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- ... that the Akinada Tobishima Kaido (bridge pictured), an island-hopping road, was named after its resemblance to stepping stones in a garden?
- ... that the "mythical love story" of Sami politician Bjarne Store-Jakobsen and Blackfoot physician Esther Tailfeathers is a focus of the 2014 film Bihttoš?
- ... that after Seattle Seahawks quarterback Matt Hasselbeck promised victory, he threw an interception that lost the game?
- ... that the compilation of the Wu shu was hampered by the execution of two members of the committee compiling the text?
- ... that after operating for 168 years and moving to three buildings, the Mercantile Library in Philadelphia was closed due to concerns about asbestos?
- ... that the annual energy cost of a single fume hood in Singapore can be up to US$9,300?
- ... that Laura Veale was the first woman to practise as a doctor in the town of Harrogate?
- ... that to encourage the development of Bissau-Guinean cinema, one foreign filmmaker provided the country's film institute with cameras, lights, and a Steinbeck guitar?
- ... that professional vibraphonist Joel Ross has called the vibraphone his "least favorite instrument"?