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{{*mp}}... that in the '''[[City Palace, Udaipur|City Palace]]''' of [[Udaipur|Udaipur, India]] ''(pictured)'', a princess poisoned herself, unable to choose from two suitors of royal families of [[Jaipur]] and [[Jodhpur]] seeking her hand in marriage? |
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{{*mp}}... that athletes from '''[[Michigan Wolverines men's track and field]]''' have won 43 [[NCAA]] individual event championships, 14 Olympic gold medals, and 57 [[Big Ten Conference|Big 10]] team championships? |
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{{*mp}}... that professional [[association football|footballer]] '''[[Andy Bell (footballer born 1984)|Andy Bell]]''' spent nearly a decade with hometown club [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]], without making a single first-team appearance? |
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{{*mp}}... that the adobe [[chapel]] built by Tomas Alvarado on the eastern third of '''[[Rancho Monserate]]''' in California is the only 1870s structure still standing? |
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{{*mp}}... that the [[mushroom]] '''''[[Cystodermella cinnabarina]]''''' can only be distinguished from similar [[Fungus|fungi]] by performing [[chemical test]]s and [[microscopy|microscopic]] analysis of [[spore]]s, [[Basidium|basidia]] and [[Cystidium|cystidia]]? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[Czechs|Czech]] [[landscape photography|landscape photographer]] '''[[Vilém Heckel]]''' died during the [[1970 Ancash earthquake|Great Peruvian Earthquake]] in 1970? |
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{{*mp}}... that '''[[Berg River Dam]]''' is the first dam in [[South Africa]] where provision is made for flood releases for environmental purposes? |
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{{*mp}}... that, according to the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]], '''[[Grassy Island]]''' in the [[Detroit River]] contains 28 different types of toxic contaminants that exceed acceptable state and federal safety levels? |
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{{*mp}}... that producers of the [[Showtime]] series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'' imposed security measures and staff members had to sign non-disclosure agreements to prevent leaks of the surprise twist ending of the episode "'''[[The Getaway (Dexter)|The Getaway]]'''? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[chaplain]] '''[[Władysław Gurgacz]]''', member of the [[Anti-communist resistance in Poland|Polish anti-communist resistance]], opposed lethal force, but was nonetheless executed by the Polish communist authorities? |
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{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Carden-Baynes Auxiliary]]''' sailplane was the first [[motor glider]] with a retractable engine, and that it had a throttle in its wing tip? |
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{{*mp}}... that the [[Beirut]]-born, [[United States|American]] [[blues]] [[guitarist]] '''[[Otis Grand]]''' was voted 'Best UK Blues Guitarist' seven years running (1990–1996) by the [[United Kingdom|British]] ''Blues Connection'' magazine? |
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{{*mp}}... that [[chef]] [[Bobby Flay]] highlighted a recipe for [[dessert]] using [[bacon]] from '''''[[The Bacon Cookbook]]''''' as one of his favorites? |
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{{*mp}}... that during [[internal fertilization]], the '''[[black rockfish]]''' female produces between 125,000 and 1,200,000 eggs, and then reabsorbs some back? |
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