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• ...that rubbing the statue of Victor Noir in Père Lachaise Cemetery supposedly enhances fertility?
• ...that Dutch bus-building firm Den Oudsten was founded in 1926 and went out of business in 2002?
• ...that one cause of the 21 years of military dictatorship in Brazil was the support of president João Goulart for a mariner rebellion, led by a disguised CIA agent, Cabo Anselmo?
• ...that silent movie actress Florence Turner was originally known to audiences only as the Vitagraph Girl?
• ...that the Battle of the Bismarck Sea was a devastating Japanese defeat during World War II?
• ...that bicycle helmets are mandatory in 37 U.S. states?
• ...that in England and Wales, most common land is actually privately owned?
• ...that the Calayan Rail flightless bird is a significant recent species discovery, announced on 16 August 2004?
• ...that the anarchy symbol can be seen as an embodiment of Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's seemingly paradoxical maxim, "anarchy is order"?
• ...that dual gauge railways generally consists of three rails, rather than the standard two rails?
• ...that the Osmond family, known for their musicality, have two siblings who were born deaf?
• ...that the average lifespan of a feral cat who survives kittenhood is two years, compared to 16 years for house cats?
• ...that infant teeth emerge in pairs?
• ...that Alexander Pope's "An Essay on Criticism" is a poem written in heroic couplets?
• ...that Democrats Abroad began with two small committees in London and Paris in 1965, and has grown to be a large international organization?
• ...that the Diploma in Computer Science at the University of Cambridge has only a fail, pass and pass with distinction?
• ...that wheelbase dimensions are crucial to automobile steering and balance?
• ...that the Serendib Scops Owl is Sri Lanka's most recently discovered bird?
• ...that aboriginal whaling rights are granted to native populations in Greenland, Canada, the United States, Russia and several Caribbean island communities?
• ...that soap opera actress Catherine Hickland starred in the Broadway production of Les Misérables as Fantine?
• ...that the Alpine Ibex of Gran Paradiso were first protected in 1816?
• ...that an amateur airplane pilot's spatial disorientation during flight can lead to an irreversible graveyard spiral?
• ...that the ear's hair cells encode the information from the fluid waves of the cochlea for use by the auditory nerve?
• ...that blackwater fever causes red blood cells to burst, leaking hemoglobin into the plasma?
• ...that Pickles is George W. Bush's nickname for his wife?
• ...that seeds of the Hawaiian baby woodrose contain chemicals with effects similar to LSD?
• ...that 43 nations currently participate in the Kimberley Process for keeping conflict diamonds from reaching market?
• ...that the Turkish military coup of 1971 is known as the Coup by Memorandum?
• ...that the golden age of arcade games began with the release of Space Invaders in 1978?
• ...that Brownie Wise invented the Tupperware party?
• ...that Michael Faraday did the first modern research into the nature of colloidal gold?
• ...that the British Royal Family announced the deaths of Katherine Bowes-Lyon and Nerissa Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother's nieces, when they were, in fact, merely under psychiatric care?
• ...that actress Patsy Kensit has married and divorced three different musicians?
• ...that the 364-metre pier in Withernsea, England was struck by ships four times, finally leaving it only 15 metres long?
• ...that most of the Strigolniki were drowned in the Volkhov river in 1376 as a result of pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church?
• ...that the Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a key part of Allied efforts to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons?
• ...that the Canadian constitutional crisis known as the King-Byng Affair led to the Statute of Westminster 1931, which affected all the Dominions in the British Empire?
• ...that a self number is an integer that cannot be generated by any other integer added up to its digits?
• ...that the primary Polish Scouting organization is Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego?
• ...that the famed message "England expects that every man will do his duty" is misquoted on Nelson's Column in London?
• ...that Santa Maria sopra Minerva is the only Gothic church in Rome and holds the body of Saint Catherine of Siena, but not her head?
• ...that Englog is English mixed with Tagalog words, while Taglish is Tagalog mixed with English words?
• ...that Pennsylvania Hospital, cofounded by Benjamin Franklin, was the first hospital in the United States?
• ...that the source of the Naga fireballs of the Mekong river is a topic of much debate in Thailand?
• ...that the Gospel of Philip was one of the many Gnostic writings found in 1946 in the Egyptian village of Nag Hammâdi?
• ...that Wingy Manone's "Tar Paper Stomp" was used as the basis for Glenn Miller's "In the Mood"?
• ...that Germans consume up to 300 tonnes of döner kebab each day?
• ...that non-standard poker hands in five-card draw are determined by house rules and may have colorful names like Little Bobtail and Round the Corner Straight?
• ...that the sterile insect technique has been successfully used to fight malaria?