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Did you know...
Image:Thamnophis sirtalis parietalis.jpg ...that the saliva of a Common Garter Snake may be toxic to amphibians and other small animals?
...that the Maltese alphabet contains 29 letters but does not contain the Latin letter Y?
...that clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch was founded in 1892 and originally sold hunting, camping and fishing gear?
...that in the 19th century the Wörthersee became an exclusive summer retreat for Vienna's nobility?
...that Broadmoor Hospital is the most famous mental institution in England?
...that the longest extra inning game in professional baseball history was an International League game that lasted 33 innings?
...that the Three-Self Patriotic Movement is part of the only government-sanctioned Protestant church in the People's Republic of China?
...that an American thoroughbred racehorse named Cigar was the first winner of the Dubai World Cup?
Image:Zigadenus.jpg ...that all members of the genus Zigadenus are unpalatable to livestock because of the presence of alkaloids?
...that in 1169 Denny Abbey was handed over to the Knights Templar?
...that Dave Righetti was the first player in Major League Baseball history to pitch a no-hitter and lead the league in saves in a career?
...that the co-winner with Jane Addams of the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize was Nicholas Butler?
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...that although opera contralto Ernestine Schumann-Heink had a son fighting on the other side, she toured the United States to raise money for the USA in World War I?
...that Taiwan celebrates a national Teacher's Day holiday each September 28?
...that both serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors and novel antidepressants like bupropion work on multiple neurotransmitters?
...that the HMS Finisterre replaced her sister-ship the Hogue in Far Eastern service after the latter was destroyed by a collision with an Indian cruiser?
Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg ...that Notre-Dame de la Paix Basilica in Yamoussoukro, Cote d'Ivoire is the world's tallest cathedral?
...that the film The Titfield Thunderbolt was inspired by the restoration of the narrow gauge Talyllyn Railway in Wales?
...that pole stars change over time because stars exhibit a slow but distinct drift with respect to the Earth's axis?
...that high jumper Ulrike Meyfarth became the youngest individual Olympic champion in athletics?
Image:Mountbatten.jpg ...that the Allies organized the South East Asia Command, led by Lord Mountbatten, to manage operations in the southern Pacific Theater during World War II?
...that there are at least 10 Malay-based creoles?
...that Herb Robert, a species of cranesbill, is believed by traditional herbologists to be a toothache palliative?
...that Mickey Marcus is the only person buried at the United States Military Academy who died fighting under a foreign flag?
...that in the United Kingdom a County palatine was one which had special autonomy and was ruled by an Earl or Count?
...that many Mexicans pray to a figure known as Saint Death?
...that the Von Willebrand factor is a blood protein used by the coagulation function of the circulatory system?
...that Cousin problems have nothing to do with difficult relatives?
...that the Battle of Blue Licks in Kentucky was the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War?
...that most garden flowers and herbs are forbs?
...that The Most Dangerous Game has been repeatedly used as source material by television shows like Gilligan's Island?
Image:Ac.shaposhnikov.jpg ...that Russian military man Boris Shaposhnikov successfully transitioned from the armed forces of czarist Russia to those of the USSR?
...that Fort Caroline, near present-day Jacksonville, Florida, was the first permanent French colony in North America?
...that the Henrician Articles, passed in 1573, laid out the principles of government in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth?
...that June and Jennifer Gibbons communicated via a twin language?
Image:Grand Canyon geologic column.jpeg ...that the geology of the Grand Canyon area includes more than 40 identified rock layers?
...that the Schneider CA1 was the first French tank?
Image:PaleFlax.jpg ...that Pale Flax may be an evolutionary predecessor to Common Flax, from which the fiber is derived?
...that the lowest ranks in the Norwegian military are the menig (Army), flysoldat (Air Force) and Utskrevet menig (Navy)?
Image:Lenins Mausoleum.jpg ...that Boris Yeltsin wanted to remove the body of Vladimir Lenin from public display in Lenin's Mausoleum but failed to achieve his goal while in power?
...that China's peaceful rise is the current non-threatening foreign policy doctrine of the People's Republic of China?
...that gravitational collapse is a leading cause of star death?
...that the history of the periodic table records at least two pre-Mendeleevian attempts to organize the elements?
Image:BurialAtSea USS Intrepid1944.jpg ...that the United States Navy practiced burial at sea as recently as World War II?
...that weather lore is essentially folk meteorology and varies widely in its veracity?
...that the British judicial practice of Quarter Sessions existed until 1972?
...that Beijing opera did not originate in Beijing but in the Chinese provinces of Anhui and Hubei?
Image:CaliforniaManroot.jpg ...that the California Manroot has five-centimetre round fruits covered in one-centimetre spines, and a bitter taste?
...that Russian humor thrived even during the Soviet stagnation period of the 1970s and 1980s?
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