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Hooks

Anchorage White Raven

... that a raven in Anchorage, Alaska, (pictured) ate tater tots and toast, fought over ice cream, and disassembled a streetlamp?
... that Wang Hanlun used proceeds from her company's only film to finalize her divorce?
... that Benjamin Britten wanted the score of his An American Overture destroyed after it was rediscovered?
... that Dr Disrespect's first videos featured a bombastic "champion" trash-talking game-play footage?
... that Cordova, Alabama, was hit by two tornadoes on the same day, the second of which was on the ground for more than two hours?
... that Arthur France founded the Leeds West Indian Carnival, the first Caribbean carnival in Europe, in 1967?
... that Spectrum HoloByte published Tetris without permission from the Soviet Union?
... that a World War II aircraft carrier had been used as a hotel during the 7th National Eucharistic Congress in 1935?
... that John Moore's mother, after learning that UCLA's student-body president was Black, said "this is where he's going to school"?