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+[[Image:Korean_clothing-Hanbok-Obangjang_durumagi-01.jpg|100x100px|Kkachi durumagi]]
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-{{*mp}}... that [[George Orwell]] interpreted the lyrics of "'''[[Ain't We Got Fun?]]'''" ''(listen)'' as representative of post-[[World War I]] working class unrest?
+{{*mp}}..that the  '''[[ ]]''' ''()''    [[ ]]   ?
+{{*mp}}... that [[Quentin Tarantino]], a longtime fan of [[cinema of Australia|Australian cinema]], helped put together 2008 [[documentary film]] '''''[[Not Quite Hollywood]]''''', examining the "Ozploitation" [[B movie]]s of the 1970s–'80s [[Australian New Wave]]?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Anastasiu di Iaci]]''' wrote ''Vinuta di lu re Iapicu in Catania'' shortly after 1287, making it one of the earliest narrative sources for the [[War of the Vespers]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Bogdan Saltanov]]''', the court artist of [[Tsar]] [[Alexis I of Russia]], was born in [[Persia]] and granted [[Russian nobility]] eight years after arrival to [[Moscow]]?
-{{*mp}}... that, according to '''[[Afrikaner nationalism|Afrikaner nationalistic]]''' ideology, [[Afrikaner]]s were seen as a [[chosen people]]?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Reuben Noble-Lazarus]]''' became the youngest [[association football|football]]er in [[the Football League]] when he came on as a substitute in [[Barnsley F.C.|Barnsley]]'s 3–0 defeat to [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] in 2008?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[ ]]'''  the  [[]] in [[]] [[]]    in ?
-{{*mp}}... that the distinctive rustic porch trim of the '''[[Fish and Fur Club]]''' in [[Nelsonville, New York]], which earned it a listing on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], has since been replaced?
+{{*mp}}... that    '''[[ ]]''' in [[]],       the [[  ]]
+ {{*mp}}... that [[Roy Oswalt]] has been the starting pitcher on six consecutive '''[[List of Houston Astros Opening Day starting pitchers|Opening Days]]''' for the [[Houston Astros]] from 2003 to 2008?
-{{*mp}}... that while his father-in-law, brother and son were national politicians, '''[[Wincentz Thurmann Ihlen]]''' concentrated on entrepreneurship, establishing the railway car factory [[Strømmens Værksted]]?
-{{*mp}}... that southern African [[vine]] '''''[[Acetosa sagittata]]''''' is a [[weed]] in [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]], and may smother vegetation it grows upon?
+{{*mp}}... that  '''[[ ]]'''     [[]] [[ ]],       ?
+{{*mp}}... that the 2004 '''[[Cairns Tilt Train derailment]]''' was the result of excessive speed which may have been caused by the driver leaving his seat?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Tove Strand]]''', [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Minister (government)|government minister]] in 1986&ndash;1989 and 1990&ndash;1992, was formerly married to fellow [[Norwegian Labour Party|Labour Party]] politician [[Rune Gerhardsen]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the [[LoPresti Fury]] [[sports plane]] was built based on the design of [[aeronautical engineer]] '''[[Roy LoPresti]]'''?
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