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Did you know...
...that Henri Poincaré first stated the Poincaré duality in terms of Betti numbers?
...that a vexatious litigant may be barred from using the courts in common law countries because they have previously undertaken frivolous litigation claims or procedures?
...that American frontiersman Hugh Glass traveled 200 miles through the wilderness, alone and gravely injured, after surviving a grizzly bear attack?
...that the framework of the cautionary tale became a cliché in 1980s slasher films?
...that Abraham Baldwin, one of America's founding fathers, served in both the Senate and the House of Representatives?
...that the Waldorf Astoria in New York City sits on the site of the former home of William Waldorf Astor?
...that the Super Friends had two sets of sidekicks: Wendy & Marvin, and then the Wonder Twins?
...that Stephen King wrote and starred in the movie Creepshow?
...that the False Vampire Bat will fall out of a tree to pounce upon unsuspecting prey?
...that "Layla", a song of Eric Clapton, was inspired by a Persian love story?
...that the United States Naval War College grants a Master of Arts degree?
...that the Children of the Corn horror-flick movie series is based on a Stephen King short story?
...that the viscosity of a ferrofluid can be controlled with electromagnets?
...that Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko is famous for his anti-Stalinist work?
...that the California sea slug is very useful to the study of neurobiology because of its small number of large neurons?
...that Cornell University in the United States has four statutory colleges?
...that Fritz the Cat was the first X-rated animated feature?
...that the biggest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere will be the Southern African Large Telescope, opening later this year?
...that the first standard for donated organs was that they be from so-called "non-heart beating donors"?
...that Le Corbusier's most famous building is probably Unité d'Habitation in Marseille?
...that the dharma wheel of Buddhism represents the collective teachings known as the dharma?
...that scientists are testing Einstein's theory of general relativity with Gravity Probe B, an artificial satellite?
...that cell adhesion is a product of protein bonding?
...that the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 killed at least 140 people?
...that Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay is a World Heritage Site?
...that male Western fence lizards have blue bellies?
...that the Battle of Isandlwana was a major British defeat in the Zulu war?
...that Jaan Einasto co-discovered dark matter and the cellular structure of the Universe?
...that Michael Schumacher has won the last four Spanish Grand Prix?
...that France was the first country to adopt the 35-hour workweek?
...that Napoleon once commissioned Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes to write an éloge on George Washington?
...that Michael Clarke Duncan worked as a bodyguard for people like Will Smith before making it big in acting?
...that Daniel S. Goldin spearheaded the "faster, better, cheaper" approach at NASA?
...that the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is rusting?
...that Mark Catesby published the first account of the flora and fauna of North America?
...that Severnaya Zemlya was the last archipelago on Earth to be discovered?
...that Harrington Lake in Quebec is the official country retreat of the Canadian Prime Minister?
...that the Tibetan Plateau is known as the "roof of the world"?
...that chocolate contains large quantities of oxalic acid?
...that the only remaining dock on the south side of London's River Thames is Greenland Dock, the city's oldest riverside dock?
...that Caedwalla of Wessex conquered southeast England during his brief 7th century reign?
...that the Transverse Ranges of California run east-west because of a bend in the San Andreas fault?
...that the full force of the Great Depression in Canada lasted until WWII in parts of the country, particularly Western Canada?
...that Monument Valley was once mined for uranium ore?
...that during World War I thimbles were used as currency?
...that the Magellanic subpolar forests of South America are the world's southernmost forests?
...that SBD Dauntless dive bombers sank four Japanese aircraft carriers and a cruiser during the Battle of Midway?
...that the first British merchant navy ship lost to enemy fire since World War II was the Atlantic Conveyor, sunk by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War?
...that there are at least 18 different distinct video game genres?
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