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• ...that DNA clamp proteins (pictured) keep the DNA polymerase replicating enzyme bound to the template DNA strand, increasing the rate of DNA synthesis up to 1,000-fold?
• ...that the anchorages for the Lane Avenue Bridge in Columbus, Ohio are two of the largest single pieces of steel ever to be galvanized?
• ...that the Judicial and Bar Council of the Philippines recommends appointees to the country's courts, without the "advice and consent" of the Commission on Appointments?
• ... that Byron K. Lichtenberg and John Glenn were respectively the first and the last Americans to fly as Payload Specialists on board the Space Shuttle?
• ...that a substantially complete Greek bronze Apoxyomenos, or representation of an athlete, was recovered off the Croatian island of Lošinj in 1999?

• ...that the Italian automaker Autobianchi was founded by the bicycle manufacturer Bianchi, tire giant Pirelli and Fiat? (pictured: Autobianchi Bianchina Special)
• ... that during the Indian Wars, troops stationed at Fort Harker, Kansas in 1867 performed more escorts of wagon trains in one year than troops stationed at any other frontier fort in the post-American Civil War era?
• ...that the song "Reise Nach Jerusalem - Kudüs'e Seyahat" was the first occasion on which the German Eurovision entry was performed partly in Turkish?
• ...that the controversy over the portrayals of Mormons in popular media includes Arthur Conan Doyle's very first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet?
• ...that in Kuwait, the freedom of the press is restricted mostly by self-censorship rather than active government action?
• ...that in June 1995, the Fiji Meteorological Service became responsible for the prediction of tropical cyclones in the southwest Pacific Ocean?

• ...that St. Louis, Missouri native Jeremiah James Harty (pictured) became Archbishop of Manila and successfully lobbied for the establishment of the first Christian Brother school in the Philippines?
• ...that the Cockpit Theatre was the first theatre in London's Drury Lane?
• ...that Claire's Mouse Lemur is a newly described species of primate that only lives on Nosy Bé, an island near Madagascar?
• ...that a Wikipedia article was a source for a U.S. House of Representatives bill that was signed into law as the Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building Designation Act?
• ...that the Indonesian Muslim organization Muhammadiyah has over 29 million members and manages several universities?
• ...that the USA Hawks are one of two national representative rugby union teams from the United States, and lost 0-98 in their inaugural North America 4 game against Canada West?

• ...that Rembrandt's painting Danaë (pictured) was severely damaged when a visitor threw sulfuric acid onto it on June 15, 1985?
• ...that the Cheraman Juma Masjid, the oldest mosque in India, was originally constructed in traditional Hindu architectural style?
• ...that Brian Killick's novel The Heralds follows the exploits of fictional members of the College of Arms as they vie to be the next Garter Principal King of Arms?
• ...that the Canadian Armed Forces mobilized more than 2,200 soldiers within days to help fight over 800 separate forest fires during Operation PEREGRINE in the summer of 2003?
• ...that the song Autostop is the only Eurovision Song Contest entry to have been based on the subject of hitchhiking?

• ...that the pacú fish (pictured) is marketed as a "vegetarian piranha" in pet stores, and was described by Theodore Roosevelt as "delicious eating"?
• ...that the Kashi Vidyapeeth university in Varanasi was founded on Mahatma Gandhi's principle of Indian self-reliance through the boycott of colonial institutions?
• ...that of the three breeding roosts in England for the rare Barbastelle bat, the only indoor roost is found in Norfolk's historic Paston Great Barn?
• ...that Mitsubishi Motors manufactures a keicar simply named "i"?
• ...that a noose hanging beside a hole at the Oak Tree Golf Club in Oklahoma was donated symbolically by a frustrated golfer, but was removed because of perceived racist undertones?
• ...that actress Shabana Azmi portrayed the wife of a deaf-mute alcoholic potter in her debut film Ankur?

• ...that the Catalan architect Enric Miralles died before seeing the completion of his largest building: the Scottish Parliament Building ? (pictured)
• ...that, in his novel War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy described the Battle of Tarutino as little more than a chain of accidents and coincidences?
• ...that the Autobianchi Primula was Fiat's first automobile with the front-wheel drive, transverse engine setup and rack and pinion steering?
• ...that much of what is known about the life of blues legend Blind Willie McTell comes from interviews with his wife, Kate McTell, after his death?
• ...that stadiums such as Sydney's Telstra Stadium and Paris' Stade de France use movable seating to change the layout of the playing area to allow for a wider variety of sports?
• ...that Max McGee is a former American Football wide receiver who assisted the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championship wins and scored the first touchdown in Super Bowl history?

• ...that St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery (pictured) in Kiev may have been the first Russian and Ukrainian church to have a golden dome?
• ...that, during the Yalta Conference, Winston Churchill was so impressed with the brandy produced by the Yerevan Brandy Company that he asked Joseph Stalin to send him several cases annually?
• ...that the band Crow originally recorded "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)", which was famously covered by Black Sabbath?
• ... that in August 2006, Brigadier General Angela Salinas became the first Hispanic female general officer in United States Marine Corps history?
• ...that the song "Guildo Hat Euch Lieb!" was performed by a band whose name literally translates as "Guildo Horn and the Orthopedic Stockings"?

• ...that the Capital Area Food Bank in Washington, D.C. received ten tons of broccoli (pictured) from Barbara Bush after it was banned from the White House and Air Force One by George H. W. Bush?
• ...that between 1977 and 1998, Madame Leprieur from Agon-Coutainville in France sent 80,000 questions to the daily RTL radio show Les Grosses Têtes, making herself famous nationwide?
• ...that Alberta Vaughn was an American film actress who starred in 112 motion pictures before her death in 1992?
• ...that Angelica Agurbash, who sang the Belarussian entry at the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, went through two major strip acts during her three-minute performance?
• ...that when the Château de Choisy was built for the Grande Mademoiselle, Louis XIV's first cousin, the garden designer André Le Nôtre's first advice was to "lay low all the woods that are there"?

• ...that the largest body parts do not all belong to the largest animal, and that there are numerous Guinness World Records for the largest human body parts?
• ...that Albert Bigelow Paine was the literary executor for Mark Twain, a member of the Pulitzer Prize Committee, and a recipient of the title of Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur for his books about Joan of Arc?
• ...that the 1950 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, the first world skiing championships of the International Ski Federation held outside Europe, took place in Lake Placid in the United States ?
• ...that the Régence style, precursor of the Rococo, had its origins in the interiors designed by Jean Bérain the Elder for Louis, Grand Dauphin at the Château de Meudon?
• ...that Bénilde Romançon's superiors at the Christian Brothers' novitiate were reluctant to take him in because he was short of stature?
• ...that Shangwen Fang received a fine for cruelty to animals after he was tracked down as the source of graphic images that had been posted on the Internet which showed cats being abused?