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... that prolific Brighton architects Clayton & Black's works include churches, mansion flats, banks, cinemas and their "chef d'œuvre"—a pink granite insurance office (pictured)?
... that the Society for Development and Change supports eastern Saudi Arabians campaigning to create an elected legislature?
... that Norwegian newspaper editor Christian Friele was an honorary member of the Conservative Press Association, despite not attending any of its meetings?

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... that emaciation (pictured) is referred to as "shosha roga" in India, where more than 200 million people are affected by malnutrition?
... that the Prison Officers Association threatened a job action when it was announced that both Birmingham and Oakwood Prisons were to be contracted to security company G4S?
... that Albanian philosopher and poet Arshi Pipa was imprisoned for ten years because he antagonized the communist regime in Albania with his recitation of a verse by Goethe?

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... that Chief Joseph and his warriors defeated the U.S. Army in 1877 at the Battle of Cottonwood as the Nez Perce began their 1,400 mile (2,300 km) fighting retreat?
... that William Jones bequeathed money to the Company of Haberdashers to found Monmouth School and provide almhouses for people "as blind and lame as it shall seem best to them"?
... that during the Sino-Xiongnu War, the Han empire attempted alliance with a people (pictured) whose king's skull the Xiongnu had made into a drinking cup?

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... that Ayu Utami's 1998 novel Saman launched an Indonesian literary movement focusing on women's views of sexuality?
... that a fire in Christiania in 1858 (buildings pictured) left about 1,000 people homeless?
... that the New York City restaurant Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare, which seats 18 people, received three Michelin stars?

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... that the figure of Abbé Morio in Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace was modeled on Scipione Piattoli, one of the drafters of the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791?
... that the Buryat people (pictured) use the alcoholic beverage tarasun in their religious ceremonies?
... that Jambo OpenOffice was the first office suite in Swahili, a language spoken by about a hundred million people?

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... that an 1851 match between Voltigeur and The Flying Dutchman (see painting) drew 100,000 spectators, the largest crowd at the Knavesmire since 1759?
... that in Egyptian mythology, the Eye of Ra slaughtered masses of people, got drunk, ran away from her owner, and was brought back by her husband?
... that over three million Chinese military and civilian personnel served in Korea during the Korean War?

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... that despite the presence of a minor basilica (pictured), Plaza Miranda in Manila is a center for fortune-telling and the sale of lucky charms and amulets?
... that the exploits of the Polish partisan People's Army were significantly exaggerated by the propaganda of the People's Republic of Poland?
... that the writer of The X-Files episode "Per Manum" has described it as being about "the way you perceive connections between people"?

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... that Mayan eccentrics (pictured) were often buried under monuments and buildings?
... that the name of the Nuer White Army, a militant group in South Sudan, reportedly originated from the Nuer youths' use of light-colored insect repellents on their skin?
... that the 400 people interviewed for an oral history of MTV's early years could not agree on what was the best video, but they all agreed Billy Squier's "Rock Me Tonite" was the worst?

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... that Japanese flying ace Kaneyoshi Muto was compared to the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi?
... that people's preferred walking speed is correlated with their country's per capita GDP and purchasing power parity?
... that the celebration of the Dodoleglime festival by the Ve people of Ghana (pictured) commemorates the escape, through a town wall hole, of their ancestors from a tyrant king in Togo?

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... that the Lagan Canal (pictured) was once one of the most successful canals in Ireland but closed in the 1950s after succumbing to competition from road and rail transport?
... that in response to the Norwegian butter crisis, Danish people have donated thousands of packs to butter-starved Norwegians?
... that Natchez Indians attacked French colonists in Louisiana in 1729, killing over 240 people?

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... that Paul Davidson produced thirty-nine movies directed by Ernst Lubitsch?
... that the Sri Lanka Eye Donation Society has donated over 60,000 corneas for transplantation in 57 countries, including those of the late President of Sri Lanka, J. R. Jayewardene?
... that the ISNSCE's Tulip Award in DNA Computing was first given in Leiden (pictured), whose botanical garden is known as the birthplace of the tulip culture in the Netherlands?

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... that The Art of Woo, starring Sook-Yin Lee and Adam Beach, was funded by a grant from the Canadian Film Centre's Featured Film Project?
... that Eugene Eisenmann worked as a lawyer before writing The Species of Middle American Birds for the Linnaean Society of New York?
... that the Society of Friends of the Constitution, formed in 1791 to support the Constitution of 3 May (pictured), was the first Polish political party?

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... that according to Russian sociologist Daria Khaltourina, Protestantism positively influenced the capitalist development of social systems through the promotion of literacy and Bible reading?
... that Rhodesian soccer captain Bobby Chalmers, a white man, was assisted in his leadership of the mostly black national team by his proficiency in both Ndebele and Shona?
... that following the 2011 Libyan civil war, many Tuareg fighters (pictured) for the defeated government became members of the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad, seeking an independent Azawad?

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... that among long-term prisoners held at Akershus Fortress (pictured) in the 19th century were Norwegian career criminals Gjest Baardsen and Ole Høiland, and Sami rebel Lars Hætta?
... that the 1981 general strike in Bielsko-Biała in Poland forced several officials to lose their jobs?
... that members of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors include United Kingdom's most experienced and successful songwriters like Mick Jagger, Paul McCartney and Elton John?

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... that Arizona Territorial Governor Richard Elihu Sloan had the legal authority to make appropriations and levy taxes without legislative approval?
... that Liverpool charity Bradbury Fields runs a club for blind people to ride tandem bicycles?
... that the Muscogee people (pictured) rubbed moistened tramp's trouble on their faces to enhance their youthfulness?

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... that the "You meet the nicest people on a Honda" ad campaign established Honda's brand image in the US and helped the Super Cub (pictured) become the top-selling motor vehicle in history?
... that according to legend, Robert Kirk was taken to fairyland for revealing the secrets of the Good People?
... that Steven Gan took advantage of a loophole in Malaysian Internet law to create the country's first independent news source?

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... that the desert plants pale wolfberry (pictured) and Berlandier's wolfberry were both used by native Americans for medicinal purposes?
... that the Central Committee of the Commission for Organizing the Party of the Working People of Ethiopia included only one woman?
... that in 1992 the leader of the Gambela People's Liberation Movement, Agwa Alemu, was killed by his own troops?

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... that, at the age of 89, producer and director Abel Gance viewed a restoration of his French epic silent film Napoléon in Telluride, Colorado?
... that British ecologist Arthur Tansley, founder of the British Ecological Society and the journal New Phytologist, introduced the concept of the ecosystem (pictured) in 1935?
... that Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen, author of The Land and Freshwater Mollusca of India, was an early president of the Malacological Society?

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... that after the American Civil War ended, Ladies' Memorial Associations sprang up all over the South to bury Johnny Reb, build monuments (example pictured) in honor of Confederate soldiers, and propagate the Lost Cause?
... that Body of Proof episode "Society Hill" marked the first appearance of Megan Hunt's mother Joan, played by Six Feet Under star Joanna Cassidy?
... that Bernhard Kummer regarded the conversion of the Germanic peoples as a cultural catastrophe and thus titled his doctoral thesis Midgards Untergang?

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... that combat medic David B. Bleak was awarded the Medal of Honor in the Korean War after killing five Chinese soldiers, four using only his hands?
... that Dražen Bogopenec was one of the most powerful people of Hum (pictured)?
... that the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, produced by Nahua artists in the 1530s, is one of the earliest maps of what is now Guatemala?

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...that the Happy List of UK volunteers, philanthropists and much-loved entertainers was printed by the Independent on Sunday in 2008 as an antidote to the Sunday Times Rich List, and quickly became an annual fixture?
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