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... that when William Williams died collecting the fern Alpine Woodsia (pictured) in 1861, his body was found at the foot of the cliff where the species was first found in the 17th century?

... that Nguyen Van Linh, General Secretary of the Communist Party touted as the "Vietnamese Gorbachev" for reforming Vietnam's communist economy, later regretted many of the effects of his policies?

... that plants in some parts of the Klamath Mountains ecoregion in Southern Oregon and Northern California have evolved to grow in potentially toxic and nutrient-poor serpentine soils?

... that oudist Ali Sriti's first public performance was at age eleven, when he sang Ya chiraan waraa dajla yajri by Mohamed Abdel Wahab?

... that The New York Times said the 1944 Laurel and Hardy film The Big Noise "has as much humor in it as a six-foot hole in the ground"?

... that one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's first state visits was to Mongolia, aimed at rebuilding their bilateral relations in the post-Cold War era?

... that John Boylan, who won an acting award in the play On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco, eventually died of lung cancer?

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