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- ... that New York City's Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch (pictured) once had a puppet library?
- ... that angling was once an Olympic sport?
- ... that the shape of Fisherman's Friend lozenges was based on the buttons on a dress worn by Doreen Lofthouse?
- ... that during an expedition on RV Kaharoa, a 34-centimetre-long (13 in) "supergiant" amphipod was discovered?
- ... that Olympia Dukakis's first screen role was in the avant-garde film Twice a Man?
- ... that ten years after publishing the book Great South African Christians, Horton Davies gave a speech criticizing South African churches and synagogues for their role in apartheid?
- ... that the two varieties of Alabama croton are separated by more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles)?
- ... that Aboriginal soldier Tim Hughes was decorated for remarkable bravery, exceptional coolness and initiative during the Battle of Buna–Gona?
- ... that the Victory Vertical piano was developed in 1942 to be parachuted to US troops?