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...that Canadian microbiologist John Dick was the first to isolate and identify a cancer stem cell?
...that Frances Slocum State Park in Pennsylvania is named for a woman captured by the Lenape at age 5, who permanently lived with Native Americans despite reuniting with her family 59 years later?
...that plant perception is a belief that plants feel emotion and can communicate with each other?
...that the 43,000 Sakhalin Koreans were abandoned by Japan after World War II and kept stateless by the Soviet Union for 30 years?
...that due to a "defect of birth", Thomas Livingston was forced to receive a papal dispensation to continue working in the church?
...that David Brody is credited with co-founding the field of "new labor history"?
...that Romanian actor Ion Caramitru figures prominently in theories that the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was not truly a popular uprising but a cover-up for a coup d'état?
...that Texas oil tycoon Glenn McCarthy gained the nickname "King of the wildcatters" after striking oil thirty-eight times in ten years?
...that after an accident in his teens, Bulgarian poet Pencho Slaveykov (pictured) had difficulty writing and speaking?
...that Canyon live oak acorns were a Native American staple food?
...that the Ristorante Cooperativo in Zürich may be the only restaurant to have been patronised by Benito Mussolini, Vladimir Lenin and Gerhard Schröder?
...that the British politician Alfred Lane Beit was made an honourary Irish citizen after he donated 17 masterpieces to the National Gallery of Ireland?
...that the Political Instability Task Force might have predicted over 85% of major state crises occurring in 1990–1997?
...that the Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 led to wind gusts in excess of 100 mph across New York, New Jersey, and New England?
...that Annadel State Park (pictured) is considered by some biologists to have some of the best preserved northern oak woodlands in western North America?
...that social anthropologist Sir Raymond Firth's research career spanned 76 years after it began in Polynesia?
...that Pepe Marchena was a popular singer who created a new palo or flamenco musical form, called colombiana?
...that after World War II, the Czech urban legend of Pérák changed from a shadowy surprise attacker to a heroic figure of resistance against the Nazi occupation of Prague?
...that Maratha Emperor Shivaji's mentor Dadoji Konddeo also built the "Lal Mahal" in Pune, the royal palace before the capital moved to Raigad?
...that Sergei Yushenkov and Yuri Shchekochikhin, key members of the Kovalev Commission charged with investigating the Russian apartment bombings both died in apparent assassinations?
...that the commissioner of El Greco's Disrobing of Christ (pictured) tried to use the artist's inclusion of the three Marys to avoid paying the full fee?
... that Bill Orban developed the 5BX plan to help Royal Canadian Air Force pilots keep fit?
...that Malaysia's Sedition Act disregards criminal intent in passing judgement on sedition?
...that the Japanese Sōshi-kaimei policy forced Koreans previously banned from using Japanese surnames to do so?
...that while most of India become independent in 1947, parts of Karnataka didn't until the Karnatakan Unification the following year?
...that the village of Sharpham in Somerset, is the birthplace of Elizabethan poet Sir Edward Dyer, writer Henry Fielding and cleric William Gould?
...that during construction of the Fort Canning Tunnel, special care was taken to minimize environmental impact on the surrounding Fort Canning Park?
...that Russian actor Yevgeny Samoylov (pictured), known for his work with Vsevolod Meyerhold and Alexander Dovzhenko in the 1930s, celebrated his 90th birthday in 2002 acting on the stage of the Maly Theatre?
...that the trees alongside the Falls of Bruar were planted in response to an entreaty from Robert Burns, the Scottish poet?
...that construction of St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Adelaide did not finish until 1996, 130 years after it began?
...that American World War II Army Captain Bobbie E. Brown was awarded the Medal of Honor for running 100 yards up a hill through machine-gun fire to place a bomb in a German pillbox in the Battle of Crucifix Hill?
...that one of only two natural populations of the critically endangered Kanab Ambersnail (pictured) is threatened by discharges from the Glen Canyon Dam?
...that the church of Santa Caterina a Magnanapoli in Rome, along with the adjacent tower, is all that remains today of a Dominican convent dedicated to Catherine of Siena?
...that Australian Cricket Academy leg spin coach Terry Jenner was previously jailed for embezzlement?
...that the Samara flag, presented as a gift from Russia to the Bulgarian volunteers in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, is the only flag awarded a Bulgarian Medal for Bravery?
...that the Korpela movement was a short-lived cult during the 1930s in Northern Sweden and Finland whose controversial sexual rituals eventually led to the arrest of 60 followers?
... that American World War II soldier David M. Gonzales was awarded the Medal of Honor (pictured) for digging out three comrades buried alive whilst under enemy fire?
...that American Thoroughbred Kingston won eighty-nine races, the most by any horse?
... that Norse sagas record some Finnish campaigns against Sweden in the mid-8th century?
...that in 1819, Hussein Shah, the seventeenth Sultan of Johor, allowed a British settlement in Singapore in order to wrest the throne from his brother with the help of the British, leading to the Malay Peninsula's colonisation?
...that in 2005, Ghatam player Ghatam Udupa became the first Indian to perform at the Krakow International Percussion Festival?
... that the relics of Moscow's founder, Yuri Dolgoruki, were buried beneath the baptistery of the Church of the Saviour at Berestove (pictured)?
...that studies on whether nice guys finish last have been hindered by the social desirability bias?
...that Rajendrasinhji Jadeja was the first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army?
... that economist Walter Adams served as expert witness before 36 United States Congressional committees?
...that Irving Crane pocketed 150 balls in a row in the final round of the 1966 World Crown straight pool championship; a feat that has never been equalled or eclipsed?
...that in 1850, the Harvard Musical Association, a charitable organization in Boston, raised over $100,000 for the construction of the Boston Music Hall (pictured) in under sixty days?
...that the appearance of a dog in a Hutch ad campaign doubled sales of pugs in India in 2003?
...that the prolific spawning of the Pacific herring can lead to egg densities of six million eggs per square meter on submerged vegetation?
...that American novelist Tracy Quan once served as spokeswoman to the sex worker advocacy group Prostitutes of New York?