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{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was the first person to die in a ] accident, after a parachute of his own design ''(pictured)'' failed during a test at ] in 1837?


{{*mp}}...that the ] ] ] ''']''' ''(pictured)'', in 1928, was appointed foreign member of the ], alongside ]? {{*mp}}...that ''']''' was a ] ] who murdered ]n socialist leader ] on a ] in ] in ]?


{{*mp}}...that ''''']''''', the earliest printed treatise on the ] in ], contains the first instances of ] types being used for printing?
{{*mp}}...that an unknown quantity of ''']''' were used as ] against ] made to the ] and when the exposition failed to repay the debits, the banks dumped the coins into circulation?


{{*mp}}...that ], one of the most distinctive ], has been ''']''' in ]?
{{*mp}}...that it is a ] ] to steal the "T" from ''']'''?


{{*mp}}...that the remains of the ''']''' in ], ], was used as the foundation for a ], constructed in memory of the 300-anniversary of the ]? {{*mp}}...that ''']''', a ]r of mixed ] and ] descent, was ]'s first successful businesswoman, and is buried beneath the altar of St. Anne's church on ]?


{{*mp}}...that ''']''' was president of ] and ] as well as an ordained minister of the ]?
{{*mp}}...that the ] ] ''''']''''', awarded for ''valor in the field'', was last received by a Swedish ] serving in ] in ]?


{{*mp}}...that the ''']''', a ] in the ] only about 23 km long, has given its name to a type of ] ], a line of ]s, two ]s and an island in the ]?


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