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...that British pre-Rafaelite painter Solomon Joseph Solomon (artist of the picture) was one of the few Jewish painters of his time to become a member of the Royal Academy?
...that Lieutenant Peter Bover, whose shooting of a Royal Navy sailor sparked the Nore mutiny of 1797, was exonerated by the mutineers and cheered on returning to his ship?
...that the summer 1944 Lublin–Brest Offensive of Soviet Army succeeded in bringing the Soviets to the vicinity of Warsaw, where the Warsaw Uprising began?
...that modern nursing was founded by Florence Nightingale at the Selimiye Barracks in Istanbul, Turkey during the Crimean War (1854-1856)?
...that the Gideon H. Pond House was built by Gideon Pond, who came to Minnesota to teach farming and Christianity to the Native Americans?
...that the Kipawa River in Quebec, Canada, is being considered for hydroelectric development which would completely divert it?
...that Randy Gumpert first pitched for the New York Yankees in 1946, even though it had been eight years since he was on a Major League roster?
...that Consumer Protection law in the United Kingdom incorporates directives from the European Union?
...that the Swedish narrow gauge railway Upsala-Lenna Jernväg includes the biggest remaining steam locomotive (pictured) built for 891 mm rail gauge?
...that the Brothers Grimm were amongst the Göttingen Seven, university teachers who protested changes to the constitution of the Kingdom of Hanover in 1837?
...that when the RMS Titanic was built in Belfast in 1912, the largest shipyard in the world was in Belfast?
...that Vortex I, which took place in Oregon in 1970, remains the only state-sponsored rock festival in United States history?
...that Colombian National Police Sub-Intendant Jhon Frank Pinchao was kidnapped by the FARC guerrilla for almost 9 years, until finally escaping in 2007?
...that a 1973 book on Prem Rawat, Who Is Guru Maharaj Ji?, featured an introduction by American anti-Vietnam War activist Rennie Davis?
...that the satirical magazine The Georgetown Heckler changed its name from The Georgetown Lampoon after being threatened with a lawsuit by the Harvard Lampoon?
...that British architect Sir Colin Wilson, known for designing the new British Library near St Pancras station, donated his collection of modern art to the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester?
...that many of the earliest known copies of the New Testament are remains of the Oxyrhynchus Papyri in Egypt (papyrus pictured)?
...that in the Roman Empire, ten-year celebrations called "decennalia" originated after Augustus refused the lifetime supremacy offered to him?
...that although it was not particularly well-known in Bulgaria until the late 19th century, today Bulgarian beer is one of the country's most popular alcoholic beverages?
...that the Duke of Wellington had not seen Kitty Pakenham for ten years when he proposed marriage to her in 1806?
...that the Northeastern United States was struck by a major tornado outbreak on July 10, 1989?
...that, like Aphrodite bathing in the sea at Paphos, Hera too renewed her maidenhood annually, in the spring of Kanathos?
...that nutritionist-turned-molecular biologist Thomas H. Jukes was one of the few scientists ever to have a regular column in the journal Nature?
...that the Green Knight (pictured) of medieval literature is thought by many scholars to represent the Devil due to its strange color?
...that John J. Clague won the Logan Medal, the highest award of the Geological Association of Canada, in 2007?
...that 5-HT₃ antagonists, effective for treating the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy, have no effect on motion sickness?
...that the fifth-century Syriac Curetonian Gospels found in Egypt represent a considerably older, independent textual tradition of the four gospels?
...that alpine skier Jean Saubert won one-third of all medals earned by the entire United States Olympic team at the 1964 Winter Olympics?
...that Californian politician Lou Papan received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1996?
...that Romulus Whitaker won the Whitley Award for establishing a rainforest research station at Agumbe in India to conserve King Cobras?
...that the House of Gediminas ruled Lithuania from 1285 to 1572?
...that The Geysers, a geothermal power field located north of San Francisco, California, (power plant pictured) is the largest geothermal development in the world?
...that Betty Roberts was the first woman to serve on Oregon's Supreme Court?
...that Swearing on the Horns is a Highgate pub tradition that dates back to the 1600s?
...that the autobiography of Italian sculptor Raffaello da Montelupo contains the only known contemporary reference to Michelangelo's natural left-handedness?
...that the Rusty-barred Owl is one of the only two members of the Strix genus of birds to be found in South America?
...that William Moore was the earliest settler of Skagway, the famous gold rush town in the Klondike Gold Rush?
...that the European fascist alliance New European Order split in 1955 due to a dispute over the issue of whether the province of Bolzano-Bozen should be Italian or Austrian?
...that the Sauk Rapids Tornado of 1886 changed the economic structure of central Minnesota after it destroyed at least 109 commercial or public buildings in Sauk Rapids (devastation pictured)?
...that at least 36 vases painted by the Athenian Meidias Painter are still in existence more than 2,400 years after they were created?
...that Mary Brunner, a member of the "Manson family", was incarcerated after a shootout with police at a robbery?
...that Irish writer and trade unionist Brian Behan once took part in a swearing match at the British Museum?
...that unemployment protection in Italy is guaranteed by the Italy's constitution?
...that Superman stops a mad scientist and his army of robots in the 1941 animated short film The Mechanical Monsters?
...that Saskatchewan Highway 58 travels the Missouri Coteau to an important shore bird site on Canada's second largest saline lake?
...that the Jesus Army, a British Christian outreach organisation, has been condemned by the Cult Information Centre, another British charity?
...that Russian photography pioneer Karl Bulla (pictured) left more than 200,000 glass negatives that are now in the public domain?
...that 13 rioters convicted by a jury of their peers were later pardoned for their actions in the Muncy Abolition Riot of 1842?
...that British art historian Sir Oliver Nicholas Millar GCVO served in the Royal Household for 41 years, becoming the first Director of the Royal Collection in 1987?
...that Robert Smith Vance was the third United States federal judge to be assassinated as the result of his judicial service?
...that over four hundred 4000-year-old carved stone balls have been uncovered in archaeological digs in Scotland?
...that the Judaic legal fiction of Prozbul protects both the poor and wealthy from the effects of the Sabbatical Year?
...that Sammy Ellis won 22 games and made the All-Star team for the Cincinnati Reds in 1965 despite allowing the most Earned Runs in the league?
...that the 1912 comic strip Polly and Her Pals by Cliff Sterrett was the first to have a female protagonist?
...that the highest wooden sculpture of Bodhisattva in the world (pictured) is housed in Puning Temple of China?
...that the National Football League's New York Giants won the first Super Bowl in their franchise history during their 1986 season?
...that bread and beer were the two basic staples of Ancient Egyptian cuisine?
...that the first computer simulations of galaxy mergers were conducted by Alar Toomre in the 1970s?
...that the Crotalus tigris has the highest toxicity of venoms among rattlesnakes, even though it has a low venom yield?
...that one of the finest naturalistic ivory diptychs (pictured) of Late Antiquity was found in a well at the Montier-en-Der Abbey, originally called Puteolus ("little well")?
...that German-born Richard Lieber started the trend of American state parks having inns and charging fees for using the parks, so that citizens would appreciate them more?
...that BBC Radio presenter Margaret Hubble presented Woman's Hour alongside Marjorie Anderson and Jean Metcalfe in the 1950s?
...that major portions of Japanese writer Shōko Ieda's 1991 book Yellow Cab, about the eponymous sexual stereotype of Japanese women, were later denounced as "fraudulent" by her research assistant?
...that Swindon's Link Centre (pictured) contains the tallest climbing wall in England?
...that Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia was exiled for life, after marrying a commoner of black ancestry?
...that the 1942 animated short film Japoteurs features a scene similar to the one in Superman Returns in which Superman catches an airplane in mid-air?
...that Beechy, Saskatchewan, despite only having a population of 243, is home to former provincial Leader of the Opposition and Saskatchewan Party founder Elwin Hermanson?
...that the story of Kamsa and Bar Kamsa is the most famous Jewish legend regarding the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem?