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{{*mp}}...that one of the statues at the erotic temple '''[[Candi Sukuh]]''' ''(pictured)'' in [[Java]], [[Indonesia]], is a 1.82 m (6 feet) standing [[phallus]] with four [[scrotum|balls]] placed below the [[glans penis|tip]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Derek Gardner]]''' became a leading [[United Kingdom|British]] [[painting|painter]] of marine subjects after retiring from a [[civil engineering]] career due to [[deafness]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that [[Dembei]], a fisherman stranded on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]] in 1701 or 1702, is believed to have been the first '''[[Japanese people in Russia|Japanese person to settle in Russia]]'''? |
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{{*mp}}...that [[Kobe Bryant]]'s agent, '''[[Rob Pelinka]]''', was the only person to play in the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship]] for both the 1989 champion [[Michigan Wolverines|Michigan]] and for both of the 1992 and 1993 runners-up known as the [[Fab Five]] teams? |
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{{*mp}}...that when '''[[John Horden]]''' sent his [[Cree language|Cree-language]] translation of the Bible back to England, the printers returned it with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Fort William College]]''', set up for the training of [[United Kingdom|British]] officials, fostered the development of [[Languages of India|Indian languages]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that the lower [[species diversity]] among certain '''[[mammals of New England]]''' compared to [[mammal]]s of the [[American West]] is thought to be due to fewer [[glacier|glacial]] [[refugia]] in the [[Eastern United States]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''"[[Nocturne (Secret Garden)|Nocturne]]"''' is the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] winner with the fewest words, the [[Norwegian language]] original having only 25? |
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{{*mp}}...that according to legend, [[Joseph Stalin]]'s remained in [[Moscow]] during [[World War II]] partly due to a [[prophecy]] from '''[[Matryona Nikonova]]''', who he covertly visited while she was hiding from his government? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Banking in Russia (regulations)|banking regulations in Russia]]''' include significant specifics, such as mandatory [[Deposit account|deposits]] placed in special reserve accounts at the [[Central Bank of the Russian Federation|Russian Central Bank]]? |
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- ...that one of the statues at the erotic temple Candi Sukuh (pictured) in Java, Indonesia, is a 1.82 m (6 feet) standing phallus with four balls placed below the tip?
- ...that Derek Gardner became a leading British painter of marine subjects after retiring from a civil engineering career due to deafness?
- ...that Kobe Bryant's agent, Rob Pelinka, was the only person to play in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship for both the 1989 champion Michigan and for both of the 1992 and 1993 runners-up known as the Fab Five teams?
- ...that Fort William College, set up for the training of British officials, fostered the development of Indian languages?
- ...that the lower species diversity among certain mammals of New England compared to mammals of the American West is thought to be due to fewer glacial refugia in the Eastern United States?
- ...that according to legend, Joseph Stalin's remained in Moscow during World War II partly due to a prophecy from Matryona Nikonova, who he covertly visited while she was hiding from his government?