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Ramses II at Kadesh

... that the 1275 BC Battle of Kadesh (relief of Ramses II in battle, pictured) is one of the best documented battles in ancient history due to the multiple Kadesh inscriptions?
... that Bryony Page is Great Britain's first-ever Olympic medallist in trampolining?
... that "Stay with Me till Dawn" was Judie Tzuke's only UK top 40 single?
... that Nicole Moerig has competed in road races such as the Amgen Tour of California, Silver City's Tour of the Gila, the Tour de Bretagne Féminin, and the 2016 Women's Tour de Yorkshire?
... that the gothic arches of the Grade I listed Avon Bridge cannot be seen due to a later girder bridge widening it?
... that Asnage Castelly first had to create the Haitian Wrestling Federation before being allowed to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics as his nation's first Olympic wrestler?
... that around the turn of the 20th century, New Jersey amber was burned for heat in the winter?

Theodor Lewald in 1900

... that Theodor Lewald (pictured) successfully campaigned for Germany to compete at the 1928 Summer Olympics and host the 1936 Summer Olympics?
... that the Heron Road Workers Memorial Bridge in Ottawa was renamed in 2016 to commemorate the victims of the deadliest construction accident in Ontario's history?
... that London County Council Chief Whip Freda Corbet was known within her party as the 'tiny tyrant'?
... that Kelly's of Cornwall produced the first advertisement shown on national British television to feature the Cornish language?
... that taekwondo practitioner Raheleh Asemani was born in Iran and qualified for the 2016 Olympics as a refugee athlete, but competes at the Games as part of the Belgian team?
... that dead moll's fingers are generally more slender than dead man's fingers?
... that Emily Clarissa Blackman became an assistant teacher at age 15, published a book of Susquehanna County history in 1873, and could allegedly read the Bible in ten languages?

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