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- ... that an art historian claimed The Fortune Teller (pictured), an oil painting by Georges de La Tour, is actually a forgery?
- ... that Riverside Drive Historic District in Covington, Kentucky marks where the first white settlers in the Cincinnati area lived?
- ... that Yukiko Iwai, at 4' 11'' (150 cm), was the shortest member of the 1980s all-girl Japanese pop group Onyanko Club?
- ... that the killing of filmmaker Hugh O'Connor in 1967 came to represent the conflict between outsiders and locals in Appalachia during the War on Poverty?
- ... that the blue-green toadstool Stropharia aeruginosa is named for its similarity in colour to verdigris?
- ... that circumstances of the 1977 death of Stanisław Pyjas, a Polish student and anti-communist activist, are still a mystery?
- ... that the Lafayette Afro Rock Band, although little known during their time, is now considered as one of the standout funk bands of the 1970s?
- ... that Vic Aldridge, nicknamed the "Hoosier Schoolmaster", had the worst seventh game start for a pitcher in World Series history?
- ... that when American General Horace H. Fuller (pictured) asked to be relieved in 1944, he became the only division commander to be relieved in the Western New Guinea campaign in World War II?
- ... that St. Maria ad Gradus, a former church in Cologne, Germany, was the burial site of Richeza of Lotharingia in 1063?
- ... that after basketball coaches exploited the possession arrow rule, the University Athletic Association of the Philippines amended the rules for the 2008 season?
- ... that, in spite of lobbying from New Hampshire residents, the episodes of The West Wing "Manchester Part I and Part II" were filmed in Bluemont, Virginia instead?
- ... that senior GDR diplomat Gottfried Lessing had taken part in the founding and been a leading member of the illegal clandestine Communist Party in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the 1940s?
- ... that the inverted floral arrangement of Lacandonia schismatica, where the stamens are in the flower's center and are surrounded by the pistils, is unique among all known flowering plants?
- ... that R. Thomas Flynn, retired president of Monroe Community College, won an athletic scholarship to Bradley University that he later lost due to injury?
- ... that skeletons of many now-extinct animals, including saber-toothed cats (pictured) and dire wolves, have been recovered from the tar pit in McKittrick Oil Field in Kern County, California?
- ... that Adolf Dietrich, one of Switzerland's leading painters of the 20th century, had no formal training and worked for most of his life as an untrained labourer?
- ... that the melody of British electropop band Hot Chip's song, "One Pure Thought", was said to be reminiscent of New Order?
- ... that the Erie Gauge War in 1853 was nicknamed the "Peanut War" because its outcome affected the street vendors who sold peanuts to travelers in Erie, Pennsylvania the most?
- ... that Jimmy Speirs won the Military Medal while serving with the Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, six years after his goal helped Bradford City win the 1911 FA Cup Final?
- ... that a solitary pulmonary nodule, a mass in the lung smaller than 3 cm (1.2 in) in diameter, can be an incidental finding found in up to 0.2 percent of chest X-rays and about 1 percent of CT scans?
- ... that the invention and military use of modern land mines are attributed to Brigadier General Gabriel J. Rains of the Confederate States Army?
- ... that the sittellas (pictured) of Australasia were once thought to be nuthatches but are now considered their own family?
- ... that the best result of German motorcycle rider Georg Braun, a second place, was achieved in a wet race in the 1954 Swiss motorcycle Grand Prix at Circuit Bremgarten?
- ... that the Missouri University of Science and Technology Nuclear Reactor, built in 1961, was the first nuclear reactor in the U.S. state of Missouri?
- ... that the Durga Vahini, the women's wing of the Vishva Hindu Parishad, have been accused of instigating violence against religious minorities in India?
- ... that the 2100 series of the Keihin Electric Express Railway produces a "do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do" tune when its propulsion system starts up?
- ... that when wrestler George Scott and his brother Sandy were in Australia, they won the IWA World Tag Team Championship three times between 1966 and 1968?
- ... that units in LA's Avenel Cooperative Housing Project, reportedly built as "a cooperative living experiment for a group of communists", were selling for US$300,000 in 2002?
- ... that the modern coat of arms of Russia (pictured) was designed by a former political prisoner, Yevgeny Ukhnalyov?
- ... that San Francisco indie rock band LoveLikeFire formed as a result of a Craigslist classified advertisement?
- ... that Karl Wahl, in 1954, was the first former Nazi Gauleiter to publish his autobiography after having received permission from the denazification authorities to do so?
- ... that a revolution in burrowing marks the base of the Cambrian period, and is followed by the Cambrian explosion of animal diversity?
- ... that Arthur Barret, the twenty-second mayor of St. Louis, Missouri, died after serving only eleven days in office?
- ... that Dibeen Forest Reserve, established in 2004, is the newest nature reserve in Jordan?
- ... that at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, basketballer Danny Morseu was the first Torres Strait Islander to represent Australia at the Olympic games?
- ... that Caeca et Obdurata, promulgated by Pope Clement VIII (pictured) in 1593, ordered that Jews be expelled from the Papal States except Rome, Ancona, and the Comtat Venaissin, within three months?
- ... that Toledo Mud Hens relief pitcher Ian Ostlund is one of only two people in Virginia high school history to strike out the side in every inning of a complete game?
- ... that Russula nigricans is an edible fungus which turns red, then grey, and finally black on bruising or cutting?
- ... that the Valmet Nr II tram of the Helsinki tram network was redesigned to include air conditioning in the cockpit after a driver fainted in the summer heat and killed a motorcyclist in a collision?
- ... that The Voice of the Turtle, the ninth longest-running play in Broadway history, derives its name from a verse in the Bible’s Song of Solomon?
- ... that philanthropist Bilquis Edhi, who helped save 16,000 babies, has been nicknamed "Mother of Pakistan"?
- ... that International Surfing Day originated in 2004 to celebrate the sport of surfing and clean up beaches?
- ... that the Calabasas, California facilities for the private elementary school New Village Academy is funded by actor Will Smith?
- ... that Arthur Bingham was commander of HMS Little Belt, when the Little Belt Affair (pictured) occurred in 1811?
- ... that the first modern time capsule was Thornwell Jacobs’ Crypt of Civilization at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia, due to be opened May 28, 8113?
- ... that coffee production in Costa Rica in the 19th century created enough revenue to build the National Theater in the capital San José?
- ... that the title for Christian musician Matthew West’s album Something to Say had already been decided before he knew that he would have to be vocally silent for two months?
- ... that the Dorado Group is one of the richest galaxy clusters in the Southern Hemisphere and thought to be unvirialized which could explain its abundance of H I and spirals?
- ... that the painter Cuno Amiet, a pioneer of modern art in Switzerland, created more than a thousand self-portraits?
- ... that the journey described in Eat, Pray, Love, a memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert, was financed by an advance on the book she planned to write about the trip?
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- ... that the missionary and explorer David Livingstone named Cape Maclear, Malawi (pictured) after his friend, the astronomer Thomas Maclear?
- ... that the musical group The Wiggles' first album was dedicated to their general operations manager Paul Field's infant daughter, whose death ultimately led to the formation of the group?
- ... that the town of Ollantaytambo, which dates back to the Inca Empire, has some of the oldest continuously occupied dwellings in South America?
- ... that the 1.3-mile (2.1 km) avenue of trees leading to Marchmont House in Scotland was begun 24 years before the house itself was built, with the planting of 10,000 Dutch elms?
- ... ... that one critic claims Christopher Smart's The Hilliad as the "loudest broadside" of the Paper War of 1752-1753, a literary dispute involving Henry Fielding, John Hill, and many others?
- ... that most of the illuminated manuscripts created by William de Brailes in Oxford in the 13th century are about the size of a modern paperback?
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- ... that pop singer Madonna (pictured) adopted a 13-month-old boy from Mchinji, Malawi in October 2006, causing international controversy?
- ... that Sancaktar Hayrettin Mosque had been an Eastern Orthodox monastery until it was converted after the Fall of Constantinople?
- ... that the Iowa Blue breed of chicken is not actually blue according to poultry standards?
- ... that Karl Wahl, the leader of the Nazi Gau Schwaben, was the only Bavarian Gauleiter without a university degree?
- ... that tricho-hepato-enteric syndrome is a rare disease presenting as intractable diarrhea, facial abnormalities and woolly, brittle hair in infants with growth retardation in the womb?
- ... that in the 2000–01 National Basketball Association playoffs, Allen Iverson played an average of 46.2 minutes a game, leading the Eastern Conference?
- ... that lyric tenor Evan Gorga, who created the role of Rodolfo in the original production of Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème, reprised the role in several productions, then retired at the age of 34?
- ... that the design of the first-generation Ford Taurus was so ahead of its time that it was chosen to be used in the 1987 science fiction film RoboCop?
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