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- ... that dress reformer Ada Ballin (pictured) warned of the dangers of poisonous dyes and tight lacing in women's clothing?
- ... that "Lob Gott getrost mit Singen" (Praise God confidently with singing), the first line of a 1544 hymn by the Bohemian Brethren, was used for the title of a songbook aimed at senior citizens?
- ... that Turkish psychologist Doğan Cüceloğlu contemplated suicide due to his poor command of English while a doctoral student at the University of Illinois, and later taught 16 years at CSU Fullerton?
- ... that the 2014 film Fires on the Plain, which includes madness, murder, and cannibalism, was intended to warn younger Japanese audiences of the horrors of war?
- ... that Brian Lee Durfee, a prison guard at Utah State Prison, has a painting in the permanent collection at the Grand Canyon National Park visitor center?
- ... that although remaining a little-known monument in Neuquén, Argentina, the Fotheringham Crossing Pyramid, inaugurated in 1947, is considered to be a symbol of the neighborhood of Sapere?
- ... that in 2020, Jasmin Taylor broke the record for the most medals won by a British skier at the World Cup and World Championships?
- ... that the Rod Serling–hosted television production The Great Gatsby (1958) was described as being "neither 'Great' nor 'Gatsby'"?