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Did you know ... Grain Belt Beer Sign ... that the annual operating cost of the Grain Belt Beer Sign (pictured) dropped from $48,000 to $7,500 after it was renovated with LED lighting? ... that Pan Shu had to write psychological theory in secret during the Cultural Revolution? ... that a 1922 Brazilian film was presumed lost for more than 90 years until a copy was rediscovered in 2023? ... that peasant Agnieszka Machówna repeatedly deceived Polish nobles into thinking that she was a noble? ... that a former professional football player stated his intention to buy the rights to a 25-year-old children's sports game in his podcast? ... that Yuika was allowed by her parents to take a music-related course after playing one of her songs to them? ... that Walnut Valley, the neighborhood most affected by the 2023 Little Rock tornado, reported theft and illegal dumping during rebuilding efforts? ... that the fictional character Moira Pollock was described as a "battleaxe"? ... that a butt of malmsey was required to make "Tyre that is excellent", as part of a mixture of "fat Bastard, two gallons of Cute [and] Parrel"?

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The Palace of Truth is a three-act blank verse "Fairy Comedy" by the English dramatist W. S. Gilbert. First produced at the Haymarket Theatre in London on 19 November 1870, the plot was adapted in significant part from Madame de Genlis's fairy story Le Palais de Vérite. It was the first of several such plays that Gilbert wrote founded upon the idea of self-revelation by characters under the influence of some magic or supernatural interference. The play ran for approximately 140 performances, then toured the British provinces and enjoyed various revivals even well into the 20th century. There was also a New York production in 1910. This photograph shows the real-life married couple William Hunter Kendal and Madge Robertson Kendal as the lovers Prince Philamir and Princess Zeolide in the original 1870 production of The Palace of Truth.

Photograph credit: London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company; restored by Adam Cuerden

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