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...that in [[1916]] [[Berlin]], [[Ontario]] changed its '''[[Berlin to Kitchener name change|name]]''' to [[Kitchener]] due to [[World War I]]-era anti-German sentiment?<BR>
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...that the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Postal Service]]'s '''[[POSTNET]]''' uses a [[checksum]] to verify [[zip code]]s?
* ... that '''''[[Main_Page|Saraswati enthroned]]''''' ''(pictured)'' is considered "a pinnacle of Indian art"?
 
* ... that [[Main_Page|O-Zone]] planned legal action against [[Main_Page|Haiducii]]'s cover of "'''[[Main_Page|Dragostea din tei]]'''"?
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* ... that historian '''[[Main_Page|Gu Jiegang]]''' continued secret research on children's [[Main_Page|copybooks]] during the [[Main_Page|Cultural Revolution]]?
 
* ... that '''[[Main_Page|a 1968 protest]]''' at [[Main_Page|Bucks County Community College]] was among the earliest gay-rights campus protests?
...that 16 '''[[Tunnels underneath the River Thames|tunnels]]''', many for [[London Underground|tube]] lines, run beneath [[London]]'s [[River Thames]]?
* ... that '''[[Main_Page|Marion Wiesel]]''' translated 14 of her husband's books from French?
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* ... that the first mass message to the [[Main_Page|U.S. government's employees]] was '''[[Main_Page|an enticement for resignation]]'''?
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* ... that '''[[Main_Page|a Celtic god]]''' described by Caesar is linked to various deities,
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