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...that Tell Halaf in Syria contains the archaeological remains of a Neolithic culture characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs?

...that Fala, Franklin D. Roosevelt's beloved Scottish terrier and one of the most famous presidential pets, has a bronze statue in his likeness at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial?

...that Leo Abse (born 1917) was a Labour Member of Parliament largely responsible for legalising male homosexuality in the United Kingdom?
...that Nippon Steel Corporation, the Japanese steelmaking giant, once ventured into mushroom cultivation in an earnest bid to avoid layoffs?

...that the Blister Beetles are so named because they secrete cantharidin, a poison causing blistering of the skin and painful swelling if consumed?
...that Indian-born English cricketer Hugh Bartlett died whilst watching a cricket match at Hove in 1988?
...that in Greek mythology, Antiope was the only Amazon known to have married?
...that the Metallurgical Laboratory at the University of Chicago built the first nuclear reactor and achieved a self-sustaining nuclear reaction in December 1942?

...that the Scottish composer and pianist Ronald Stevenson composed an 80-minute passacaglia for solo piano based on the four-note motif D-E♭-C-B?

...that backlash from the 1897 Lattimer Massacre in Pennsylvania, an important event in the U.S. history of labor relations, resulted in the addition of some 15,000 new members of United Mine Workers of America union?
...that footballer Anton�n Panenka famously scored the winning penalty for Czechoslovakia in the 1976 European Championship final against West Germany by chipping the ball?
...that extension conflicts helped give Macintosh computers a reputation for instability before the release of Mac OS X?

...that Jinnah House was the Mumbai residence of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and is the centre of a property dispute?
...that Australian tennis players Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, known as The Woodies, are the most successful men's doubles pair in history, winning a record six Wimbledon titles?

...that the Iowa Interstate Railroad is being considered for high speed passenger train service between Wyanet, Illinois, and Iowa City?
...that Microphallus is a genus of parasitic trematode, some species of which are notable for the manipulation of the behaviour and growth of their hosts?
...that William Bergsma wrote an opera about a dog who turned into a man in 1920s Moscow as the result of a crazy experiment?

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...that Didiereaceae is a family of cactus-like flowering plants that make up the spiny thickets of Madagascar?

...that the feminist Madeleine Pelletier was the first female psychiatrist in France and that she dressed as a man to protest the oppression of women?
...that the Delaware Basin in Texas contains fossilised coral reefs from the Permian?

...that Harvey Hubbell (1857–1927) invented the electrical plug?

...that Gilbert Mabbot (1622–1670) was a pioneering journalist during the English Civil War who also served as an official licenser of the press?

...that Ken Loach's 1995 film Land and Freedom tells the story of a British volunteer who joins the POUM militia and fights for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War?
...that the Vietnam War protest song "War", originally recorded by The Temptations, was Motown artist Edwin Starr's only number 1 hit?
...that Temple Beth-El, built in 1876, is the oldest synagogue in the U.S. state of Florida?

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...that Bigleaf hydrangeas bloom in different colors depending on the soil pH? )

...that Hampshire County Cricket Club has produced three England cricket captains in its 141 year history?
...that British actress Stephanie Beacham played a nun on American sitcom Sister Kate after playing the glamorous Sable Colby on the drama Dynasty?
...that Paula Ackerman was the first woman to serve as a rabbi in the United States?
...that Kuttanad in Kerala, India, is that country's only region below sea level?

...that the FTSE 100-listed company Hays plc dates back to the 1600s, when they owned warehouses and wharves on the River Thames?
...that Willi M�nzenberg (1889–1940) was known as "The Red Millionaire" because he combined high living with communist propaganda?

...that Kentucky State University, at 2,300 students, is the smallest of the public universities in the U.S. state of Kentucky?

...that bishop William McKendree (1757–1835) earned the nickname "Father of Western Methodism" for his travels through his vast see of Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, and Illinois?
...that silent E is a convention in English spelling added to the ends of words, that makes short vowels long?
...that until it was looted in 1204 by the Fourth Crusade, the Church of the Holy Apostles was the busiest place of worship in Constantinople?
...that in the 1977 film That Obscure Object of Desire directed by Luis Bu�uel, the leading role of Conchita is played by two actresses and voiced by a third?

...that the group portrait Banquet of the Amsterdam Civic Guard in Celebration of the Peace of M�nster by Dutch painter Bartholomeus van der Helst (1613–1670) was considered by Sir Joshua Reynolds to be the finest he had seen? (Image:Helst, Peace of M�nster.jpg)

...that the 1868 encounter between Kasuga and Kaiyō was the first naval battle between two modern fleets in Japan?

...that the Chilean football club Cobreloa reached the finals of South America's principal club competition, the Copa Libertadores, in 1981, only four years after the club's founding?
...that Palwankar Baloo was a Dalit (Untouchable) who helped break down the Indian caste system with his prowess at cricket?