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...that in
the Big Runaway during the
American Revolution in
Pennsylvania in 1778, Rachel Silverthorn (
pictured ) rode to warn settlers on
Muncy Creek of impending attack when no man would?
...that
tourism is
Nicaragua 's second largest industry, having grown 394% in the past 12 years?
...that
Royal Governor of Chile
José de Garro planned to defeat the
Mapuches by taking their chiefs hostage in a ruse, but the plan was rejected by King
Charles II of Spain as too deceitful?
...that in 1961 the
Portland Buckaroos hockey team beat the
Seattle Totems in the
Western Hockey League championship to win the
Lester Patrick Cup in its first season of existence?
...that the
non-fiction book
The Pit: A Group Encounter Defiled is cited in
academic journals as an extreme example of
encounter groups ?
...that
Jewelers' Row (
pictured ) in
Philadelphia was the first speculative
housing development in the
United States , featuring that country's first
row houses ?
...that
book peddlers played an important cultural role in various countries, for which they sometimes suffered state persecution and sometimes enjoyed state protection?
...that
Australian Olympic swimming gold medalist
Neil Brooks retired after being suspended for drinking 46 cans of
beer on a flight from
Britain back to
Australia ?
...that as
British
Colonial Secretary ,
Arthur Creech Jones oversaw
dominion status in 1948 for
Ceylon , the first non-white colony in the
British Empire to gain it?
...that the
1928 legislative election is considered the last free election in Poland before the
fall of communism six decades later?
...that the
Royal Air Force ordered 1,291
De Havilland DH.10s (
pictured ) for use in
World War I , but they were only used in a single bombing mission before the
armistice ended the fighting?
...that
Kannada poet and
Indian political activist
Kayyara Kinyanna Rai published his first journal, Susheela , at the age of 12?
...that
Michigan State University Libraries has the largest catalogued collection of
comic books in the world, with over 150,000 items?
...that President
Ngo Dinh Diem survived the
1962 South Vietnamese Presidential Palace bombing after a 500 lb (225 kg) bomb landed in his room and failed to detonate?
...that
John Ives (
pictured ) was elected a fellow of both the
Society of Antiquaries and the
Royal Society by the age of 21?
...that the
West Pharmaceutical Services explosion in 2003 occurred just 170 miles from the site of another
industrial disaster ,
America 's
second-worst ?
...that
Du battant des lames au sommet des montagnes (
French for "From the beating of the waves to the summit of the mountains") is a
legal description of the manner in which the island of
Réunion was divided into parcels?
...that
Rasau Field , one of the two onshore
oil fields of
Brunei , was discovered in 1979 but oil production only started in 1983?
...that when the
Sudanese
Boeing
737
Air West
Flight 612 was
hijacked , the hijacker originally wanted to fly to
Rome or
London but was forced to settle for
Chad due to a lack of fuel?
...that
St Thomas the Martyr's Church, Oxford (
pictured ) was closely associated with the early
Oxford Movement ?
...that the
mushroom
Lactarius rubrilacteus is also known as the "
Bleeding
milkcap " because it releases a dark-red milky substance when sliced or cut?
...that the
South Seas Evangelical Church , the third-largest religious affiliation in the
Solomon Islands , traces its history to a
mission for
Kanakas in
Queensland ,
Australia ?
...that
British
Conservative politician
Robert Jones was the only person to represent the parliamentary constituency of
West Hertfordshire from its creation in 1983 to its abolition in 1997?
...that the brief
Dodecanese Campaign in
1943 resulted in one of the last major
German victories in
World War II ?
...that
Pankaj Gupta was one of the earliest
Indian sports administrators involved in
football ,
hockey and
cricket ?
...that in the
100th meeting of the
Red River Shootout (
pictured ) , the
Texas Longhorns tied their record for biggest margin of victory over their rival, the
Oklahoma Sooners ?
...that
Wee Chong Jin , one of the former
judicial officers of the Republic of Singapore , was the longest-serving
Chief Justice of Singapore and of a
Commonwealth country, having held the post for over 27 years?
...that
Dr. H. Sudarshan was honored with the
Right Livelihood Award , also known as
alternative Nobel Prize , for showing how tribal culture can help secure the basic rights and needs of indigenous people?
...that
Ashley Mallett ,
Australia 's most successful
post-war
off spinner , had his career curtailed by
arthritis ?
...that the
genus
Brachyplatystoma includes many large
species of
Amazonian
catfish , including one which may reach about 3
metres (almost 12
feet ) in length?
...that, even though the
soldiers that constituted the
Red Lancers , a
horse -mounted
military unit, first served as the
Dutch Royal Guards, they were almost completely destroyed after their first battle in 1812?
...that the
Rothschild giraffe (
pictured ) is the most endangered and tallest subspecies of
giraffe ?
...that the role of
Kanephoros was the most prominent public office a girl or woman could hold in ancient
Athens ?
...that tens of thousands of
Armenian
Khachkars have allegedly been destroyed in a systematic manner by the government of
Azerbaijan ?
...that during a
1942 air attack on the
Koolama , an
Australian
merchant ship , a man survived a direct hit to his head by a
bomb , dropped by a
Japanese aircraft?
...that Dr.
Naseem Ashraf was accused in
Dawn of having a hidden agenda of de-Islamisation of the
Pakistan cricket team ?
...that
Shikellamy , an
Oneida
chief , was an emissary between the
Iroquois and
colonial government of Pennsylvania for nearly twenty years and helped negotiate several treaties?
...that the
1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt stalled after President
Ngo Dinh Diem falsely promised reform, allowing loyalist forces to crush the rebels?
...that
the Sugarlands (
pictured ) , a valley once known as "
Moonshiners ' Paradise", is now the location of
Great Smoky Mountains National Park headquarters?
...that towards the end of his career,
Gothic
painter
Henri Bellechose made commissions for the
Dukes of Burgundy even though he was not paid at all?
...that in the early 18th century the
Marquis de Ségur owned three of the five most
prestigious wine estates in Bordeaux?
...that 1927
Italian football champions
Torino F.C. were stripped of their title for
match fixing ?
...that
labor union activist
Sam Pollock , who helped lead the
Auto-Lite Strike , is the grandfather of noted experimental filmmaker
Damon Packard ?
...that the
Romanian politician
Costică Canacheu campaigns for the official recognition of
Aromanians as a
national minority in his country?
...that
females of the
tropical
fish
subfamily
Glandulocaudinae are able to hold
sperm in their
ovaries for several
months ?
...that the
Achelous -class
landing craft repair ship
USS Krishna (
pictured ) and her sister ship USS Indra are the only
U.S. Naval vessels to have borne the name of a
Hindu
deity ?
...that the body of a 5th-century Germanic warrior found with the
Treasure of Pouan was initially thought to be that of
Theodoric I ?
...that
Australian
cricketer
John Gleeson attributed the finger strength used in his two-finger
bowling action to a childhood of
milking cows?
...that the first documented discovery of
gold in
California , was at
Rancho San Francisco in 1842, six years before the
California Gold Rush ?
...that the
January 1964 South Vietnamese coup by General
Nguyen Khanh succeeded despite his accomplice General
Tran Thien Khiem oversleeping?
...that
Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee
John Pesek was also inducted into the Greyhound National Hall of Fame?
...that
David Farragut (
pictured ) in 1862 became the first
Hispanic U.S. Navy Admiral ?
...that somewhere between 25–33% of
Icelanders living in
Iceland died due to the 1783
eruption of
Laki , and the subsequent
famine ?
...that
light echoes appear to exceed the
speed of light due to simple
interstellar
illusions ?
...that despite the
scar literature after
China 's
Cultural Revolution contributing to
Deng Xiaoping 's return to power, he later suppressed it?
...that the
Irish –
Australian surveyor
Robert D. Fitzgerald became so skilled in his hobby of
botany that
Charles Darwin corresponded with him and
4 plants were named in his honour?
...that
Churumuri.com , one of the most popular blogs on
WordPress.com , is named after a
snack made of
puffed rice that is a speciality of
Mysore ,
Karnataka in
India ?
...that the
Governors Court in
New South Wales had a rule barring ex-convict
lawyers from appearing before it, but all of the lawyers in the penal colony were ex-convicts?
...that
Gilbert Jessop called
Henry Scattergood (
pictured ) America's greatest
wicket-keeper ?
...that
British philosopher
Iain King is attempting to apply the
scientific revolution to
ethics ?
...that the
Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency is building
nuclear power plants that float on water ?
...that during the
2007 Rolex 24 At Daytona ,
Katherine Legge completed the one millionth lap in the history of the race?
...that
Dusky Woodswallows roost together in large flocks during the
breeding season to protect their young from
predators ?
...that the person or group responsible for the
blackmail letters of the
Glico Morinaga case in
Japan is known as
the Monster with 21 Faces ?
...that
First Command Financial Planning, Inc. , a
financial services company that caters to the
U.S. military , was found "willfully" non-compliant related to
fraudulent activities in its
marketing ?