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+{{*mp}}...that [[Germany|German]] poet and playwright '''[[Klabund]]''' was charged with [[treason]] for calling for the abdication of [[William II, German Emperor|William II]] in an open letter?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[Darwin Falls]]''' ''(pictured)'' is the tallest waterfall in [[Death Valley National Park]] and features a rare example of [[riparian zone|riparian greenery]] in the driest place in [[North America]]?
+{{*mp}}...that [[Indonesia]]n [[Indonesian National Revolution|freedom fighter]] '''[[Ernest Douwes Dekker]]''' is related to the famous [[Dutch]] writer,  [[Multatuli|Eduard Douwes Dekker]], and that during his youth he volunteered on the [[Boer]]s' side during the [[Second Boer War]] in [[South Africa]]?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[William E. Davis|William E. "Bud" Davis]]''', who had a successful career as [[university president|president]] at four universities, originally wanted "''to be the world's greatest [[American football|football]] coach''" before he went 2-8 in 1962 and never coached again?
-{{*mp}}...that, in autumn 1934, '''''[[Amicii URSS]]''''', a [[Romania]]n [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] cultural society, dispatched the writer [[Alexandru Sahia]] on an illegal visit to the [[Soviet Union]], as a means to commemorate the [[October Revolution]]?
+{{*mp}}...that [[Air Chief Marshal]] '''[[Lewis Hodges|Sir Lewis Hodges]]''' was awarded two [[Distinguished Service Order|DSOs]] and a Bar to his [[Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)|DFC]] for flying secret missions for [[Special Operations Executive|SOE]] in Europe and the Far East in the [[Second World War]]?
+{{*mp}}...that over the years, two officers have quit their jobs over purported [[paranormal]] activity at the '''[[George Stickney House]]''', home to the [[Bull Valley, Illinois]] Police Department?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[Mandy Mitchell-Innes]]''' was the last surviving [[English cricket team|English cricketer]] to have played [[Test cricket]] before the [[Second World War]]?
-{{*mp}}...that '''[[William Dronfield]]''' founded the [[United Kingdom Alliance of Organised Trades]], which inspired the creation of the [[Trades Union Congress]]?
+{{*mp}}...that '''[[Stephen Maylad]]''' secured his position as [[Rulers of Transylvania|Voivode]] of [[Transylvania]] with the help of [[Petru Rareş]], who later doomed him to a wretched death in the [[Walls of Constantinople|Yedikule]] dungeons?
-{{*mp}}...that "On the very first of May", a work composed by [[singer]] and [[organist]] '''[[William Savage]]''', was set to [[nonsense verse]]s by his wife?
+{{*mp}}...that American [[papermaking]] authority '''[[Dard Hunter]]''' published a volume created entirely by himself—including its [[paper]], [[typography|type]] design, [[typesetting]], and [[printing]]?
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