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... that the Ramses–Hattusili Treaty or Treaty of Kadesh, ratified by the Hittite Empire and Egypt in 1258 BC, is the oldest surviving international treaty?
... that disagreements over the classification of fossil primates within the infraorder Tarsiiformes lie at the heart of the debate over early primate evolution and the origins of "higher primates"?
... that the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra is the largest combined professional orchestra and music school in the US?
... that executioner Robert Baxter, who was blind in one eye, once caused his assistant to fall through a trapdoor along with the man sentenced to death by hanging?
... that Psilocybe semilanceata is the world's most common psychoactive mushroom?
... that the 1932 Changma earthquake in the China resulted in a surface rupture of approximately 116 km (72 mi), the largest rupture observed for a reverse-slip event in Asia in the 20th century?
... that methoxyflurane, an emergency analgesic self-administered with a disposable inhaler, was first synthesized as a by-product of chemistry research on uranium enrichment in the Manhattan Project?
... that in 1945 the first motor lifeboat at Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station was sold to the Netherlands because that country was short of lifeboats after World War II?
... that John Phillips, a prominent English master carpenter, builder and architect, constructed James Gibbs' wooden dome for the Radcliffe Camera, Oxford?
... that "Scoops" Carey only played two full seasons in Major League Baseball but led the league in first basemen fielding percentage both times?
... that Rygge Station, opened in 1879, became an airport rail link when Moss Airport, Rygge had its first flight in 2008?
... that the muscle cuirass is one of the elements that distinguished the attire of a senior officer in the Roman Army?
... that the city of Guanajuato, Mexico, is filled with narrow alleys, cobblestone streets and thoroughfares that are partially or fully underground ?
... that a record store clerk once told Randy Newman that the 1970 album Nilsson Sings Newman nearly finished off Harry Nilsson's career?
... that the Areopagus sermon was the most dramatic and fullest speech of the missionary career of Apostle Paul?
... that Tel Zeror, an archaeological tel in the Sharon Plain, Israel, was excavated by a Japanese expedition in the 1960s?
... that an illuminated manuscript, the Rochefoucauld Grail, contains what is regarded as the oldest and most comprehensive version of the legend of King Arthur and the Holy Grail?
... that Hranislav, a Bulgarian military commander in Byzantine service, was stabbed by his ally Roger de Flor, head of the Catalan Company?
... that the formation of a Protogalaxy in Newfoundland was recorded in 2010?
... that after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States tried to buy the last Almirante Latorre-class battleship from Chile?
... that Kjeld Rimberg, who was CEO of the Norwegian State Railways, earlier had worked as a ski instructor in Davos?
... that the west gallery of St Mary Magdalene's Church, Stapleford, Leicestershire, contains a Coade stone fireplace, the Royal arms, and a dome decorated with putti?
... that fine art photographer Michael Dweck was the first living artist to have a solo show at Sotheby's of New York, in 2003?
... that two conductors shared performances of Verdi's Messa da Requiem in St. Martin, Idstein?
... that the Bolivian ambassador to the United Nations Pablo Solón was the main leader of the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party in the 1980s?
... that Edmonton civic leaders turned down a sizable grant from philantropist and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie while constructing the Old Strathcona Branch?
... that cardiologist Richard Bing worked with the Nobel Prize-winning surgeon Alexis Carrel and aviator Charles Lindbergh on the early development of machine perfusion?
... that St Matthew's Church, Langford, Oxfordshire has two Anglo-Saxon carved stone reliefs of the Crucifixion, and that in one of them Christ's left and right arms have later been swapped over ?
... that Bach's chorale cantata Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116 contains a vocal trio, rare in his cantatas?
... that the 2010–11 Temple Owls men's basketball team was picked to win the Atlantic 10 Conference for the fourth consecutive season?
... that two women wrestled in lingerie at the World Wrestling Federation's No Mercy (2001) event?
... that John Keir, who commanded a British Army corps in the First World War, was sacked after he complained about Edmund Allenby's bullying of subordinates?
... that the owl, dog, pelican, opossum and squirrel sculptures decorating the Perelman Building in Philadelphia symbolize attributes of insurance: wisdom, fidelity, charity, protection, and frugality?
... that St Saviour's Church, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, was built for the poorer people of the town who could not afford the pew rents at St Mary's Church?
... that in 1949, Jim Lacy became the first college basketball player in history to score 2,000 career points?
... that "So It Goes" by Nick Lowe was the first record released on Stiff Records?
... that as of 1996, Linda J. Wachner, then chief executive officer of Warnaco Group, was the highest paid female corporate executive in the United States?
... that independent custody visitors must be immediately admitted to a police station in the United Kingdom so that they can speak to people being detained and ensure that they are being properly treated?
... that Crash actress Arlene Tur played professional beach volleyball during her time at Florida International University?
... that the Reverend David Sheppard took a sabbatical from his East End Mission for the MCC tour of Australia in 1962-63, making a century to win the Second Test at Melbourne and preaching to packed cathedrals from Perth to Brisbane?
... that Revolution Software co-founder Tony Warriner created the 1986 video game Obsidian when he should have been revising his school exams, causing him to fail them all?
... that Mimoides phaon was the first swallowtail butterfly of the genus Mimoides to stray into the United States?
... that Maelsuthain O'Carroll, advisor to High King Brian Boru, was called the "chief doctor of the western world in his time" and "sage of Ireland"?
... that the UTIAS Snowbird is the first ornithopter powered by human muscles to be capable of straight-and-level flight?
... that Konstanty Jodko-Narkiewicz survived the burning of the hydrogen balloon Star of Poland in 1938?
... that the winner of the Notre Dame–Stanford rivalry football game is awarded the Legends Trophy, which is a combination of Irish crystal and California redwood?
... that the voyagers and adventurers in the Outline of canoeing and kayaking include Freya Hoffmeister, a German kayaker who was the first woman to complete a solo circumnavigation of Australia in 2009?
... that a myth from Choiseul Island has a man who betrayed a tribal chief punished by suffocation by the flatulence caused by the people around him eating the kernels of the Tahitian Chestnut tree?
... that production of the Naval Aircraft Factory TDN , a World War II assault drone, was subcontracted to a company better known for making bowling balls and billiard tables?
... that James "Hub" Hart was captain of the Georgetown University football team and then played three years in Major League Baseball?
... that despite the construction of modern office and apartment buildings and the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, Colonia Roma still contains 1,100 of the mansions built there in the early 20th century?
... that the British Conservative MP Alfred Jephcott was a trade unionist and a member of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers for over 40 years?
... that Windmill tump is a tumulus burial mound in Gloucestershire which contains the remains of ten adults and children?
... that the German architect Johannes Krahn designed the Bienenkorbhaus (Beehive House) in Frankfurt and St. Martin in Idstein?
... that Gift of the Wind, a large scale kinetic sculpture by Susumu Shingu in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is considered by some to be "Cambridge's most visible landmark"?
... that controversy over copyright infringement by Cooks Source made the phrase "but honestly Monica" into an internet meme?
... that Stan Brakhage's 1961 short film Thigh Line Lyre Triangular documents the birth of his third child?
... that the Makushin Volcano is one of the most active volcanoes of Alaska?
... that in the 1930s, poet Siegfried Sassoon lived at Teffont Magna?
... that the Amur class minelayers were the first purpose-built, ocean-going minelayers when they were laid down in 1898 for the Imperial Russian Navy?
... that measuring 15 feet by 40 feet, Bigger Trees Near Warter is the largest painting by David Hockney?
... that the Roman Cirencester Amphitheatre in Gloucestershire was once used for the sport of bull-baiting?
... that the Culver Aircraft Company built over 3,000 target drones for the United States military during World War II?
... that in 1972, Denver voters approved a bond issue to build a performance hall for the Denver Symphony Orchestra, which played in theaters and auditoriums for its first 44 years?
... that Peter Frederik Suhm was one of the founders of the Trondheim Society, then the northernmost scientific society in the world?
... that during the 1975 test event, East Germany set up timers and cameras along the bobsleigh and luge venue used for the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck to help their athletes?
... that Japanese 2channel users created the moe anthropomorphism Hinomoto Oniko to reverse the negative connotations of an ethnic slur?
... that the 1918 Michigan Wolverines football team , which had its season shortened by a global flu pandemic, was recognized decades later as a co-national champion?
... that one newspaper referred to a recent student protest in Dublin as "the largest student protest for a generation"?
... that when the Lincoln cent was released in 1909, hundreds of people across the United States lined up to get them?
... that the 11th Duke of Somerset renamed 40 Park Lane as Somerset House, despite the existence of another?
... that on 6 April 1945, B-25 Mitchells of No. 79 Wing RAAF bombed the Japanese cruiser Isuzu, claiming two hits without loss despite anti-aircraft fire and frontal attacks by enemy fighters?
... that Stephen Fry, Dawn French and Catherine Tate reenact events from their childhoods in the BBC comedy TV series Little Crackers?
... that two teams from the NBA Development League's Western Conference played each other in the 2010 Finals to determine the champion?
... that Stan Brakhage's 1967 short film Eye Myth took about a year to produce, despite a running time of only nine seconds?
... that the name of Ghardaïa in northern-central Algeria has its origins in a female saint named Daïa who lived in a cave (ghār) in the M'zab valley?
... that World War II canteen assistant Tommy Brown and two sailors boarded U-559 in order to retrieve documents which would later help break the Enigma code?
... that Kalin Lucas repeated as preseason conference player of the year prior to the 2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball season?
... that Linda Bean, heiress to part of the L.L. Bean company, twice ran for the United States Congress?
... that Knoxville's Lindbergh Forest neighborhood has two Lustron houses built with prefabricated enameled steel?
... that in Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards' memoir Life, Richards makes unflattering claims about Mick Jagger, but adds "I love the man dearly; I'm still his mate"?
... that some stony corals, such as the aptly named boulder brain corals , resemble over-sized cerebra?
... that Nevada Governor Denver S. Dickerson resisted pressure to stop the interracial boxing match of defending champion Jack Johnson and later supervised Johnson's federal prison sentence?
... that the font in St Peter's Church, Adderley, Shropshire, has an inscription in Latin which translates as "Here wickedly the first man enjoyed the apple with his wife"?
... that Stanley Tanger not only founded Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, but he has also been credited with inventing the concept of the outlet mall itself?
... that Mad in America was a 2002 critique of psychiatry written by American journalist Robert Whitaker?
... that the Australian town of Tumbulgum was the third town in the state of New South Wales to agree that retail outlets will not provide disposable plastic shopping bags?
... that former President Jimmy Carter credited his White House Counsel Robert Lipshutz with offering insights that led to the signing of the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel?
... that one reviewer of Truth in Numbers? noted that "the Wikipedia article for the film itself was under threat of being deleted"?
... that there is an unconfirmed tradition that William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway in All Saints Church, Billesley, Warwickshire ?
... that Edorian McCullough twice won the Texas high school 100 meter championship and later played for the Frankfurt Galaxy in World Bowl XV?
... that a Chinese police officer's son, convinced that he would avoid facing criminal consequences after hitting a pedestrian, yelled "My dad is Li Gang!"?
... that philanthropist Lloyd Morain read palms in Hollywood before a career as a utilities executive, and, uniquely, served two terms as president of the American Humanist Association?
... that the murder of worshipers in Kysylyn during the massacres of Poles in Volhynia became the subject of a 2009 historical documentary film for Telewizja Polska?
... that the California Voting Rights Act makes it easier for minority groups in California to prove that their votes are being diluted in "at-large" elections?
... that prior to the 1933 Cincinnati Reds season, a newspaper reported that Jo-Jo Morrissey "developed amazingly", yet he finished fifth in the league in errors and batted .230?
... that Ketchaoua Mosque in Algiers is a "mosque-turned-cathedral-turned-mosque"?
... that Newsday reporter Donald S. Kellermann deliberately broke into a bar so that he could be arrested and write a series of articles about conditions at the Suffolk County, New York jail?
... that a builder of St Mark's Church in Hadlow Down, East Sussex, was sacked for deliberately placing its weather vane upside down?
... that the newly named extinct prawn Aciculopoda is the third unambiguous fossil decapod from before the Mesozoic?
... that FBI informant Angela Calomiris donated US$50 of government money to the legal defense fund for CPUSA leaders before testifying against them in court?
... that the upcoming film My Idiot Brother went into production unusually quickly for an independent film, with a first cut to be completed less than a year after the script was picked up?
... that on April 22, 1900, Roger Denzer earned the first win in Chicago White Sox franchise history?
... that U Ba Nyan, a prominent Burmese painter, met George V of the United Kingdom in person, after he had saved one of the king's relatives from drowning?
... that the staircases in the 1891 Monadnock Building in Chicago were the first use of aluminum in a building?
... that Modi Alon scored the Israeli Air Force's first aerial victories on 3 June 1948 while flying an Avia S-199, a derivative of the German Messerschmitt Bf 109?
... that the exterior of St Mary Magdalene's Church in Croome D'Abitot was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown in Gothic Revival style, but the interior by Robert Adam is Georgian?
... that Saint Maximilian Kolbe was called the "Apostle of Consecration to Mary"?
... that Usher's song "Love in This Club, Part II", which features Beyoncé and Lil Wayne, was originally planned to have guest appearances from Mariah Carey and Plies?
... that since 1952, the Austrian Consulate General in New York City is located in the former townhouse of the paper manufacturer Augustus G. Paine, Jr.?
... that parts of the shield volcano Fumarole Butte were once covered by Lake Bonneville?
... that in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the guard stations where military police controlled access to atomic facilities are now listed historic properties used for meetings and education?
... that Åland Maritime Museum in Mariehamn, Åland, features the museum ship Pommern , formerly one of the fastest windjammers in the grain trade in the 1930s?
... that the Luftwaffe command bunker and tower, and the German naval tactical headquarters were located in Saint Anne, Alderney during World War II?
... that William Dennison Clark, whose "wretched blunder" in 1905 ended Michigan's 56-game unbeaten streak in football, killed himself 27 years later, reportedly expressing the hope to atone for his error?
... that until the end of the 19th century, the bulk of the salt used in the United States came from salt producers in Syracuse, New York?
... that it was suggested for The Hives to rename their 2004 hit to "too dumb, and Dutch and broken bones"?
... that the upthrust of Stark's Knob has been studied using snails in pillows?
... that Billy Hulen of the Philadelphia Phillies was the last regular left-handed shortstop in Major League Baseball history?
... that records of christenings, marriages, and burials in the former parish of Fisherton Delamere, Wiltshire, England are preserved back to the 1560s?
... that Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, written by ornithologist James Greenway, was an inspiration for the IUCN Red List?
... that Louis Ayres designed the chapel at the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial in France?
... that former Governor of Guam Templin Potts threatened to discharge any man under his command who married a native woman?
... that the Secunderabad Clock Tower , which was inaugurated in 1897, was erected in honour of the progress made by the British officers posted at the Secunderabad Cantonment?
... that when Andriza Mircovich chose to be executed by shooting, prison officials were unable to find five men willing to participate in the firing squad and had to build a shooting machine?
... that as many as 5 million people per day come into the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City to work, shop or visit its cultural and historic sites?
... that after reading articles by Julian Huxley on the disappearance of Africa's wildlife, Victor Stolan wrote to him with "the germ of the idea" that led to the World Wildlife Fund?
... that Ayame Koike was one of three recipients of the Judges' Special Acting Award from the Japan Movie Critics Awards in recognition of their performance in Always Zoku Sanchōme no Yūhi?
... that the Metro Manila radio station NU 107's program In the Raw was created as response to President Corazon Aquino's executive order of at least three Original Pilipino Music tracks per hour?
... that John Frullo, a new Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives, is active in an organization which promotes the restoration of bighorn sheep to Texas?
... that in 1962 the England cricket captain Ted Dexter hit a ball out of the 120,000 seat Melbourne Cricket Ground, a feat previously thought impossible?
... that the aisles of St Leonard's Church, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, were destroyed when stored ammunition was ignited by cannon fire in the Civil War in 1646?
... that the Mount Whaleback mine at Newman, Western Australia, is the biggest single-pit open-cut iron ore mine in the world?
... that singer-songwriter Fernando Osorio wrote the last song recorded by Cuban performer Celia Cruz?
... that the curator of the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington studied ballet under Russian prima ballerina Alexandra Danilova?
... that martial artist Erick Silva competed in "one of the wettest events in MMA history" when the outdoor event was subjected to torrential rain?
... that the Royal Lichtenstein Quarter-Ring Sidewalk Circus was a ministry of the California Jesuits?
... that Arthur Conan Doyle used photos of the Cottingley Fairies to prove the existence of supernatural entities, though an analysis of the images by Geoffrey Crawley showed that they were a hoax?
... that since the 1890s, a warmer climate has caused Breiðamerkurjökull , an outlet glacier of the larger glacier of Vatnajökull, to rapidly retreat?
... that a malfunctioning starting gate at the luge venue during the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo would lead to the only tie in Olympic luge history?
... that St Swithun's Church, Worcester, is described as "one of the best preserved examples of an early Georgian church in England"?
... that Teslim Balogun was the first African to qualify as a professional football coach?
... that the French Battalion's bayonet charges at the Battle of Wonju impressed General Ridgway to encourage all American units to conduct bayonet fighting during the Korean War?
... that "Crumblin' Down" was John Cougar Mellencamp's first single released with his real last name?
... that Palo y hueso was Nicolás Sarquís' first feature-length movie, shot in 1968 and costing just $15,715 to make?
... that Robbie "The Flame" Olivier's last fight was stopped after a fan riot made it impossible to continue?
... that the Andhra Pradesh Housing Board, which was conceived by Nizam Osman Ali Khan in 1911, enhanced the look of Hyderabad with civic amenities long before many other Indian cities?
... that presenter Natasha Fatah said she broke down in tears in response to her interviewees' stories about being a refugee during the recording of the CBC Radio One program Promised Land?
... that Ashleigh "The Thunderball Kid" Grimshaw has had a negative record on two occasions in his career?
... that Höfn, an Icelandic fishing town, has an entire museum devoted to glaciers?
... that boxer Lefty Satan Flynn was born Selvin Campbell and was nicknamed His Satanic Majesty?
... that Disney Channel veteran Selena Gomez sings the theme song for the new Disney series, Shake It Up?
... that an overactive thyroid gland can cause attacks of paralysis, particularly in young men of Chinese and Japanese origin?
... that during World War II, when a new model of the Mitsubishi 'Zero' received its American code name, the prominent general it was named after was not very amused?
... that in United States v. Carmack in 1946, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the federal government's power under the Condemnation Act to exercise eminent domain over land owned by a state?
... that a milestone found near Milecastle 17 on Hadrian's Wall is the only known contemporary record of the name of Gaius Julius Marcus, Roman Governor of Britain?
... that the entire 2009 NBA Development League Expansion Draft took place via teleconference?
... that British Army soldier Matthew Kilroy was found guilty of manslaughter in the Boston Massacre?
... that the sod-surfaced Larson Brothers Airport was described as the "finest airport in the state" of Wisconsin in 1932?
... that on November 14, 1942, black gospel quartet The Jubalaires had a hit with "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition", a response to the attack on Pearl Harbor the previous year?
... that Leopold II's mistress Caroline Delacroix was so loathed by the Belgian public that on one occasion, her carriage was stoned in Brussels?
... that the "strange, flat-bottomed boat" in which Beatrix Potter rowed on Moss Eccles Tarn is now housed in the Windermere Steamboat Museum?
... that Johanna Bugge Olsen was convicted of treason for having printed some "un-national" material in Arbeidet during WWII?
... that one definition of judicial bias in Singapore is that a "reasonable and fair-minded person" who is present in court and knows all the relevant facts suspects that a fair trial is not possible?
... that on 21 June 2001, on the Mount Newman railway, a BHP Billiton iron ore train consisting of 682 cars broke the world record for the heaviest train, weighing 99,734 tons and being 7.3 kilometres long?
... that when playing for the Chicago Bulls in 1985, Quintin Dailey complained that Michael Jordan received more attention from the team's coaches, arguing that he was "a player who likes to shine a little bit myself"?
... that in the 16th century people convicted of sedition had their ears nailed to the pillory in Norwich Market, and when their pillory time was completed their ears were cut off?
... that Michelin-starred chef Masa Takayama would deliver food only to Marlon Brando?