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* ... that [[Beyoncé]] wore an '''[[Inbal Dror]]''' wedding gown to the [[58th Annual Grammy Awards|2016 Grammy Awards]]? |
* ... that [[Beyoncé]] wore an '''[[Inbal Dror]]''' wedding gown to the [[58th Annual Grammy Awards|2016 Grammy Awards]]? |
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* ... that after '''[[Battle of Caen (1346)|capturing the French town of Caen in 1346]]''', an English army massacred the population and engaged in an orgy of rape? |
* ... that after '''[[Battle of Caen (1346)|capturing the French town of Caen in 1346]]''', an English army massacred the population and engaged in an orgy of rape? |
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* ... that American '''[[Lawrence Cowan]]''' regained possession of a copper mine in [[Sonora]], Mexico, from local [[Land claim|claim |
* ... that American '''[[Lawrence Cowan]]''' regained possession of a copper mine in [[Sonora]], Mexico, from local [[Land claim#Claim_jumping|claim jumpers]] through the [[Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation|Supreme Court of Mexico]]? |
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* ... that the '''[[Leptoconops kerteszi|Bodega black gnat]]''' was first discovered in Egypt but named for [[Bodega Bay|a bay in California]]? |
* ... that the '''[[Leptoconops kerteszi|Bodega black gnat]]''' was first discovered in Egypt but named for [[Bodega Bay|a bay in California]]? |
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* ... that '''[[Percy Glading]]''', British [[Communist Party of Great Britain|communist]] and [[KGB|Soviet spy]], was described by [[Maxwell Knight|the head of MI5]] as looking "like an overgrown schoolboy" but also "quick-witted and likeable"? |
* ... that '''[[Percy Glading]]''', British [[Communist Party of Great Britain|communist]] and [[KGB|Soviet spy]], was described by [[Maxwell Knight|the head of MI5]] as looking "like an overgrown schoolboy" but also "quick-witted and likeable"? |
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- ... that Lieutenant Colonel James Lawton Collins Jr. (pictured) was wounded when his battalion was accidentally hit by American bombers during Operation Cobra?
- ... that allyl glycidyl ether can be converted to three different types of polymers by changing the polymerization conditions?
- ... that Beyoncé wore an Inbal Dror wedding gown to the 2016 Grammy Awards?
- ... that after capturing the French town of Caen in 1346, an English army massacred the population and engaged in an orgy of rape?
- ... that American Lawrence Cowan regained possession of a copper mine in Sonora, Mexico, from local claim jumpers through the Supreme Court of Mexico?
- ... that the Bodega black gnat was first discovered in Egypt but named for a bay in California?
- ... that Percy Glading, British communist and Soviet spy, was described by the head of MI5 as looking "like an overgrown schoolboy" but also "quick-witted and likeable"?
- ... that Bob Dylan refused to perform on The Ed Sullivan Show after the CBS network tried to censor the lyrics to "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues"?