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Waterloo Column

... that the Waterloo Column (pictured), which commemorates Germans who died at the Battle of Waterloo, incorporates the barrels of eight cannons that were captured there?
... that gym teacher Harold Styan of Clifton House School was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to youth?
... that one critic described some of the melodies in Life Till Bones as akin to "trying to dig a hole in a bowl full of sugar"?
... that Goro Takahashi, a silversmith adopted by a Lakota family, was the first Japanese person allowed to attend a Sun Dance?
... that a Rhode Island TV station started out by re-running an inventory of 50 hours of cartoons and 14 old movies?
... that the 1923 film Zhang Xinsheng featured close-up views of internal organs?
... that an inscription from 243 AD for a leader of the marzēaḥ ends with blessings for his sons, the scribe, the person in charge of the cooking, the cupbearer, and other assistants?
... that Ripken wore a GoPro on his back while retrieving used bats and tees at major sporting events?
... that trucks in Tyler promoted Tyler's latest album?