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...that the Stolen Valor Act of 2005 is a law passed by the United States Congress in December 2006 for the purpose of protecting the reputation and honor of US military heroism medals due to the larger number of fake military heroes in the USA?
...that the naval base at Key West, Florida was the last U.S. port to berth the USS Maine before an explosion on the ship precipitated the Spanish-American War?
...that Texas politician Maury Maverick, Jr. killed a bill to sentence convicted communists to death by adding a poison pill amendment to sentence suspected communists to life imprisonment?
...that, in addition to the seven-day week, the Javanese calendar incorporates a five-day week, which runs concurrently to produce a repeating cycle of 35 days?
...that in 1944 a railway ferry on the Norwegian railway Rjukanbanen (pictured) was sunk to 430 meters depth to prevent Nazi Germany from developing nuclear weapons?
...that printmakers would sometimes deliberately change the state of an old master print to exploit the collector's market?
...that Luftwaffe ace Erich Rudorffer flew more than 1000 missions during World War II, and was shot down sixteen times by enemy flak and fighters?
...that controversy arose over the naughty nurse uniforms worn by staff at Arizona's Heart Attack Grill?
...that the Karr-Koussevitzky double bass was given to Gary Karr after Koussevitzky's widow reported seeing his ghost embrace Karr on stage?
...that the Austrian-born writer Gregor von Rezzori acted in several movies alongside stars such as Brigitte Bardot, Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni or Charles Aznavour?
...that Remuh Synagogue (pictured) is the only functioning synagogue in Kraków, Poland?
...that Buster, the dog of British Labour politician Roy Hattersley, earned his owner a criminal record after killing a goose in St. James's Park, London?
...that Walter Hancock designed the first steam-powered bus to travel from London to Brighton?
...that Thoroughbred racehorse Arazi's victory over Bertrando has been described as the single-most spectacular performance in Breeders' Cup history?
...that Communist Romania's Foreign Minister, Grigore Preoteasa, was killed in an aircraft accident after refusing to wear a seat belt during landing?
...that, according to Patriarch Photius of Constantinople, the land of the Rus was Christianized (Pictured Sergei Ivanov's painting) by 867?
...that Prince Kitashirakawa Nagahisa was the second member of the Japanese Imperial Family to die during World War II?
...that Pike Island was part of the 100,000 acres purchased from the Dakota Indians in 1805 by Zebulon Pike?
...that the first comprehensive campaign of unionized labor was the subject of a 1979 Academy Award-winning film?
...that as they don't require fans, ejector venturi scrubbers are able to handle exhaust gases more corrosive or sticky than other systems can?
...that Pulau Senang was a penal settlement in Singapore but shut down after only three years when a riot broke out in 1963?
...that Clostridium perfringens alpha toxin is responsible for gas gangrene and myonecrosis in infected tissues?
...that Emily Dolvin was the first president of the Roswell Historical Society?
...that of the 64 women in the 39th Canadian Parliament, only one, former New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough, represents a riding in Atlantic Canada?
...that a commemorative album was released for the tenth death anniversary of hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur?
...that a subpeak of Derry Cairngorm holds the highest permanent body of water in Great Britain?
...that the Aklanon people of the Philippines trace their heritage to Austronesian-speaking immigrants from the Iron Age?
...that the Russian Association of Scouts was founded by Colonel Oleg Pantyukhov (pictured)?
...that Tryal Rocks is a reef off Western Australia named after the Tryall, the first shipwreck in Australian history?
...that the dust storms raised by the Shamal wind bring most travel in Iraq to a halt for several days?
...that Bravlin, an apocryphal overlord of the Rus, was supposedly paralyzed when he entered the church of St. Stephen in Sougdeia?
...that calcific tendonitis causes significant pain when resting on or moving the shoulder?
...that Ottaviano Petrucci's Harmonice Musices Odhecaton was the first music to be printed using movable type?
...that the Grosvenor Bridge in Chester was the world's largest single-span arch for 30 years?
...that there has been a long history of activism at Ohio Wesleyan University (protest pictured), endorsed by the inaugural address of its first president?
...that the obedience to orders and dogged resistance of the Russian infantry at the Battle of Golymin in 1806 greatly impressed Napoleon and his army?
...that the Polish town of Dzierżoniów was the venue of a meeting between Poland, Prussia, the Dutch Republic and Austria during the Great Turkish War?
...that the girdle book was a popular fashion item between the 13th and 16th centuries?
...that Tussey Mountain in Pennsylvania has been designated as an Important Bird Area, as it is home to several raptor species during their spring migration?
...that one of only five extant Rafetus swinhoei soft-shelled turtles is thought by residents of Hanoi, Vietnam to be the magical Golden Turtle God named Kim Qui?
...that Thomas Orde-Lees (pictured) jumped from Tower Bridge into the River Thames to prove the effectiveness of parachutes to the Royal Flying Corps?
...that spray towers remove pollutants from exhaust gases by channeling them through a series of chemical sprays?
...that Libyan president Muammar al-Gaddafi created the paramilitary Islamic Legion primarily associated with the seven year Libyan-Chadian War?
...that Sacisaurus was named for a one-legged Brazilian elf, as the first skeleton was found missing a leg?
...that Boris Grekov was a Soviet historian who set out to debunk Mikhail Grushevsky's theory that Kievan Rus was a predecessor state of Ukraine rather than of Russia and Belarus?
...that Prince Kitashirakawa Yoshihisa of Japan was head of the Northern Alliance whilst serving as a Buddhist priest?
... that the printmaking technique of mezzotint was invented in 1642 by professional soldier Lieutenant-Colonel Ludwig von Siegen (pictured)?
...that Copeland Creek was significantly degraded by cattle overgrazing in the 19th century, but restoration efforts have reversed that trend?
...that Russian Indologist Gerasim Lebedev was the founder of the first European-style drama theatre in India and also the first printing house in Europe equipped with Indic scripts of Bengali and Devanagari?
... that Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting is the nephew of former player Greg Campbell?