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* ... that British weightlifter ''']''' ''(pictured)'' broke 98 national records in 2008? | |||
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* ... that after recapturing escaped '']'' prisoners, the British officer ''']''' is said to have remarked: "one really has to take off one's hat to them ... I really regret having to lock them up"? | |||
* ... that Japanese-American activist ''']''' converted to Islam in 1971? | |||
* ... that a river will be diverted for the construction of ''']'''? | |||
* ... that in 1968, ]'s ''']''' flowchart software became the first program to receive a software patent in the United States? | |||
* ... that ''']''', the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk, also invented the electric heating coil, used to create the first electric toasters? | |||
* ... that the tomb of the 15th-century Okinawan king ''']''' was destroyed during World War II? | |||
* ... that the ''']''' is a ] for ''']'''? | |||
* ... that the ''']''' were nearly named the "Wilson Whirligigs" after the folk artist ]'s ] sculptures in the town? | |||
* ... that soprano ''']''', who appeared at the ] in more than 40 roles including ] and ], sang the role of ] in the opening season of the ]? | |||
* ... that Archbishop ''']''' received a standing ovation for admitting his alcoholism? | |||
* ... that the first discovered fossil of the dinosaur ''''']''''' was noted for being preserved in green-blue ]? | |||
* ... that ''']''' was a steward of penitent prostitutes? | |||
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Zoe Smith- ... that British weightlifter Zoe Smith (pictured) broke 98 national records in 2008?
- ... that a Bangladeshi diplomatic mission in India was attacked by Hindu extremists protesting the arrest of a Hindu monk?
- ... that a portrait of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec cooking captures him in an unusual moment of sobriety?
- ... that the Lisdoonvarna Music Festival was described as Ireland's version of the Woodstock music festival?
- ... that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama converted to Islam in 1971?
- ... that in 1968, ADR's Autoflow flowchart software became the first program to receive a software patent in the United States?
- ... that the tomb of the 15th-century Okinawan king Shō Hashi was destroyed during World War II?
- ... that the Wilson Warbirds were nearly named the "Wilson Whirligigs" after the folk artist Vollis Simpson's whirligig sculptures in the town?
- ... that Archbishop John Roach received a standing ovation for admitting his alcoholism?