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• ... that the ADEOS II satellite (pictured), which cost 70 billion yen (US$570 million) to develop, failed 10 months into the mission after the solar panel malfunctioned?
• ... that the British breastwork monitors designed by Sir Edward Reed were the direct ancestors of the pre-dreadnought battleship and the dreadnought?
• ... that Trawscoed fort was explored using fluxgate gradiometer surveys?

Source

1. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/September, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
2. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/September, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
3. Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/November, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.