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1991 Andover tornado
- ... that the 1991 Andover tornado (pictured) narrowly avoided hitting two warplanes equipped with nuclear warheads?
- ... that Murad Al-Katib provided 700 million meals of Saskatchewan-grown chickpeas, lentils and wheat to a United Nations program for Syrian refugees?
- ... that insurers paid out about NZ$171 million in damages caused by a 10-minute hailstorm in New Zealand?
- ... that Scottish bricklayer Brian Higgins was unable to find work for 25 years after appearing on a construction-industry blacklist?
- ... that the dragonfly Antiquiala was described from a single wing found in the state of Washington?
- ... that Edward W. Gantt was a Confederate soldier who defected to the Union during the American Civil War?
- ... that bored soldiers during the siege of Ak-Mechet began stealing watermelons from gardens outside the enemy fortress?
- ... that Shō Sen'i was overthrown in favor of his thirteen-year-old nephew?
- ... that the titular songstress in Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, a contender for China's first sound film, was overdubbed by a man?