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- ... that the
Japanese aircraft carrier Amagi (wreck pictured)
capsized on 29 July 1945 as a result of cumulative damage inflicted by American
airstrikes on 24 and 28 July?
- ... that
Scandinavian influence in Scotland, still evident today, was probably at its height during the time of
Thorfinn the Mighty?
- ... that, after the
2003 invasion of Iraq, the
Bassetki statue, which is more than 4,200 years old, was found in a
cesspool?
- ... that in medieval art, angels were often depicted wearing
feather tights?
- ... that 49% of German military losses happened in the
last 10 months of the Second World War in Europe?
- ... that
Joshua L. Goldberg, the first rabbi to serve as a World War II U.S.
navy chaplain, was a Russian army deserter?
- ... that
Richard Nixon chose the
Wilson desk as his
Oval Office desk because he believed it was used by
Woodrow Wilson, informed that it was used by
Henry Wilson,
Vice President under
Ulysses S. Grant, but actually bought by
Garret Augustus Hobart, 24th Vice President of the United States under President
William McKinley?
- ... that some of the nominally silver
Roman coins from the
Bredon Hill Hoard only have a 1% silver content?