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• ...that neoclassical Staszic Palace in Warsaw was temporary redesigned in a Russo-Byzantine style when Poland was partitioned?
• ...that Pulau Sejahat was a British military encampment in Singapore during World War II, but its gun batteries were never used against the invading Japanese?
• ...that the Silesian-born scholar Heimann Hariton Tiktin, who initially was destined to be a rabbi, eventually became one of the founders of modern Romanian linguistics?
• ...that Howard Zahniser worked from 1956 to 1964 authoring and promoting the Wilderness Act, but died just a few months before President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law?
• ...that those who fear bees should know that bee smokers are useless when fending off bee swarms?
• ...that Worlds End State Park (pictured) in Pennsylvania is sometimes erroneously known as "Whirls End State Park", its official name for seven years?
• ...that Vincenzo Ragusa was an Italian sculptor hired by the Meiji government of Japan from 1876-1882 to introduce western art techniques in order to revive Japan's own ancient sculptural arts?
• ...that the 1870 poem The Heathen Chinee, written by Bret Harte as a satire of racial prejudice, was publicly embraced as a mockery of Chinese immigrants, and shaped anti-Chinese sentiment in the U.S. more than any other work at the time?
• ...that Kenneth Cummins was one of the last 5 confirmed British surviving veterans of World War I , having served in the Royal and Merchant Navies in the First and Second World War respectively?
• ...that the Blue Bridge (pictured), the widest in St. Petersburg, Russia, derives its name from a 19th-century tradition of color-coding the bridges across the Moika River?
• ...that between the 10th and 14th centuries, the Indian state of Karnataka was ruled by the Hoysala Empire?
• ...that Farrer Park is where Singapore's first racecourse was built and the island's aviation history began?
• ...that one ship had to deal with Hurricane Tanya twice in two different areas of the North Atlantic Ocean five days apart in 1995?
• ...that although 99.8% of the population is Muslim, there is no official religion in Turkey?
• ...that platypus venom is delivered by small spurs on the male's hind limbs?
• ...that Starkad was a legendary Norse hero blessed by Odin but cursed by Thor?
• ...that Vix Pervenit, an encyclical promulgated by Pope Benedict XIV (pictured) in 1745, condemned the charging of interest on loans as "illicit and usurious"?
• ...that one of the finest khachkar memorial stones in located at Goshavank Monastery in Armenia, the place where the law of Armenia was first codified by Mkhitar Gosh in the late 12th and early 13th century?
• ...that the high-pitched quack of the Call Duck was used to lure wild ducks into funnel traps?
• ...that Roland Winters, who played the role of Charlie Chan in six films, was just over 6 months younger than Keye Luke, who played his son?
• ...that SPLA-Nasir was a breakaway faction of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Army that aligned with the government in the Second Sudanese Civil War?
• ...that an impact wrench can deliver very high torque to a fastener, while only requiring minimal effort from the user, and is one of the most commonly used air tools?
• ...that Peter Gadsden, the 652nd Lord Mayor of London, was born in Canada and became a Companion of the Order of Australia?
• ...that the Certosa di Pavia (pictured) was commissioned by Gian Galeazzo Visconti to be built halfway between his two courts in Milan and Pavia?
• ...that Jason Bedrick, a New Hampshire state representative, is that state's first Orthodox Jewish elected official?
• ...that Chiri Yukie prepared the first Japanese translations of several traditional Ainu yukar as a teenager?
• ...that the Vedic Mathematics genre was revived after Hindu Shankaracharya Jagadguru Swami Sri Bharati Krishna Tirthaji Maharaja rediscovered it in the form of sixteen sutras?
• ...that the Department of State Lands is one of Oregon's oldest government agencies?
• ...that on October 5 1914, a French Voisin III pilot scored the first air-to-air kill of World War I?
• ...that Broadway actress Evelyn Hoey was found shot dead in the bedroom of Henry H. Rogers's grandson in 1935?
• ...that Julien Wiener is the only Jewish Australian Test cricketer?
• ...that a wooden grain elevator is the only building still operational in Boyd, Oregon?
• ...that Operation Show Me How was a major Interpol drug bust concerning the transporting of heroin within the covers of the children's book Show-Me-How-I-Can-Paint?
• ...that John Singleton Copley's painting, Watson and the Shark (pictured), was based on a real-life shark attack that occurred in Havana, Cuba in 1749?
• ...that towns given specific meteorological warnings during storms are known as breakpoints?
• ...that snowmelt from the Carhuasanta travels farther than water from any other source to reach the mouth of the Amazon River?
• ...that Henry Percy was killed in a battle against Henry IV of England, whom he had helped to gain the Crown in a coup d'état?
• ...that former NASCAR chairman Bill France Jr. once used a mule while helping with the construction of Daytona International Speedway?
• ...that Astrophilately is the area of philately connected with human spaceflight?
• ...that Article 10 of the Constitution of Malaysia guarantees citizens certain rights on condition that these rights are not restricted by the government?
• ...that Antonio Fontanesi (work pictured) was a trio of foreign artists chosen by the Meiji government to oversee Japan's first public art school?
• ...that Graham Creek in California was a seasonal hunting and gathering ground for prehistoric Pomo and Wappo people?
• ...that Ye Htoon was the final director-general of the Burmese Scout Movement before the military junta disbanded it in 1964?
• ...that U.S. judge Charles Crookham held a mock funeral for Roman numerals when they were retired from use in state pleadings?
• ...that venturi scrubbers uses the named effect explained by Bernoulli's principle to remove unwanted particles from an exhaust stream?
• ...that Mafioso Totò Riina eulogised Giuseppe Calderone as a great peacemaker, despite having been allegedly responsible for ordering his death?
• ...that six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres are charged with globally tracking tropical cyclones?
• ...that the support that Australian author Mary Grant Bruce gave to racial stereotypes and social Darwinism in her books was redacted from later editions?
• ...that Abraham Bosse (work pictured) wrote the first Manual of Etching, and was forced in 1661 to resign from the French Royal Academy of Art and Sculpture in a row over methods of perspective?
• ...that Zimbabwe is the only cricket team to not lose its first Test match since Australia won the very first Test in 1877?