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Nikolay Cherkasov as Ivan the Terrible

... that Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (scene pictured) has been named as both one of the worst films and one of the greatest films of all time?
... that Olympian Sydney Francisco was named after the city where her mother competed at the Olympics?
... that the December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales events six weeks later?
... that a judge compared the bankruptcy fraud of an Ohio TV station to a 1601 English court case?
... that the surviving copies of the Kitab-ı Bahriye contain a total of more than 5,700 maps?
... that the 1919 foxtrot song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" was an example of Cuba being perceived as "America's playground"?
... that 30 royal portraits of Korean kings were completely destroyed in a 1954 fire in Busan, South Korea?
... that Babydog is "a fixture in West Virginia politics"?