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- ... that at 270 feet (82 m), the US 12–St. Joseph River Bridge (pictured) is the longest surviving camelback bridge in the U.S. state of Michigan?
- ... that Japan's first wooden roller coaster appeared in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla?
- ... that a stele of Egyptian king Seti I was found built into the wall of a local house in the village of Tell Shihab in southern Syria?
- ... that, Jesús Blancornelas, a Mexican journalist, risked his life while reporting on the Tijuana Cartel, the drug trade in Mexico, and political corruption?
- ... that despite being the son of a two-time NASCAR champion and brother of a Daytona 500 winner, Randy Baker never finished better than 17th in NASCAR competition?
- ... that Dedeline Mibamba Kimbata, a member of DR Congo's first Paralympic team, competed in a wheelchair donated by Kenyan Paralympian Anne Wafula Strike?
- ... that excavations at the town of Jayrud in the Qalamoun Mountains of Syria produced microliths, blades, scrapers and other lithic tools dating back to the Natufian culture?
- ... that it took 120 years before it was discovered that deep-water Stokes waves, named after George Gabriel Stokes, are unstable?
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