?
...that Russell Walter Fox, a former chief judge of the Australian Capital Territory, wrote what is considered in Australia as the most extensive environmental report on uranium mining?
...that Edward Barrett played rugby union for England, and cricket for the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States?
...that each time Eric Kattus caught more than three receptions in a game during his Michigan Wolverines football career, at least one of them was a touchdown?
...that the rehabilitation of the Union Trust Building (pictured) by architect Ralph Anderson set the pattern for reviving Seattle's rundown "Skid Road" neighborhood, Pioneer Square?
...that 1933 Michigan Wolverines football All-Americans Ted Petoskey and Whitey Wistert debuted for the Major League Baseball Cincinnati Reds two days apart in September 1934?
...that Anthony Browne was the first British illustrator to win the Hans Christian Andersen Award?
...that the Sussex Railroad was the last independently operated New Jersey railroad to be incorporated into the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad system?
...that the nursing pin had its original design patterned after the Maltese cross of the Knights Hospitaller and the Order of Saint Lazarus?
...that ridges and escarpments in the Victoria quadrangle of the planet Mercury have been associated with the stresses caused by the sun slowing Mercury's rotation through tidal forces?
....that Tetsuya Ota won a lawsuit against race organizers of the now infamous 1998 JGTC race at Fuji Speedway, despite signing a pledge not to seek compensation?
...that Dominic de la Calzada is the patron saint of civil engineers because he built a causeway to aid pilgrims on the Way of St. James?
...that Juliobriga (ruins pictured) was the most important urban centre in Roman Cantabria?
...that undefeated national champion 1997 Michigan Wolverines football team rushing leader and Hula Bowl MVP Chris Howard was released after fumbling five times in the preseason of the 1998 NFL season?
...that Jack Womack's novel Let's Put the Future Behind Us emerged from a failed Soviet-American film project of William Gibson that was to star the late rockstar Victor Tsoi?
...that surface science studies show that Stranski-Krastanov growth is one of three primary ways in which thin films grow on crystals?
...that though the Steel Military Egg and the Order of St. George Egg were relatively modest designs in the spirit of World War I austerity, the two Fabergé eggs made for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia were still priced at more than 13,000 rubles?
...that former Hampshire wicketkeeper Adi Aymes went on to manage football club Fleet Town F.C., and is the current fitness coach of Havant and Waterlooville?
...that both former German Federal Minister of Labor Norbert Blüm and former Secretary of State of France Alain Vivien have been recognized with the Leipzig Human Rights Award?
...that Jane Austen's (pictured) novels increased dramatically in popularity after the publication of her nephew's A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1870?
...that the Stourbridge fair, first held in 1211 in Cambridge, England, was once the largest fair in Europe?
...that the dinosaur fossil Dakota is so well-preserved it has caused researchers to revise their estimates of the appearance, size, and speed of a whole group of dinosaurs known as hadrosaurs?
...that the north pole of the planet Mercury is located in the Borealis quadrangle?
...that of 36 merchant vessels that set out in June 1942 as part of Britain's disastrous Convoy PQ-17, 27 never returned including SS Pan Kraft?
...that Red Kellett, former President and General Manager of the Baltimore Colts, was never a professional football player, but an infielder for the Boston Red Sox baseball club in his playing days?
...that the inshore marine fish Malabar jack (pictured) derives its name from Malabar in South India, but can be found in coastal areas in as far away as South Africa, Japan and Vanuatu?
...that Webb Miller, whose reporting of the Salt Satyagraha raid on the Dharasana Salt Works was credited for helping turn world opinion against British colonial rule in India, was kidnapped by Morton Salt co-founder Mark Morton?
...that the first major effort to study the climate of the Arctic was undertaken during the First International Polar Year in 1882-83?
...that in the 1947 college football rankings, southern voters refused to vote for the integrated Michigan Wolverines football team with black stars such as Gene Derricotte?
...that Qadas was one of seven Metawali villages depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war?
...that according to legend, the relics of Saints Ferreolus and Ferrutio were discovered in 370 by a military tribune whose dog chased a fox into a cave near present-day Besançon, France?
...that gender-bending party promoter Andre J. appeared on the November 2007 cover of French Vogue wearing a women’s neoprene trench coat and ankle boots?
...that Jane Austen's (pictured) novels increased dramatically in popularity after the publication of her nephew's A Memoir of Jane Austen in 1870?
...that due to both lengthening seasons and freshmen eligibility, college football statistical leaders such as Michigan Wolverines football receiving or passing leaders are controversial?
...that the Stourbridge fair, first held in 1211 in Cambridge, England, was once the largest fair in Europe?
...that the dinosaur fossil Dakota is so well-preserved it has caused researchers to revise their estimates of the appearance, size, and speed of a whole group of dinosaurs known as hadrosaurs?
...that the north pole of the planet Mercury is located in the Borealis quadrangle?
...that of 36 merchant vessels that set out in June 1942 as part of Britain's disastrous Convoy PQ-17, 27 never returned including SS Pan Kraft?
...that Red Kellett, former President and General Manager of the Baltimore Colts, was never a professional football player, but an infielder for the Boston Red Sox baseball club in his playing days?
...that The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (pictured) is actually composed of 110 letters between Gilbert White, and Thomas Pennant or Daines Barrington?
...that college football coach Bo Schembechler died the day after attending the funeral of his 1971 quarterback Tom Slade and urging the football team to be "as good a Michigan man as Slade"?
...that Out of the Blue, a BBC Television series, is set in Manly, near Sydney, Australia?
...that Elm Coulee Oil Field, Montana, is the highest-producing onshore field found in the Continental United States in the past 56 years?
...that the cloven hoof is a characteristic of mountain goats, certain kosher foods and in some traditions, the Devil?
...that anarchism once was the strongest current in the Cuban labor movement?
...that alkaptonuria, a rare inborn error of metabolism, is over five times more common in Slovakia than in the rest of the world?
...that Bronze Age golden hats, including those of Berlin (pictured), Schifferstadt and Ezelsdorf, are tall gold head-dresses from circa 1,000 to 800 BC that also served as calendars?
...that actress Evelyn Venable, the voice of the Blue Fairy in the animated film Pinocchio, was the original model for the Columbia Pictures logo?
...that Dennis Freeman, as the mayor of tiny Logansport, Louisiana, worked for 16 years to keep the construction of a new bridge over the Sabine River to connect Louisiana and Texas as a high construction priority?
...that The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer, a book that analyzes the The Simpsons using philosophical concepts, is the main textbook in some university philosophy courses?
...that Jean Pouliot founded both major private TV networks in Quebec, TQS and TVA?
...that Are You There? was widely promoted because of its score by Ruggero Leoncavallo (best known for his opera Pagliacci), but the first-night audience were incensed when it turned out to have very little music?
...that according to Greek mythology, Adonis was slain by a boar at the foot of the waterfall in Apheca in modern-day Lebanon?
...that indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East traditionally worshiped the Raven deity Kut