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- ... that the 4.5-ton marble statue of Queen Victoria (pictured) in Harrogate's Jubilee Memorial was carved by the British sculptor William John Seward Webber?
- ... that the Majestic Theatre, designed for "revues and light operas", has hosted the same musical for the past three decades?
- ... that Albruna may have been the woman of "superhuman size" who stopped Roman general Drusus's campaign in Germania by prophesying his death?
- ... that the second edition of the Wild West–themed board game Great Western Trail eliminated "the notion of Native Americans as the invisible enemy"?
- ... that Damon Severson scored a goal with 0.4 seconds left in regulation time to help lead Canada men's national ice hockey team to a silver medal?
- ... that the construction of Interstate H-2 in Hawaii unearthed a chapel built by Italian prisoners of war in the 1940s?
- ... that during the October 1980 West Nile campaign, rebels were initially hailed as "liberators", only for them to start looting coffee?
- ... that William Goebel was sworn in as Governor of Kentucky a day after being shot?