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...that Saltwood Castle (pictured) in Kent, England, was the site where four knights plotted to kill Thomas Becket in 1170?
Saltwood Castle, Kent, 1831
...that the fruit of the colocynth is such a violent laxative that it was even used by pregnant women to induce abortion?
...that U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient Jay R. Vargas, one of four brothers who were decorated war veterans, requested that his medal be engraved with his mother's name instead of his own?
...that the blind cave beetle Anophthalmus hitleri is threatened by poaching due to its curious name, which is a dedication to Adolf Hitler?
...that M. E. Clifton James posed as Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery as part of an Allied deception plan called Operation Copperhead in 1944, and then went on to play himself in a 1958 biopic called I Was Monty's Double?
...that Jean-Baptiste Le Blond, chief architect of Saint Petersburg from 1716 until his death, introduced the distinctions between state apartments and private apartments into French architectural practice?
...that the Hairpin Banksia spike (pictured) contains over 1,000 individual flowers around a central woody axis?
Banksia spinulosa
...that in Japan, the Simpsons are better known for appearing in C.C. Lemon commercials than for their television show?
...that Perth Gaol was built in the 1850s to house convict labour, but by 1891, it was a geological museum?
...that the native ornate plainchant of Benevento, Beneventan chant, co-existed with Gregorian chant for over a century before it was abolished by papal decree?
...that the music video for the song "Vindaloo" was a direct parody of that of "Bitter Sweet Symphony" by The Verve, which was in turn a mocking recreation of the music video for "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack?
...that Aleksander Krzyżanowski , commander of Polish resistance in the Vilnius region, was arrested by the Soviets after his unit helped them liberate Vilnius from the Germans?
...that the noble rhubarb (pictured) of the frigid, sunburnt Himalaya creates its own protective greenhouse with ultraviolet-blocking panels?
Noble Rhubarb
...that the Christian sect of Collegiants was formed in 1619 to defy the Synod of Dort, which had forced Holland to dismiss liberal ministers?
...that according to the U.S. NIH, elective c-section and natural birth have "similar degrees of risk" for most women?
...that the Neo-Baroque equestrian Monument to Nicholas I (1859) is the only statue of a 19th-century tsar in Saint Petersburg that was not demolished or relocated during the Soviet era?
...that American country musician Cowboy Copas's private plane crashed in Tennessee in 1963, killing him and everyone onboard, including fellow country music star Patsy Cline?
...that Hindustani classical musician Pandit Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande (pictured) ushered in a renaissance of Hindustani music by his reorganisation of Ragas?
Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande
...that the Diademed Sifaka is an athletic lemur whose small groups defend a rainforest territory of up to 125 acres by scent marking?
...that Britain's regulations on bread sales, as originated from the Assize of Bread and Ale (1266), were enforced for six centuries?
...that a type of reflex hammer was popularized as a medical instrument after two neurologists brawled in Vienna?
...that web notes were an experimental attempt by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing to find a cheaper alternative to intaglio printing, but ultimately failed due to quality issues?
...that Sonoma Creek (pictured), a California-designated critical coastal watershed, drains the acclaimed Sonoma Valley Wine Country, and provides a home to many endangered species?
...that the prosecution of writer and poet Perihan Magden for urging defiance of mandatory military service has complicated Turkey's negotiations for membership in the European Union?
...that Indian classical dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai was married to Vikram Sarabhai, considered the Father of the Indian space program?
...that the Railsback curve shows that on a normally-tuned piano, low-octave notes will be lower and high-octave notes higher than expected, due to inharmonicity?
...that Saugumas, a Nazi-controlled Lithuanian secret police of the 1940s, was modelled after the infamous Gestapo?
...that the Chinese box turtle (pictured) has at least four common names, and there is debate over its genus classification?
Chinese Box Turtle
...that ANTARES, a neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean Sea, will find neutrinos from outer space by looking downward, into the Earth?
...that Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head Tour featured frontman Chris Martin performing songs after inhaling a helium balloon?
...that Szeged's public transport company is one of only four city transport companies that operate tram service in Hungary?
...that Maraba Coffee, the first Rwandan coffee to gain Fairtrade status, is used to make the only coffee beer sold in the British Isles?
...that the legendary Tamil stage and film artiste K. B. Sundarambal was also a political activist, and the first film personality to enter an Indian state legislature?
...that a new "dwarf" dinosaur, a sauropod named Europasaurus (pictured), was recently discovered in Northern Germany?
Size comparisons of adult and juvenile Europasaurus, and human.
Size comparisons of adult and juvenile Europasaurus, and human.
...that economist Barbara Ward, an early advocate of sustainable development, was the first woman ever to address a synod of Roman Catholic bishops?
...that climacteric years, occurring septennially, were considered critical and dangerous moments in an Ancient Greek's life?
...that New York Times theater critic Howard Taubman said, "it is the destiny of the theatre nearly everywhere and in every period to struggle even when it is flourishing"?
...that due to protests and financial problems, the Saint Petersburg Dam was one of the Soviet Union's most notorious long-term construction projects?
...that shortly after Capt. William Swift was given command of the maiden voyage of USS Connecticut, it was recalled to port because of a bout of typhoid, and then run aground near Culebra, Puerto Rico?
...that Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (pictured) was noted as a patroness of Schiller, Goethe, and Liszt?
Portrait of Maria Pavlovna
...that Super Typhoon Kate of the 1970 Pacific typhoon season, which struck the Philippines less than a week after Super Typhoon Joan, was at the time the deadliest typhoon ever to strike the Philippines?
...that 18th-century professional portrait painter Tilly Kettle was the first British painter to work in India?
...that, at the time of its construction in 1838, the Moscow Triumphal Gate in Saint Petersburg was the largest cast-iron structure in the world?
...that British pianist Antony Peebles has performed in concerts in 128 different countries around the world?
...that the DSSAM Model is a computer simulation used to study water quality of the Truckee River, and assisted in conservation of two endangered species?
...that on every December 8^th, families celebrating Fête des lumières in Lyon, France, line their windowsills with candles to express gratitude to Mary, mother of Jesus? (pictured)
...that Abner Kneeland became the last person in the U.S. jailed for blasphemy, in Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Kneeland?
...that cledonism was an ancient form of divination by listening to the chance words of passers-by, an example of which appears in the Odyssey?
...that in almost 100 years of existence, Ireland King of Arms granted only three coats of arms?
...that a client was an Ancient Roman who traded his vote for protection, in a similar way to the activities of modern organized crime?
...that if U.S.-based PacifiCorp decommissions the Condit Hydroelectric Project in 2008, Condit Dam will be the largest dam ever removed for environmental reasons?