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Canadian lawn bowler, Tim Mason
**Bowls** is a sport. It is also known as **lawn bowls** or **lawn bowling**. Players try to roll their ball (called a bowl) closest to a smaller ball (known as a jack). The bowls are heavier on one side so that they turn when being rolled. The game is played either in teams or one against one.
The game was first played in the 13th century. The game is played on grass, although other surfaces are sometimes used. Matches are held either until one player gets to a score, or when an amount of *ends* are played.
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A mural of Selena
Selena is the first studio album by American singer Selena *(mural pictured)*. It was released on October 17, 1989 by EMI Latin. The album was recorded in San Antonio and Houston, Texas. The album was Selena's first album to be released by EMI Latin. She signed a record deal with them earlier in the year. *Selena* got to number seven on the US Regional Mexican Albums chart. By 1996, 24,000 copies had been sold.
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- ... that in 2025, lawyer **Usha Vance(pictured)* became the first Indian-American and first Millennial U.S. Second Lady in American history?

- ... that the **name of modern Pakistan** is an acronym derived from the five regions of the British Raj *P*unjab, *A*fghania, *K*ashmir, *S*indh, and Baluchis*tan*?

- ... that **ostriches** have the biggest eyes among all terrestrial animals?

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- ... that **Françoise Hardy**, a popular singer of the Yé-yé style of music, was also an astrologist and wrote books about it?

- ... that the first event in the history of space warfare happened during the **Red Sea crisis**?

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