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Did you know
... that the Soviet
Tupolev Tu-142
(pictured)
maritime patrol aircraft
was developed in response to the American
UGM-27 Polaris
submarine-launched ballistic missile
?
... that
Harry Powers
said that watching his victims die was more fun than a brothel?
... that the effort put forth by the subject of
Miró
's 1937
Naked woman climbing a staircase
and her heavy limbs are thought to reflect the tragedy of the
Spanish Civil War
?
... that 49% of German military losses happened in the
last 10 months of the Second World War in Europe
?
... that
Thomas Edison
lost a fortune in
his ore-milling company
, but "had a hell of a good time spending it"?
... that American
McCaull Comic Opera Company
actress
May Yohé
, once the owner of the
Hope Diamond
, died poor?
... that
Egyptian
political cartoonist
Ahmad Nady
took part in the
2011 Egyptian revolution
, drawing cartoons while he demonstrated?
... that finds unearthed at the
Israelite Tower
in
Jerusalem
's
Jewish Quarter
attest to the
Babylonian
sack of the city in
586 BCE
?
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