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| * ... that a century after Irish antiquarian ''']''' had revived the ''Ulster Journal of Archaeology'', sites he had dug were still being referred to as "well and truly Biggered"? | |||
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Weebill
- ... that the weebill (pictured), measuring 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long, is Australia's smallest bird?
- ... that Paul Loicq from Belgium was the first European to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame?
- ... that the C train, described as the "least loved of New York City subway lines", still uses subway cars that date to the 1960s?
- ... that the North African Muhammad ibn Rushayd befriended the future Granadan vizier Ibn al-Hakim when the two travelled to Mecca for pilgrimage and study?
- ... that Carlos Carrera's El héroe was the first Mexican entry to win the Short Film Palme d'Or, in 1994?
- ... that Norwegian violinist Mari Samuelsen became a student of the renowned Arve Tellefsen by age 4?
- ... that Karski's reports were the first comprehensive documents on the Holocaust in Poland to reach the government-in-exile?
- ... that a century after Irish antiquarian Francis Joseph Bigger had revived the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, sites he had dug were still being referred to as "well and truly Biggered"?