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... that a lost chronicle of the kings of Kashmir is attributed to the author Ratnākara?
... that a critic described GNX, after its surprise release, as Kendrick Lamar's "greatest work" yet?
... that ballet dancer Nina Tikhonova taught dance for free to children who had been orphaned during World War II?
... that former adult actress Suzumi Suzuki's book Gifted was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize in 2022?
... that George Bogaars, as head of Singapore's Secret Branch, oversaw the detention of more than a hundred suspected communist sympathisers?
... that the Green Bay Packers won a snowy NFL playoff game by scoring six straight touchdowns after they had been losing 14–0?
... that William C. Roberts had to resign a pastorate in Ohio because his wife's illness was believed to be curable if she returned to her home state?
... that anarchism without adjectives has been described as an ecumenical or non-denominational form of anarchism?