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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Hawa Mahal]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Jaipur]], [[India]], has 953 small windows ([[jharokha]]s) which were built with the intention to allow royal ladies to view the street below without being seen? |
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{{*mp}}... that nearly 15 years after playing in the 1966 [[Cotton Bowl Classic|Cotton Bowl]], [[Louisiana State University Tigers]] [[quarterback]] '''[[Pat Screen]]''' was elected [[Mayor]] of [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rouge]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that in 1948, '''[[Arne Skaug]]''' became the first [[State Secretary (Norway)|State Secretary]] in the [[Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[RQ-170 Sentinel]]''' [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] was dubbed the "Beast of Kandahar" by an aviation expert before its existence was officially confirmed by the [[United States Air Force]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that '''[[Arthur Lee Dixon]]''' was the last holder of a mathematical Chair at [[Oxford University]] to have a life tenure? |
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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Forecastle Festival]]''' in [[Louisville, Kentucky]], was named one of ''Outdoor Magazine<nowiki>'</nowiki>s'' "Top 15 Outdoor Summer Music Festivals"? |
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{{*mp}}... that the [[Algeria]]n [[Algerian Communist Party|communist]] [[trade union]] centre '''[[Union générale des syndicats algériens|UGSA]]''' disbanded itself in 1957, after the rival [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|nationalist]] [[UGTA]] had participated in the [[Leipzig]] congress of the [[World Federation of Trade Unions]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[fashion illustration|fashion illustrator]] '''[[Antonio Lopez (illustrator)|Antonio Lopez]]''' discovered [[Jessica Lange]], [[Grace Jones]], and [[Jerry Hall]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that the [[coastal trading vessel|coastal]] [[tank ship|tanker]] '''{{SS|Empire Boy||2}}''' was lengthened in 1954 and that her [[triple expansion steam engine]] was replaced by a [[diesel engine]] in 1965? |
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{{*mp}}... that the author of '''''[[Everything Tastes Better with Bacon]]''''' decided to write the book after having an [[epiphany (feeling)|epiphany]] involving [[bacon]] and [[sugar]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[South Africa national rugby union team|South Africa]] rugby captain '''[[Paul Roos (rugby player)|Paul Roos]]''' helped choose the team nickname, "Springboks", to prevent the British press from inventing their own? |
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