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...that the Annenschule (pictured) was a German high school in Saint Petersburg, Russia, that was transformed into a Soviet work school after the Russian Revolution, but now houses a lyceum?

...that the Tiburon Jewelflower is an endangered species that has only two populations extant, both on the Tiburon Peninsula of the San Francisco Bay Area?

...that trepanging is the harvesting of sea cucumbers and Macassan Muslim trepangers traded with Indigenous Australians generations before the arrival of European people?

...that Prussian military bandmaster Franz von Eckert is credited with composing the harmony to the national anthems of both Japan and the Empire of Korea?

...that the See of Sardis, an episcopal see once held by Melito, continued to be held by titular archbishops for centuries after the Ottoman Turks conquered Sardis?

...that the People of Assam belong to one of three ethnic groups: Tibeto-Burman, Mon-Khmer, and Indo-Aryan?

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