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	* ... that during the 1929 ''']''', 65 firefighters survived being surrounded by fire overnight by sheltering near a creek?		* ... that during the 1929 ''']''', 65 firefighters survived being surrounded by fire overnight by sheltering near a creek?
	* ... that the lyrics of "''']'''" were inspired by beheadings in medieval Europe?		* ... that the lyrics of "''']'''" were inspired by beheadings in medieval Europe?
	* ... that from around the Seattle metropolitan area to a wetland in ''']'''~~, up to 16,000 crows regularly commute~~?		* ... that up to 16,000 crows regularly commute from around the Seattle metropolitan area to a wetland in ''']'''?
	* ... that according to ''']''', burnt toast could save you from a car accident?		* ... that according to ''']''', burnt toast could save you from a car accident?
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Modern sculpture of Henry III's white bear

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... that William Aitken, William J. Bain, J. Lister Holmes, John T. Jacobsen, and George W. Stoddard collaborated in the early 1940s to design America's first racially integrated public housing development?
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... that Ana Sigüenza was the first woman to be the general secretary of a national trade union center in Spain?
... that during the 1929 Dollar Mountain Fire, 65 firefighters survived being surrounded by fire overnight by sheltering near a creek?
... that the lyrics of "Executioner's Tax (Swing of the Axe)" were inspired by beheadings in medieval Europe?
... that up to 16,000 crows regularly commute from around the Seattle metropolitan area to a wetland in Bothell, Washington?
... that according to a TikTok theory, burnt toast could save you from a car accident?