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{{*mp}}...that '''''[[An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump]]''''' ''(pictured)'' depicts the recreation of an experiment first carried out by [[Robert Boyle]] over a hundred years earlier? |
{{*mp}}...that '''''[[An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump]]''''' ''(pictured)'' depicts the recreation of an experiment first carried out by [[Robert Boyle]] over a hundred years earlier? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Samuel Davenport|Sir Samuel Davenport]]''', a [[South Australia]]n [[Parliament of South Australia|parliamentarian]], had an [[electoral district of Davenport|electoral district]] named after him? |
{{*mp}}...that '''[[Samuel Davenport|Sir Samuel Davenport]]''', a [[South Australia]]n [[Parliament of South Australia|parliamentarian]], had an [[electoral district of Davenport|electoral district]] named after him? |
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{{*mp}}...that "'''[[Push It To The Limit]]'''", a [[pop rap]] song backed by [[The Walt Disney Company]], was recently the most [[downloaded]] song at the [[iTunes Store]]? |
{{*mp}}...that "'''[[Push It To The Limit]]'''", a [[pop rap]] song backed by [[The Walt Disney Company]], was recently the most [[downloaded]] song at the [[iTunes Store]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that in the [[1950s]], [[civil rights]] activist '''[[Virginia Foster Durr]]''' published the names and telephone numbers of women who attended [[Ku Klux Klan]] meetings? |
{{*mp}}...that in the [[1950s]], [[civil rights]] activist '''[[Virginia Foster Durr]]''' published the names and telephone numbers of women who attended [[Ku Klux Klan]] meetings? |
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{{*mp}}...that recently-departed '''[[Joyanne Bracewell|Dame Joyanne Bracewell]]''' was the fifth woman to be appointed as an [[England|English]] [[High Court judge]]? |
{{*mp}}...that recently-departed '''[[Joyanne Bracewell|Dame Joyanne Bracewell]]''' was the fifth woman to be appointed as an [[England|English]] [[High Court judge]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that despite having won the [[Cricket World Cup]] only once, [[Indian cricket team|Indian team]] [[batting|batsmen]] hold numerous '''[[Cricket World Cup records]]'''"? |
{{*mp}}...that despite having won the [[Cricket World Cup]] only once, [[Indian cricket team|Indian team]] [[batting|batsmen]] hold numerous '''[[Cricket World Cup records]]'''"? |
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{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Sao civilisation]]''' is the earliest to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern [[Cameroon]]? |
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- ...that An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (pictured) depicts the recreation of an experiment first carried out by Robert Boyle over a hundred years earlier?
- ...that Sir Samuel Davenport, a South Australian parliamentarian, had an electoral district named after him?
- ...that "Push It To The Limit", a pop rap song backed by The Walt Disney Company, was recently the most downloaded song at the iTunes Store?
- ...that in the 1950s, civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr published the names and telephone numbers of women who attended Ku Klux Klan meetings?
- ...that recently-departed Dame Joyanne Bracewell was the fifth woman to be appointed as an English High Court judge?
- ...that despite having won the Cricket World Cup only once, Indian team batsmen hold numerous Cricket World Cup records"?
- ...that the Sao civilisation is the earliest to have left clear traces of their presence in the territory of modern Cameroon?
- ...that many of the image stones of the Viking Age depict lost legends and myths from Norse mythology?