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| East Base |
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12,034 |
... that East Base (pictured) in Antarctica housed Jackie Ronne and Jennie Darlington, the first women to spend a winter on the continent?
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| Renault Trezor |
4,826 |
... that the Renault Trezor features a single-piece canopy roof that opens by hinging forward?
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| Nakatsu Castle |
3,694 |
... that the original Nakatsu Castle was destroyed in a fire in 1877, and the current structure was built in 1964?
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| Jane Maria Strachey |
3,197 |
... that suffragist Jane Maria Strachey was born on a ship off the Cape of Good Hope in 1840?
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| Trashigang Dzong |
7,482 |
... that the epicenter of the 2009 Bhutan earthquake was 10 miles (16 km) away from Trashigang Dzong, and caused wide cracks to appear in the 350-year-old structure?
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| List of Kolpak cricketers |
3,323 |
... that Claude Henderson was the first cricketer to sign a Kolpak contract?
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| Gauthier Destenay |
2,506 |
... that Xavier Bettel became the first European Union leader to marry someone of the same sex when he married Gauthier Destenay in 2015?
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| Sunil Babu Pant |
3,875 |
... that Sunil Babu Pant was the first openly gay federal level legislator in Asia?
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| Velipadinte Pusthakam |
910 |
... that the upcoming film Velipadinte Pusthakam will be the first collaboration between director Lal Jose and actor Mohanlal?
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| The Beast (book) |
1,157 |
... that The Beast is the first book written by CPJ International Press Freedom Award-winning journalist Óscar Martínez?
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| MINURCA |
1,136 |
... that MINURCA was established by the UN Security Council to replace another peacekeeping force called MISAB?
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| Lamborghini Asterion |
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6,323 |
... that Lamborghini's first hybrid vehicle was its concept car Asterion (pictured)?
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| St. Cajetan Church |
1,387 |
... that St. Cajetan Church, part of the World Heritage Site Churches and convents of Goa, is modeled on St. Peter's Basilica?
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| Church of St. Augustine, Goa |
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7,003 |
... that the supposed relics of Georgian saint Ketevan the Martyr were retrieved from the ruins of the Church of St. Augustine (pictured) in Goa?
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| Shekhar Naik |
657 |
... that Shekhar Naik is the first blind cricketer to be awarded the Padma Shri?
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| Jeff Bauman |
2,045 |
... that the upcoming movie Stronger is based on a memoir by Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman?
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| K. E. Mammen |
2,328 |
... that freedom fighter K. E. Mammen was expelled from Madras Christian College for participating in the Quit India Movement?
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| Interventions: A Life in War and Peace |
1,663 |
... that in his memoir Interventions: A Life in War and Peace, Kofi Annan asserts that internal African politics and leadership are largely responsible for Africa's problems?
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| Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple |
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6,635 |
... that the Thukkachi Abatsahayesvar temple (pictured) was greatly expanded by Vikrama Chola after he was supposedly cured of vitiligo by praying to the presiding deity for 48 days?
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| Deepak Gupta |
1,864 |
... that Supreme Court of India judge Deepak Gupta once heard and disposed of 33 cases in a single day?
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| Djamaa el Djazaïr |
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16,206 |
... that that the new Djamaa el Djazaïr mosque (pictured) is the tallest building in Africa?
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| Shrine of St. Paulina |
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5,718 |
... that the Shrine of St. Paulina (pictured) is dedicated to the first female saint from Brazil?
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| Limete Tower |
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10,816 |
... that the foundation stone for the Limete Tower (pictured) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was laid by the then Tanzanian president, Julius Nyerere?
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