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* ... that football player '''[[Michael Jurgens]]''' never lost in 42 high school varsity games? |
* ... that football player '''[[Michael Jurgens]]''' never lost in 42 high school varsity games? |
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* ... that the success of the British band '''[[Shiva (British band)|Shiva]]''' was cut short by the death of its lead vocalist? |
* ... that the success of the British band '''[[Shiva (British band)|Shiva]]''' was cut short by the death of its lead vocalist? |
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* ... that '''[[Barron Trump]]''' signed for [[D.C. United Academy]] as a midfielder? |
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* ... that the 1972 Finnish film '''''[[Lampaansyöjät (film)|The Sheep Eaters]]''''' gathered more than a million viewers opposite the [[1975 Ice Hockey World Championships]] match between Finland and the Soviet Union? |
* ... that the 1972 Finnish film '''''[[Lampaansyöjät (film)|The Sheep Eaters]]''''' gathered more than a million viewers opposite the [[1975 Ice Hockey World Championships]] match between Finland and the Soviet Union? |
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* ... that according to second-century AD Greek rhetorician [[Athenaeus]], the [[Phoenicia|Phoenicians]] played a flute-like instrument called the '''[[gingras (instrument)|gingras]]''' in their mourning rituals? |
* ... that according to second-century AD Greek rhetorician [[Athenaeus]], the [[Phoenicia|Phoenicians]] played a flute-like instrument called the '''[[gingras (instrument)|gingras]]''' in their mourning rituals? |
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- ... that Albert Tangora (pictured), one of the most successful competitive typewriter speed typists, once had his hands insured for US$100,000?
- ... that the managing editor of Aujourd'hui was executed by firing squad in 1944?
- ... that football player Michael Jurgens never lost in 42 high school varsity games?
- ... that the success of the British band Shiva was cut short by the death of its lead vocalist?
- ... that the 1972 Finnish film The Sheep Eaters gathered more than a million viewers opposite the 1975 Ice Hockey World Championships match between Finland and the Soviet Union?
- ... that according to second-century AD Greek rhetorician Athenaeus, the Phoenicians played a flute-like instrument called the gingras in their mourning rituals?
- ... that 55 Broad Street, a skyscraper in the Financial District of Manhattan, was called "an unlovable building in an unlivable neighborhood"?
- ... that when Sithu Pauk Hla was appointed the governor of Yamethin, he was also given command of a 50-strong company of war elephants?