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==Did you know...==
*...that South American language families?
*...that '''camelot''' is a woven camel or goat hair? 
*...that in order to subdue the St. Panteleymon Monastery? 
*...that the '''Capitoline Games''' of Ancient Rome became so popular that the Romans counted periods of time by them, rather than their previous unit of lustrum?
*...that one of the peaks of Scottish Victorian photographer '''John Thomson'''? John Thomson, self portrait with Honan Soldiers, 1871|left|100px
*...that the '''solar year more accurately than the famous Metonic cycle?
*...that '''Belle'', was an Olympic swimmer who set 12 world records?
*...that '''HMS ''Ocean''''' never anchored in British waters during her entire period of active service in the Royal Navy?
*...that '''sociological concepts for understanding the hidden reasons for actions and customs?
*...that Stravinsky wrote his 1948 '''Mass''' partially in response to the masses of Mozart, which he called "rococo-operatic sweets-of-sin"?
*...that '''Manege Square|right|100px
*...that '''Lucy Hobbs Taylor''' was the first female dentist in the United States?
*...that arteries with each pulsation?
*...that '''German collaborator to a feared rebel leader in colonial Cameroon?
*...that the infant '''Red-bellied Lemur''' rides on both mother and father, but after age 33 days, only the father offers transport?
*...that '''U.S. Representative and ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples?
*...that the '''Oklahoma City and Guthrie, whose populations grew from zero to over 10,000 in less than a day? ''(pictured: Flag of Oklahoma)'' Flag of Oklahoma|left|100px
*...that the circulation of major Soviet sports newspaper '''''Sovetsky Sport''''' has declined from 5,000,000 in 1988 to 122,903 in 2006? 
*...that '''marine chemistry?
*...that a 17th century Polish politician '''Mikołaj Sienicki''' held the office of marshal of the Sejm nine times and was called a 'Polish Demosthenes' for his oratory skills? 
*...that '''Marvel comic book on the Iraq War? 
*...that 1970's '''Super Typhoon Joan''', the largest storm of the season in size, is the strongest typhoon ever to hit the Philippines? 
*...that '''Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands who was born in the territory?
*...that 19th-century '''panorama shows entertained audiences with stories of travel, adventure, and historic events scrolling past on huge rolls of painted Myriorama poster|right|100px
*...that '''Governor of Guam after the capture of the island by the U.S. Navy in U.S. citizen living there?
*...that '''''Breakfast in the Ruins''''' is the second novel by Michael Moorcock to feature Karl Glogauer as its protagonist, the other being ''Behold the Man''? 
*...that '''Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) cemetery''' in Sir Edwin Lutyens and contains the grave of the playwright Alan Bennett's uncle?
*...that trombonist Kai Winding's song "'''Time Is on My Side'''" became a U.S. top ten hit for The Rolling Stones in 1964, and has been covered by  Michael Bolton, Wilson Pickett, Paul Revere & the Raiders and Vanessa Carlton, among others as recently as 2005?
*...that taking photos with a '''perspective correction''' or "tilt and shift" lens can mitigate the effect of vertical perspective? 
*...that the intensity of a satellite images? Tropical Storm Wilma regional imagery, 2005|left|100px
*...that '''burning of Corinth in 146 BC?
*...that Irish American mob informant '''union office repainted and recarpeted in green?
*...that '''''Dracorex hogwartsia''''' was a Hungarian Horntail, a dragon in J.K. Rowling's ''Harry Potter'' series?
*...that '''Howard T. Markey''', the first chief judge of the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and a major general in the Air Force Reserve, asked his nursing home staff to alternate calling him ''judge'' and ''general''?
*...that roars from A tiger|right|100px
*...that the manor of '''Grand Duchess of Russia?
*...that more than 200,000 railroad workers participated in the '''Great Southwest Railroad Strike of 1886''', and the strike's collapse directly led to the formation of the American Federation of Labor?
*...that '''British AA wardens with pistols to painlessly euthanise animals injured in road accidents?
*...that the 1635 '''Treaty of Sztumska Wieś''' between the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Sweden was of much interest to contemporary European diplomacy?
*...that the '''Bust of Nefertiti|left|100px
*...that the '''maritime accidents and Estonia'', ''Erika'' and ''Prestige'' sea disasters?
*...that '''U.S. Court of Appeals (Third Circuit); and to be Governor of the Virgin Islands? 
*...that the '''1996 season of the Super 12''' was the first season of professional US$550,000,000 deal between SANZAR and News Corporation?
*...that '''Sal Castro''' was the teacher that inspired Mexican American students to protest unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District schools, resulting in the 1968 East L.A. walkouts?
*...that '''endangered and endemic Aerial photo of a portion of the Anjajavy Forest|right|100px
*...that '''Robinow syndrome''' is an extremely rare genetic disorder whose facial deformities were described by Meinhard Robinow with the term ''fetal facies'', due to the resemblance of some patients' faces to that of a fetus?
*...that '''primate of Poland, was suspected of heresy and summoned to appear before the inquisition in Rome?
*...that '''American governor of American Samoa, was put on trial and removed from office for allegedly receiving a massage from a native?
*...that a regional park established to protect '''Nevėžis River''' ecosystem in Lithuania also breeds wisents?
*...that the motif of "'''La Paloma'''," written by Sebastián Iradier in Cuba around 1863, can be traced back to an episode during the Greco-Persian Wars in 492 BCE?

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*...ein reknar med at delar av den 280 000 lysår lange halen til '''Rumpetrollgalaksen''' etter kvart vil brekka av og danna nye galaksar som vil krinsa rundt modergalaksen?
*...'''Timişoara''' i dagens Romania, den gong i Austerrike-Ungarn, i november 1884 vart den første byen i Europa som fekk elektriske gatelys?
*...'''Ceauru''' er namnet på ein kunstig innsjø i Romania som styresmaktene vart lurt til å tru stod ferdig i 1968 og trass i at han aldri vart bygd så er han framleis teikna inn på kart over området i dag?
*...øya '''tyrkisk enklave i Romania fram til 1923 og at ho i 1970 vart lagt under vatn då Jernporten vart bygd?
*...då '''Spania''' sitt herrelandslag vann '''EM i fotball 2008''' var dei det andre laget i historia som klarte å vinne alle kampane i sluttspelet?
*...temperaturen i '''grader høgare enn i områda rundt, grunna all varmen storbyen genererer?
*...'''''Skulesongboka''''' til Mads Berg er trykt i ein million eksemplar sidan ho fyrste gongen vart utgjeven i 1914?
*...vatnet i '''Engavatnet''' i Brønnøy stundom kan forsvinne heilt på grunn av grottesystem under vatnet og at dette kan skje så raskt at fisk vert liggande igjen på botn?
*...'''Christian Reithmann''' fann opp firetaktsmotoren i 1860, 17 år før Nikolaus August Otto, som òg tok patent på oppfinninga?
*...elva '''Rawa''' i Polen visstnok var så forureina tidleg i 1990-åra at ho berre inneheldt 14 % vatn då ho rann ut av Katowice?
*...'''Oppstadåa''' i Hedmark er ei av to elvar i Noreg som kan renne begge vegar?
*...vatnet i '''Engavatnet''' i Brønnøy stundom kan forsvinne heilt på grunn av grottesystem under vatnet og at dette kan skje så raskt at fisk vert liggande igjen på botn?
*...'''Femunden''' var nest største innsjø i Noreg fram til Røssvatnet vart regulert i 1957?
*...Parasittiske larver av '''taglmakk''' kan påverka vertane sine til å drukna seg når larveutviklinga er ferdig?
*...'''Vefsnfjorden''' er den første forureina fjorden i Noreg som etter aktivt miljøarbeid har vorte friskmeld av Mattilsynet?
*...'''Karmsundet''' på austsida av Karmøy og nord til Haugesund tidlegare vart kalla «Nordvegen» og at dette truleg var opphavet til namnet «Noreg»?
*...ein romtemperatur?
*...det første huset i '''Almere''' vart bygd i 1976, men at byen i dag likevel er den åttande største i Nederland med 180&nbsp;000 innbyggjarar?
*...det tok åtte år å forhandle fram '''tretti- og åttiårskrigen?
*...skipet i domkyrkja i '''Utrecht''' kollapsa då byen vart råka av ein tornado i 1674? 
*...berre fluger av slekta  ''Chiastocheta'' greier finne vegen mellom blomsterblada slik at dei kan pollinere '''ballblomen'''?
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*...den kunstige øya '''Ada Bojana''' på nesten 5 km² i Montenegro vart danna då eit skip sokk ved munningen av elva Bojana og avleiringar samla seg kring skipet?
*...somme '''termofile''' mikroorganismar som lever i varme kjelder kan veksa ved temperaturar på så mykje som 121°C?
*...'''byen i landet?
*...'''Ġgantija''' med ein alder på meir enn 5500 år er dei eldste frittståande strukturane, og dei eldste religiøse byggverka i verda, sjølv eldre enn pyramidane i Egypt og Stonehenge? 
*...'''svenskegrensa sidan Gudrun i januar 2005?
*...hovudbelteasteroide '''116 Sirona''' er kalla opp etter den keltiske gudinna for astronomi?
*...'''hundedagane''' har fått namnet sitt frå hundestjerna?
*...det er påvist at menneskele har brukt '''eld''' i minst 300&nbsp;000 år?
*...'''luxembourgsk geografi''', trass i storleiken på landet, er variert og inneheld viktige verneområde?
*...vengene til '''humla''' ber ho fordi vengene går som propeller som både gir kraftig oppdrift og framdrift. Dette gjer at ho òg kan bere pollenkorger på føtene.
*...'''Liechtenstein''' og Usbekistan er dei einaste landa i verda utan kyst som grenser til andre land som heller ikkje har kyst?
*...namnet på den nye samiske dagsavisa som blir resultatet av samanslåinga av ''18.1? Den nye avisa skal heite '''''Ávvir''''', og ho skal kome ut til Samefolkets dag 6. februar. 
*...den vel tusen kilometer lange elva '''steppa? 
*...'''Aralsjøen''' tidlegare var den fjerde største innsjøen i verda, men no berre er 25 % av den opphavlege storleiken og delt i tre mindre innsjøar?
*...byen '''Pistoia''' i Italia har gjeve namn til pistolen, som ein produserte her på 1500-talet?

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