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Premna microphylla leaves and flowers

... that the leaves of Premna microphylla (pictured) are used to make a green jelly called Guanyin tofu?
... that the ideas of Albert Schädler became the founding ideas of the Progressive Citizens' Party, though he himself was opposed to the formation of political parties?
... that Queen Anne Pool opened to the public one day late, after a thermostat glitch accidentally heated the pool to 100 °F (38 °C)?
... that Hyakuman-kai no "I Love You" is a popular confession song in Japan?
... that upon winning a civil war in Portuguese Timor, the political party Fretilin repeatedly requested that Portuguese authorities return?
... that around the age of four, Jacob von Eggers was deported to Arkhangelsk in Russia together with the entire German-speaking population of Tartu?
... that an annex to the A. I. Namm & Son Department Store included artifacts from a church?
... that the Military-First Girls, a Japanese all-women fan club of the Moranbong Band, have compared their interest in North Korean music to other women's interests in K-pop and Taylor Swift?
... that one of the last photographs ever taken of Sitting Bull shows him side by side with Buffalo Bill?

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