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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Sharon Sayles Belton]]''' was the first female and first [[African-American]] [[List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis|mayor]] of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]? |
{{*mp}}...that '''[[Sharon Sayles Belton]]''' was the first female and first [[African-American]] [[List_of_mayors_of_Minneapolis|mayor]] of [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Short Sturgeon]]''' started life as a high-performance [[torpedo bomber]], became a [[target tug]], then a [[aircraft carrier|naval]] reconnaissance bomber, and finally an [[anti-submarine]] aircraft, before failing altogether? |
{{*mp}}...that the '''[[Short Sturgeon]]''' started life as a high-performance [[torpedo bomber]], became a [[target tug]], then a [[aircraft carrier|naval]] reconnaissance bomber, and finally an [[anti-submarine]] aircraft, before failing altogether? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Arthur William Hodge]]''' |
{{*mp}}...that '''[[Arthur William Hodge]]''' was the only [[white people|white person]] in the history of the [[British West Indies]] to be [[capital punishment|executed]] for killing a [[black people|black]] [[slave]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that the largest wave of '''[[Russians in Bulgaria|Russian settlers]]''' in [[Bulgaria]], the [[White movement|White Guards]], arrived following the events surrounding the [[October Revolution]] and the [[Russian Civil War]]? |
{{*mp}}...that the largest wave of '''[[Russians in Bulgaria|Russian settlers]]''' in [[Bulgaria]], the [[White movement|White Guards]], arrived following the events surrounding the [[October Revolution]] and the [[Russian Civil War]]? |
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{{*mp}}...that '''[[Frederick Gough|Colonel Frederick Gough]]''' was the first person to receive the [[Royal Aero Club]] Parachutist Certificate? |
{{*mp}}...that '''[[Frederick Gough|Colonel Frederick Gough]]''' was the first person to receive the [[Royal Aero Club]] Parachutist Certificate? |
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- ...that Creobroter (pictured) is a praying mantis that uses ant mimicry as a juvenile and flower mimicry as an adult?
- ...that Sharon Sayles Belton was the first female and first African-American mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota?
- ...that the Short Sturgeon started life as a high-performance torpedo bomber, became a target tug, then a naval reconnaissance bomber, and finally an anti-submarine aircraft, before failing altogether?
- ...that Arthur William Hodge was the only white person in the history of the British West Indies to be executed for killing a black slave?
- ...that the largest wave of Russian settlers in Bulgaria, the White Guards, arrived following the events surrounding the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War?
- ...that Colonel Frederick Gough was the first person to receive the Royal Aero Club Parachutist Certificate?