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*...that the fighter pilot ''']''' destroyed 32 German and ] ]s during ], while his formal tally of 17 is explained by the fact that only planes crashed in the ]n-held territory were officially counted? --article by ], nom by ] | ] 01:55, 7 January 2006 (UTC) *...that the fighter pilot ''']''' destroyed 32 German and ] ]s during ], while his formal tally of 17 is explained by the fact that only planes crashed in the ]n-held territory were officially counted? --article by ], nom by ] | ] 01:55, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

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New submission based on added info: ...that admission to the Museum of Sex initially cost $17 because the New York's Board of Regents denied it non-profit status, and the organizers wouldn't accept funding from the porn industry?

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More surprising - no article yet on male sexuality. ;)--Gurubrahma 08:30, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
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...that the nature of the female orgasm is an ongoing mystery (could use a better word in the place of mystery) of female sexuality?--nixie 07:17, 8 January 2006 (UTC)
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  • ...that Murray Raney, who developed the Raney nickel catalyst, did not attend high school?
  • ...that the greatest shrine of the Pochayiv Lavra in Ukraine is a footprint left by the Theotokos on the rock after she appeared to the monks in the shape of a column of fire?
  • ...that the short-lived Apple Network Servers were the last non-Macintosh computers manufactured by Apple? ...that Rue de l'Abbaye in Paris takes its name from an abbey where the Merovingian kings of France used to be interred?
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    St Leonard's, Shoreditch


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  • ...that a Grand Illumination is an outdoor ceremony involving the simultaneous activation of electric Christmas lights and is derived from an English tradition of placing lighted candles in the windows of homes and public buildings to celebrate a special event?
  • ...that invasion literature, such as The War of the Worlds, was a literary genre influential in foreign politics during the years leading up to World War I?
  • ...that Come Out by composer Steve Reich was made out of the recorded speech of a young man injured in a race riot who was wrongly arrested for murder?
  • ...that the Combined Islands cricket team were dissolved the year after they won their first — and thus last — domestic trophy in West Indian cricket?
  • ...that over 50 parents contacted Gonzaga University's athletic department on the first day that a Sports Illustrated issue featuring a story on Gonzaga basketball player Adam Morrison and his life with Type 1 diabetes was available at retail outlets?
  • ...that the Baldock Beer Disaster occurred on March 14, 1904 when an unstable storage room floor collapsed at the Simpson Brewery, in what is now the Twitchell, in the North Hertfordshire town of Baldock?
  • ...that Chetan Sharma, a former Indian cricketer, was the first Indian ever to get a ten wicket haul overseas, taking 10/188 against England in a Test Series in 1986?
  • ...that the Suramadu Bridge, connecting the islands of Java and Madura, will become the longest bridge in Indonesia when completed in 2008?



    Planting Fields, estate of William R. Coe, Oyster Bay, New York
    Planting Fields, estate of William R. Coe, Oyster Bay, New York
  • ...that Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay, New York was the historic 353-acre estate of Gilded Age millionaire William R. Coe?
  • ...that the first person shooter computer game Requiem: Avenging Angel was influenced by the Bible and Christian Mythology?
  • ...that the genera Bergerocactus and Bergeranthus are named after Alwin Berger, a German botanist best known for his contribution to the nomenclature of succulent plants, particularly agaves and cacti?
  • ...that a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, directly elected by citizens of member countries, has been proposed by legislators in an effort to counter the influence of the World Trade Organization and other unelected international bodies?
    Nockamixon dam
    Nockamixon dam


    Typhoon Vamei
    Typhoon Vamei


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    Schmidt-Pechan prism


    Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1st January 1864
    Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1st January 1864


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    Aztec calendar stone


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