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... that a right-wing West German newspaper claimed that a Holocaust photograph(pictured) depicting the murder of Jews in
Ivanhorod, Ukraine, was a Communist forgery?
... that neuroscientist Yang Dan and her team discovered that mice either enter a dream state or eat more in response to activation of certain brain neurons?
... that a small group of besieged
Nizari Ismailis in the fortress of Shahdiz refused an offer of a safe withdrawal and fought against the
Seljuk army from tower to tower in a last stand?
... that Nanchang Laoyingfang Airport, once an airbase used to attack Chinese communist rebels, is now the site of the communist provincial government?
... that Burhan Uray worked as a logger and
rubber tapper before becoming "the timber king" of Indonesia?
... that after being damaged twice by Allied ships, escorting a blockade runner, and hitting two mines, the German torpedo boat T24 was sunk by air-launched rockets?
... that in 1991, the founder of Ecclesia Athletic Association and seven other members were indicted for what a federal prosecutor termed "the largest child slavery ring in the history of the United States"?
... that The Durant(pictured) in
Flint, Michigan, was opened as a hotel in 1920, vacated in 1973, acquired by the Genesee County
Land Bank in 2005, and reopened as an apartment building in 2010?
... that Yang Dan was awarded the
TWAS Prize for synthesizing bioactive natural compounds?
... that during the University of London's General Examination for Women of 1869, a matron was in attendance in case the candidates became over-excited?
... that the 2004 Taylor oil spill in the
Gulf of Mexico leaks 300 to 700 barrels of oil per day and could continue for the next 100 years if not contained?
... that until being murdered in May 2018, Mexican journalist and
radio station founder Juan Carlos Huerta anchored the newscast on the television station XHTVL-TDT?
... that the Deccan Chargers, winners of the
2009 Indian Premier League, finished last in the league stage in the previous season with just two wins in fourteen matches?
... that before becoming a
Yad Vashem historian, Shmuel Krakowski worked for Polish communist intelligence and security organizations?
... that viewers have watched 1.5 billion minutes of
BuzzFeed's Worth It in 2018 alone?
... that a letter authored by Ali, the first Shia Imam, to
Malik al-Ashtar, governor of Egypt, includes a model for governing based on justice for every place and every time?
... that Lukas Radovich believed his audition for the Home and Away character Ryder Jackson went so badly that he booked a flight to
Perth, but was then offered the role?
... that Slovak fascists and anti-fascists joined forces to intimidate returning Holocaust survivors, culminating in the Topoľčany pogrom?
... that when
footballerWyn Griffiths suffered an injury during a 1945
friendly match for
Arsenal, he was replaced by a player from another club who had attended the game as a spectator?
... that
Antonio Vivaldi composed three settings of Dixit Dominus, each an extended setting of
the vespers psalm for five soloists, choir, and orchestra, and one even for double choir?
... that the tombstone of Vietnamese anti-colonialist Phạm Thận Duật was buried face-down for nearly a century to conceal it from the French authorities?
... that during its time 200 million years ago, Ledumahadi's estimated weight of 12 tonnes (26,000 lb) made it the largest animal to have lived on Earth?
... that the Nazi doctor Friedrich Entress organised and administered
phenol injections directly into the hearts of
Auschwitz prisoners?
... that Hesham Ashmawy was one of Egypt's most-wanted militants prior to his arrest in Libya last month?
... that the United Kingdom conducted 24 nuclear weapons tests in the United States between 1962 and 1991, and has conducted subcritical tests not involving explosions since then?
... that historian Felix Römer found that 116 of 137 German World War II combat divisions he researched implemented the
Commissar Order, contrary to
postwar denials?
... that after
Schafkopf and
Watten, Wallachen is probably the most widely-played card game in
Old Bavaria and an indispensable part of Bavarian pub culture?
... that the back cover of
Luis Miguel's album México en la Piel was changed in 2005 because the original had altered the colors of the
Mexican flag, which is illegal in Mexico?
... that Chang Chun-Yen, a pioneer of Taiwan's hi-tech industry, was forbidden from going abroad to study because of his father's involvement in the
February 28 incident?
... that according to
Lea Hernandez, editor of
webcomic subscription service Girlamatic, she originally wanted to call the website "ModernGirls" but the name was already taken by a
porn site?
... that the East Side Access railroad expansion in New York City has been estimated to cost about $3.5 billion per mile of new tunnel, seven times more than similar projects in other countries?
... that Herman Pines, who could not attend university in Poland because of
Jewish quotas, worked on developing aviation fuels that helped the Royal Air Force win the
Battle of Britain?
... that Liamani Segura, who sang the
US national anthem before 1,300 high school basketball fans at age six, taught herself by watching music videos on
YouTube?
... that
footballerBob Jones was signed by
Everton as a goalkeeper, despite originally playing as a
left half, after the original goalkeeper failed to arrive at a trial?
... that the attacks on civilian villages by Soviet partisans in Finland were a forbidden topic in Finland until the 1990s?
... that Edward John Granet proposed a successful World War Iair raid on a German hydrogen factory and
Zeppelin depot using planes shipped in crates from England to Southern France?
... that when the O'Byrne-class submarines were seized by France before their sale to Romania, the Romanian Navy had to wait 15 more years to get its first submarine?
... that Leslie Joy Whitehead, a Canadian woman, enlisted in the Serbian Army as a man so that she might get closer to the front lines in World War I?
... that one of the earliest accounts of the use of cocaine for spinal anaesthesia was given by William Keiller, anatomy professor at Galveston, Texas?
... that a steel sculpture (pictured) at the entrance to the
University of Surrey's Stag Hill Campus was strength-tested before being placed to ensure it could bear the weight of students attempting to climb it?
... that because the court described him as a "simpleton", Stefan Baretzki's admission that he knew the Holocaust was a crime was used to convict other defendants at the
Frankfurt Auschwitz trials?
... that during its time 200 million years ago, Ledumahadi's estimated weight of 12 tonnes (26,000 lb) made it the largest animal to have lived on Earth?
... that the Staatstheater am Gärtnerplatz(pictured) in Munich, a royal theatre for operettas in the 19th century, presented the German premiere of Harold Rome's musical Fanny in 1955?
... that the Indonesian actor Adipati Dolken adopted his stage name from the owner of the villa where he stayed on vacation in
Puncak?
... that a reviewer came to like
John Rutter's anthem O clap your hands better, many years after he first found the jollity of its beginning "a bit relentless"?
... that Carl J. Seiberlich was the first naval aviator qualified to land airships, airplanes, and helicopters on an aircraft carrier?
... that a sociophonetic study found that young boys lower the pitch of their voice even before puberty to seem more masculine?
... that satyrs(example pictured) are male nature spirits in
Greek mythology known for their mischievous and bawdy behavior?
... that the citizens of
Târgoviște, Romania, put a jinx on
boyarEmanoil Băleanu, which was seen as being fulfilled when his wife died in childbirth?
... that The Hexer, the first attempt to portray The Witcher universe in film, was "crushed by the reviewers and laughed out by fans", and has since been described as "the film we all want to forget"?
... that the sponge Oscarella lobularis can multiply by forming drips and bubbles?