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| * ... that the only death from the ''']''' was the one audience member who bought a concert t-shirt from ] that night, according to their lead singer? | |||
| * ... that because of ], some ]s are better modeled mathematically as ''']s''' than as ]? | |||
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| * ... that "]", the ] in the United States according to '']'', also reached the top of the ''']''' chart? | |||
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* ... that ''']''' never received approval to begin constructing a building for the ]? | ||
| * ... that in the 1980s, when ''']''' lost all its endangered ] to pests, experts reintroduced seven birds – today there could be as many as 300 kiwi on the island? | |||
| * ... that a ''']''' caused the ] to forfeit the ] ]? | |||
| * ... that ''']''', donated her body to science because "funerals are a bore"? | |||
| * ... that while watching her first operation, ''']''' passed out 3 times, but she later became a ] in ] and was assistant superintendent of nurses at the ]? | |||
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Hooks
Grapefruit
- ... that the grapefruit (examples pictured) was described as the "forbidden fruit" in 1750?
- ... that British war correspondent Ian Fyfe was killed on D-Day while landing in a glider with troops attacking the Merville Gun Battery?
- ... that the 1976 Philippine film Itim was described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history" in a 2022 retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art?
- ... that Phoebe Plummer was "unfortunate" to draw Christopher Hehir as judge when they stood trial over the Just Stop Oil Sunflowers protest?
- ... that the only death from the Belvidere Apollo Theatre collapse was the one audience member who bought a concert t-shirt from Crypta that night, according to their lead singer?
- ... that the cover art of Music from the Merch Desk (2016–2023) was derived from bootleg merchandise?
- ... that Michael O'Kane never received approval to begin constructing a building for the College of the Holy Cross?
- ... that in the 1980s, when Moturoa Island lost all its endangered kiwi to pests, experts reintroduced seven birds – today there could be as many as 300 kiwi on the island?
- ... that Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, donated her body to science because "funerals are a bore"?