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* ... that '''[[Zhou Bingde]]''', despite being the niece of the premier of China ''(both pictured)'', refused to use her family status for protection during the Cultural Revolution?

* ... that the video game '''''[[Danan: The Jungle Fighter]]''''' allows the player to summon either an armadillo, an eagle, or a chimpanzee for help?

...that '''[[Clint Benedict]]''' was the first [[Ice hockey]] [[Goaltender (hockey)|goalie]] to wear a [[Protective clothing|protective facemask]]?<br>

* ... that, when the dying '''[[Stephen of La Ferté|Patriarch Stephen]]''' was asked by his king how he was, he replied: "Sire, I am faring as you desire"?

...that the '''[[Lear's Macaw]]''' is a [[Brazilian]] [[parrot]] that nests in [[sandstone]] [[cliff]]s?<br>

* ... that actor [[Paul Nicholls (actor)|Paul Nicholls]] made '''[[Episode 6994|a surprise return on ''EastEnders'']]''' after a 27-year absence?

...that [[UK]] [[broadcaster]] '''[[Simon Bates]]''' received critical acclaim for his feature item ''Our Tune'', in which he read out [[Tragedy|tragedic]] true stories?<br>

* ... that it took more than two decades to complete the decorations to the '''[[Boston Central Library]]''' after it opened to the public?

...that at its height, the [[Poland|Polish]] [[World War II]] [[resistance movement]] '''[[Bataliony Chlopskie]]''' had 175,000 members?<br>

* ... that '''[[Nina Negri]]''' was one of only two people to exhibit engravings at the [[Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme]]?

...that the [[fictional character]] '''[[Axel Brass]]''' is able to go without [[sleep]] or [[Food|sustenance]] for years?<br>

* ... that the name of '''[[Diaphoretickes]]''', a group containing a huge diversity of organisms including plants and kelps, is derived from a Greek word meaning ''diverse''{{-?}}

* ... that '''[[Kathleen Romoli]]''' became an anthropologist after witnessing the exploitation of natural resources while promoting a mining company?

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* ... that a reviewer found the children's novel '''''[[The Cat Mummy]]''''' "really quite disturbing"?

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