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| * ... that ''']''' ''(stores pictured)'' served alongside armies of both combatants in the ]? | |||
| * ... 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 for nearly 100 years, people thought ''']''' introduced ], though he was just a film technician at the time? | |||
| * ... that a river will be diverted for the construction of ''']'''? | |||
| * ... that ''']''', a variant of Germany's national card game, ], is predominantly played for beer in pubs and restaurants? | |||
| * ... that ''']''', the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk, also invented the electric heating coil, used to create the first electric toasters? | |||
| * ... that ''']''' was the ]'s fourth Jewish ]? | |||
| * ... that the ''']''' is a ] for ''']'''? | |||
| * ... that the poem "''']'''" expresses grief about the ] at a time when a white settler said, "Why, we are poisoning the Blacks; which is much safer; and serve them right too!"? | |||
| * ... that soprano ''']''', who appeared at the ] in more than 40 roles including ] and ], sang the role of ] in the opening season of the ]? | |||
| * ... that Japanese ] ''']''' decided to pursue a career in acting due to a misunderstanding? | |||
| * ... that the first discovered fossil of the dinosaur ''''']''''' was noted for being preserved in green-blue ]? | |||
| * ... that ''']''' around ] is almost exactly 40,000 kilometres or 21,600 (i.e. 360 × 60) ]s, because it was used to define those units of measurement? | |||
| * ... that ''']''' was a steward of penitent prostitutes? | |||
| * ... that after a ] ended her professional modeling career, ''']''' assembled a fashion show featuring only models who have had breast cancer? | |||
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Kamehameha III, c. 1849
- ... that Hawaiian king Kamehameha III (pictured) relied on American and British advisors to fill his cabinet?
- ... that after recapturing escaped Luftwaffe prisoners, the British officer Guy Dury 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 a river will be diverted for the construction of Hohhot Shengle International Airport?
- ... that William Hoskins, the co-inventor of modern billiard chalk, also invented the electric heating coil, used to create the first electric toasters?
- ... that the cypress aphid is a vector for cypress canker?
- ... that soprano Ildikó Raimondi, who appeared at the Vienna State Opera in more than 40 roles including Pamina and Mimì, sang the role of Marzelline in the opening season of the Valencia Opera?
- ... that the first discovered fossil of the dinosaur Weewarrasaurus was noted for being preserved in green-blue opal?
- ... that Stephen Godin was a steward of penitent prostitutes?