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  • ... that the Port of Split (pictured) in Croatia is the third largest passenger seaport in the Mediterranean?
  • ... that upon his retirement in 1998, Peter Joslin was among Britain's longest-serving police officers, having served for 44 years?
  • ... that the Presidential Council for Minority Rights, a Singaporean body that ensures laws do not discriminate against racial or religious minorities, has not issued an adverse report since its creation?
  • ... that Russian poet Stepan Shevyryov was a founder of the "poetry of thought" movement?
  • ... that coral aquaculture may be becoming an effective tool for restoring coral reefs, which have been declining around the world?
  • ... that Carl Rettenmeyer found hundreds of mite species that live on army ants, including one that acts as an extension to the foot whilst sucking blood?


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