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31 March 2008 (UTC)... that the Berlin Rules on Water Resources, developed by the International Law Association in 2004, are the authoritative summary of all the customary international law applicable to waters?
18 May 2008 (UTC)... that Orlando Magic general manager Otis Smith founded a children's charity in his native Jacksonville which ran for two decades?
28 January 2009 (UTC)... that Murder on a Sunday Morning, a French film about the 2000 Brenton Butler murder case in Jacksonville, Florida, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 2001?
21 March 2009 (UTC)... that Tom Coughlin , head coach of the New York Giants, founded the Jay Fund charity in 1996 to honor Jay McGillis, a player Coughlin coached at Boston College who died of leukemia?
4 November 2009 (UTC)... that United States courts of appeals agree that private individuals can be prosecuted for Honest services fraud but disagree on the criteria for determining guilt?
4 January 2010 (UTC)... that Riverside Theater in Jacksonville was the first theater in Florida, and the third in the United States, equipped to show sound film?
22 May 2010 (UTC)... that Bobby Weed is the co-founder of a non-profit organization that aids autistic children?
4 June 2010 (UTC)... that the Port of Jacksonville is the second busiest vehicle-handling port on the east coast of the United States?
11 June 2010 (UTC)...that Zeke Zechella, who was instrumental in the building of the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, was unable to complete a single floating nuclear power plant during his nearly nine years as president of Offshore Power Systems?
15 June 2010 (UTC)...that Offshore Power Systems, a joint venture between Westinghouse Electric and Newport News Shipbuilding spent more than $125 million during the 1970s but never built a floating nuclear power plant?
14 July 2010 (UTC)...that Blount Island in the St. Johns River is home to both the United States Marine Corps' Maritime Prepositioning ship program and the largest container facility at the Port of Jacksonville?
11 August 2010 (UTC)...that Franklin W. Smith helped establish the YMCA in Boston, the first chapter of the organization in the United States?
14 August 2010 (UTC)...that talks between President Gerald Ford and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat in 1975 were held at the Deerwood Country Club in Jacksonville, Florida?
19 August 2010 (UTC)...that Atlantic Coast High School is Jacksonville, Florida's first public high school opened since 1990?
25 August 2010 (UTC)...that the US$1 million restoration of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church (pictured), which many considered beyond repair, was the first major project in the 67 years of the Jacksonville Historical Society?
27 September 2010 (UTC)...that the domed atrium of Indiana's West Baden Springs Hotel (inside pictured), was the largest free-spanning dome in the United States for over 50 years and the world from 1902-1913?
3 October 2010 (UTC)...that the World Golf Village (pictured) is a golf resort near St. Augustine, Florida created to showcase the World Golf Hall of Fame?
1 November 2010 (UTC)...that 29 employees were killed in the Thiokol-Woodbine Explosion when a fire spread down an assembly line and detonated 56,322 magnesium tripflares that had been manufactured for the U.S. Army?
5 November 2010 (UTC)...that the 1991 Clio Awards presentation is known as "The Most Bizarre Event in Advertising History"?
12 December 2010 (UTC)...that the planned community of Celebration, Florida was the 1989 brainchild of Pete Rummell when he was President of Disney Development Company?
13 March 2011 (UTC)...that although Bion Barnett retired from the board of Barnett Bank with 75 years of service, he still reviewed the bank's daily business report every evening?
12 April 2011 (UTC)...that during a career lasting almost fifty years at TV station WJXT in Jacksonville, Florida, George Winterling helped develop television weather forecasting?
5 May 2011 (UTC)...that the Jacksonville Aviation Authority owns and operates four airports on a budget of $63.8 million in Jacksonville, Florida but costs taxpayers nothing?
9 May 2011 (UTC)...that during the terms of Governor Jeb Bush, the Republican-dominated Florida Council of 100 began taking an activist role, funding studies and proposing solutions to critical issues?
11 May 2011 (UTC)...that between 1886 and 1894, Athens, Georgia Judge Young L. G. Harris (pictured) donated more than $50,000 to start Young Harris College, but he never set foot on the campus?
3 September 2011 (UTC)...that Mary P. Sinclair and her family were shunned and harassed for years after she spoke out against the nuclear power plant proposed for Dow Chemical Company in Midland, Michigan?
23 September 2011 (UTC)...that Lou Frost was elected nine times as public defender in Jacksonville, Florida without opposition?
4 October 2011 (UTC)...that HealthGrades proprietary ratings of U.S. healthcare providers are free to view, but providers pay licensing fees to publicize their own favorable ratings?
15 November 2011 (UTC)...that Flagler Hospital, established March 1, 1890 in St. Augustine, Florida and named for Henry Flagler, was rebuilt by Flagler's widow after it burned in 1916?
2 February 2012 (UTC)...that Jacksonville, Florida's most populous city and largest in area, has the only consolidated city-county government in the state?
15 February 2012 (UTC)...that rookie cheerleaders from the Jacksonville Roar earn less than $100 for each Jaguars game?
16 February 2012 (UTC) that St. Vincent's Medical Center Southside, founded as St. Luke's Hospital in 1873, began in a rented, two-room farmhouse in Jacksonville, Florida?
23 February 2012 (UTC)...that Jacksonville's Catholic-affiliated St. Vincent's HealthCare merged with Baptist Health in 1995 to cut costs by $100 million, but the organizations separated in 2000?
29 February 2012 (UTC)...that the 126-acre Jacksonville Arboretum & Gardens, which opened November 15, 2008, contains 13 separate and distinct ecosystems?
10 March 2012 (UTC)...that John C. Osgood (pictured) strongly opposed labor unions and tried welfare capitalism at his company town of Redstone, Colorado, to discourage his workers from forming unions and striking?
25 March 2012 (UTC)...that Tree Hill Nature Center, a natural preserve in Jacksonville, Florida, started an arts program that includes an artist in residence, art workshops, sale of artists' work, and concerts?
26 March 2012 (UTC)...that a Superior Court judge in the U.S. state of Georgia was prompted to resign after "Very Tough Love" was aired on the radio show This American Life?
23 April 2012 (UTC)...that George W. Jenkins, who founded Publix supermarkets in 1930, learned the business at Piggly Wiggly?
30 April 2012 (UTC)...that after Very Tough Love aired on the radio show This American Life, the National Association of Drug Court Professionals stated that 6% of U.S. drug courts don't follow recommended practices?
25 May 2012 (UTC)...that problem-solving courts in the United States offer an alternative to incarceration, are intended to reduce recidivism, and are an example of therapeutic jurisprudence?
2 July 2012 (UTC)...that 168 Community Development Districts in Florida created between 2003 and 2008 are presently in default with $5.1 billion in municipal bonds?
13 July 2012 (UTC)...that ten of Florida's 161 state parks are only accessible by boat?
18 July 2012 (UTC)...that the land under Metropolitan Park in Jacksonville, Florida was once an urban landfill?
23 July 2012 (UTC)...that Curtis Dvorak has been the Jacksonville Jaguars mascot, Jaxson de Ville, (pictured) for over 16 years?
10 February 2013 (UTC)...that Florida has the largest convergence of freshwater springs on the planet, with over 700?
4 March 2013 (UTC)...that Florida Governor Fred P. Cone passed the bar exam but never received a law degree?
11 March 2013 (UTC)...that Stephanie Kopelousos (pictured) is the youngest person and the first woman to head the $8 billion Florida Department of Transportation?
19 April 2013 (UTC)...that a LEED certified green building for 88 nature-centered preschool students was constructed at Chippewa Nature Center in Midland, Michigan?
22 April 2013 (UTC)...that Dahlia Hill in Midland, Michigan plants over 250 different cultivars of dahlia (example pictured) each year?
18 May 2013 (UTC)...that the spring-fed pool at Glen Springs in Gainesville, Florida, was once used by Gators, but is now home to catfish that are owned by Elks?
23 May 2013 (UTC)...that Guy Fulton designed 34 campus buildings and 16 fraternity/sorority houses at the University of Florida plus the spring-fed pool at Glen Springs?
23 June 2013 (UTC)...that Jacksonville Bolles School football coach Corky Rogers was drafted in 1966 by the Baltimore Colts and the United States Army?
17 July 2013 (UTC)...that Second Harvest North Florida was selected as a favorite charity by the Jacksonville Jaguars?
28 Feb 2016 (UTC)...that Jacksonville attorney Bill Birchfield referred to himself as the "Duke of Mayo"?
19 June 2022 (UTC)...that Callaway Gardens promoted the John A. Sibley Horticultural Center as "one of the most advanced garden/greenhouse complexes in the world", before closing it in 2015 after more than 30 years?
27 March 2023 (UTC)... that women including May Mann Jennings (pictured) were responsible for creating Florida's first state park?
22 September 2023 (UTC)... that prominent Florida State University benefactor Ruby Diamond (pictured) had the middle name Pearl?

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1	... that Mech Platoon was the first real-time strategy video game released for the Game Boy Advance?	December 30, 2008	1,589