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...that eleven Pacific hurricanes have had their names retired, due to the damage they caused and other reasons?
...that Herbert Gutman co-founded the "new labor history" school of thought, which focuses on the effects that ordinary people have had on the history of labor?
...that Major General John Paton commanded the rear party during the evacuation of Anzac Cove in World War I and was one of the last Australian soldiers to leave the beach?
...that self-expandable metallic stents (pictured) are prosthetic metal tubes inserted by fibre optic cameras in order to treat cancers of the gastrointestinal tract?
...that Bhai Gurdas was the original scribe of the Guru Granth Sahib, the holy book of Sikhism?
...that the Romanian politician Constantin Argetoianu, who organized repression of the Communist Party and announced the group's effective termination in 1922, spent his final years as a political prisoner of the Communist regime?
...that History Line: 1914-1918, a turn-based strategy computer game from 1993, adapted the software engine of the science-fiction Battle Isle series to portray the First World War?
...that the illustrated children's book Hot House Flowers, an allegory for illegal immigration, was written by a Brooklyn criminal court judge?
...that the nature reserve Rejvíz in the Czech Republic is covered with a peat bog including two moss lakes of glacial origin?
...that Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park was the first pet cemetery to also allow people to be buried alongside their pets?
...that the performance of "I See A Star" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 involved one singer playing a barrel organ with a collection of puppets on it?
...that Russian painter Alexandre Jacovleff (pictured) participated in trans-Saharan and trans-Asian (from Syria to China) expeditions organized by the French car manufacturer Citroën?
...that Natural Bridge State Park holds the largest natural arch in Wisconsin?
...that after World War I, 0stanbul was occupied by the Triple Entente in the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire?
...that B&H Photo Video in New York City employs so many Satmar Hasidim, there is daily bus service to the store from Kiryas Joel, a Satmar enclave in Orange County, New York?
...that U.S. airman Louis R. Rocco single-handedly carried three comrades out of a burning helicopter under enemy fire, despite having burned hands, a broken wrist and a fractured hip?
...that the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a national monument in Singapore, was given by Sultan Ibrahim of Johor in Malaysia?
...that actress Frances Gifford played the lead role of Nyoka in the 1941 movie serial Jungle Girl?
...that there are more hurricanes in the Baja California Peninsula than anywhere else in Mexico?
...that the Théâtre Optique (pictured) show of 1892 was the first public projection of moving images, predating the Lumière Brothers' screening by three years?
...that The Compleat Housewife was the first cookbook to be published in the United States?
...that 122 people were killed in an insurgent uprising in Mosul during the Iraq War?
...that coral within tropical oceans is being used as a tropical cyclone observation to date past hurricanes, by looking for concentrations of the oxygen isotope O-18?
...that Yakut linguist Semyon Novgorodov adopted the International Phonetic Alphabet for the modern written Yakut language?
...that the Coleman Bridge in Singapore was the second bridge built across the Singapore River, and the first built in masonry?
...that Xavier William Proenza has been announced as the next director of the National Hurricane Center?
...that industrialist Joseph S. Cullinan (pictured) worked in the oilfields of Pennsylvania from the age of 14, but would later help shape the early oil industry in Texas?
...that, in the ninth century, the fort at Novye Duboviki on the Volkhov River shielded Novgorod from potential attacks by Viking raiders?
...that Marin Dwarf Flax (Hesperolinon congestum) is a wildflower whose few small colonies are threatened by transmission line maintenance and new trail systems?
...that Prince Arisugawa Taruhito's engagement to Princess Kazu-no-Miya Chikako of Japan was cancelled by the Tokugawa bakufu so that the princess could marry Shogun Tokugawa Iemochi, for political reasons?
...that the Society of Friends of Science, first Polish scientific organization, founded in 1800, originated from the Thursday's dinners custom held by the last king of Poland, StanisBaw August Poniatowski?
...that while the fungus Apophysomyces is safe to handle, even a small amount entering the bloodstream can lead to a fatal mucormycosis infection?
...that Australia's worst weather-related maritime disaster of the 20th century was the sinking of the Koombana (pictured) in a cyclone off Port Hedland, Western Australia?
...that the land around the Scottish mountain Canisp was purchased by a group of local residents for nearly £3m?
...that the death of Joseph Quinn prompted Bellevue Hospital of New York City to make significant improvements to its ambulance system?
...that controversy has arisen over whether Norway's Lysaker Station should be curved or straight?
...that the Met's new opera The First Emperor by Tan Dun has been in development for ten years?
...that in 2005 the Constitutional Court of Spain ruled that Spanish courts may hear cases regarding genocide in which there were no Spanish victims, thereby reversing a decision of the country's Supreme Court?
... that the Istana Kampong Glam (pictured) is a former Malay palace in Singapore, and was refurbished into the Malay Heritage Centre in 2004?
...that the Montgomery Worsted Mills, a Registered Historic Place in Montgomery, New York, now earn most of their money by generating hydroelectric power from the nearby Wallkill River, rather than the manufacture of textiles?
...that the Caterham CSR is one of the lightest production cars, but lacks modern safety features, making it unsafe in collisions?
...that Singapore Dreaming bagged Singapore its first IFFPA-recognised award at an international feature film festival?
...that Itzik Manger, a Yiddish poet, is best known for his radical revisions of Biblical material?
...that Chris Phatswe committed suicide by crashing his Air Botswana plane into two other planes belonging to the airline, effectively crippling operations?
...that Kalos inscriptions found on antique Attic vases (pictured), usually contain the author's declarations of love for the young man represented in the vase-painting?
...that the phrase "Goody Two-Shoes" comes from a 1765 children's story?
...that George Temple-Poole designed many of the first permanent structures in the shanty towns built during Western Australia's gold rush?
...that Jacques Lacan's theory of a mirror stage, where an infant first recognizes its self in a mirror, was inspired by the work of psychologist Henri Wallon?
...that Les Wallace is the only left-handed BDO World Darts Champion?
...that the gates to Norwood Jewish Orphanage in London were destroyed to allow fire engines easier access to the grounds?

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