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26 February 2007
...that the archaeological cave of Juxtlahuaca contains Mesoamerica's earliest sophisticated painted art (pictured), as well as its only known example of non-Maya deep cave art?
...that Dembei, a fisherman stranded on the Kamchatka Peninsula in 1701 or 1702, is believed to have been the first Japanese person to settle in Russia?
...that when John Horden sent his Cree language translation of the Bible back to England, the printers returned it with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it?
...that Italian-Swiss entrepreneur Carlo Gatti pioneered the sale of ice cream to the general public in London from 1849, and later ran several music halls?
...that "Nocturne" is the Eurovision Song Contest winner with the fewest words, the Norwegian language original having only 25?
...that banking regulations in Russia include significant specifics, such as mandatory deposits placed in special reserve accounts at the Russian Central Bank?
...that the South Cameroon Plateau (pictured) takes up over half the land area of Cameroon?
...that on December 20, 2006, two members of the Italian Radical Party controversially introduced two homosexual figures in the Nativity scene at the Italian Congress?
...that Fast neutron therapy utilizes high energy neutrons typically greater than 20MeV to treat diseases like cancer?
...that the West Indian cricket team lost only two matches during their 3-month tour to England in 1980?
...that Weston State Hospital in West Virginia was designed in accordance with the Kirkbride Plan for mental illness treatment?
...that the Port of Redwood City is the only deep-water port in south San Francisco Bay?
...that Vakifli is the only ethnic Armenian village in Turkey?
...that in the construction of the Via della Conciliazione (pictured), Benito Mussolini ordered the demolition of an entire Roman neighborhood, and the forcible eviction of its residents to settlements outside the city?
...that the Evangelist portraits of early medieval Gospel Books used compositions taken from the pagan author portraits of the Late Classical period?
...that in Tampa, Florida in 1998, Hank Earl Carr successfully unlocked his handcuffs, disarmed a detective, and killed three law enforcement personnel before killing himself?
...that Artin Penik, a Turkish-Armenian, set himself on fire in protest of the terrorist attacks against Turks by the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)?
...that Bernard de Marigny, a New Orleans playboy and politician, introduced the dice game craps to the United States in the early 1800s?
...that the common idiom, behind the eight ball, is derived from the pocket billiards game, kelly pool?
...that there are over 2,300 local historic districts (pictured) in the United States?
...that British General Sir Charles Harington was president of the Hurlingham Club for over 25 years?
...that in order to accommodate the rock musical Dude, the Broadway Theatre in Manhattan was turned into an arena filled with ramps, runways, catwalks, columns, trapezes, and trapdoors at a cost of $800,000?
...that "Black May" was a turning point in the World War II Battle of the Atlantic?
...that Stephen Gilbert was one of only two British artists to join the CoBrA avant-garde art group?
...that Chip Berlet's non-fiction book Clouds Blur the Rainbow: The Other Side of New Alliance Party was referenced in a 1993 United States Federal Court lawsuit involving the FBI?
...that British architect Stephen Gardiner wrote biographies of sculptors Jacob Epstein and Elisabeth Frink, both of whom were family friends?
...that the Western Blue-tongued Lizard displays its tongue to frighten off predators?
...that King Jagiello Monument in Central Park, New York, (pictured) was forced to remain in the United States after Nazi invasion of Poland made its return from 1939 New York World's Fair impossible?
...that Anne-Marie Javouhey, the founder and abbess of a new religious order, was one of the first women to establish missions in Africa?
...that the Mount Cameroon Race of Hope, an annual and televised footrace held at Mount Cameroon, was first held in 1995?
...that hundreds of historic tobacco barns in Maryland were rendered obsolete after many farmers took advantage of a 2001 state program offering to buy out tobacco farmers?
...that Henry le Chen was put in control of a sheriffdom by King Edward I, despite being a senior royal councillor during the reign of King John, whom Edward deposed?
...that Martha, the mother of Simeon Stylites, is said to have only consented to marriage after John the Baptist appeared to her telling her to do so?
...that the Dethridge wheel (pictured), invented in Australia in 1910, measures the flow of water delivered to farms for irrigation?
...that Alan de St Edmund, while in Rome as chaplain to Cardinal Hugh of Evesham, was made Bishop of Caithness after its previous bishop-elect died there while seeking consecration?
...that in 1828, Hillfields became the first suburb of Coventry to be located outside of the city walls marking the beginning of a large expansion for the city?
...that cross-country cyclists are more prone to injury than road cyclists but the injuries sustained by the former are less severe on average?
...that the spring and village Águas Santas are believed to be named for the spring where Marina of Aguas Santas was beheaded?
...that retired District of New Jersey judge William G. Bassler is currently teaching at three New York City area law schools?
...that Germany built two merchant submarines (pictured) in World War I to trade for valuable raw materials with the United States?
...that bridges carrying India's Grand Trunk Road over the Barakar River were washed away in 1913 and 1946?
...that the effects of Hurricane Wilma in the Bahamas were generally unexpected and primarily concentrated on the western portion of Grand Bahama Island?
...that some weather records include a 57.8°C (136°F) air temperature in Libya, 3.8 cm (1.5 in) of rain in just one minute in Guadeloupe, and a 47.6 cm (18.75 in) circumference hailstone in Nebraska?
...that the offices of the Labour Leader, the newspaper of the British Independent Labour Party, were raided in 1915, and editor Fenner Brockway was charged with publishing seditious material?
...that Canadian water slide manufacturer ProSlide's first water roller coaster that uses linear induction motors to propel its riders uphill opened at WhiteWater World in Australia in 2006?
...that local mountaineers have organized daily canoe trips down Dunajec River Gorge (pictured) in Pieniny National Park, Poland since the early 19th century?
...that Indian poet Gopalakrishna Adiga is known as the pioneer of Navya literature?
...that the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956 was said by opponents to be part of a Communist, Catholic, Jewish or psychiatric conspiracy to set up concentration camps in Alaska for political prisoners?
...that, after 34 years years as Roman Catholic abbot of Coupar Angus, Donald Campbell converted to Protestantism in 1559, and destroyed the icons and altars of his monastery in Scotland?
...that 28 civilians were killed in the Bisho massacre in 1992, when soldiers opened fire on marchers demanding that the bantustan of Ciskei be reincorporated into South Africa?