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- ... that a nuclear reactor was nearly built at the New York Hall of Science (pictured), but the money for the institution instead went to Yankee Stadium?
- ... that George Bernard Shaw jokingly threatened to torture Hilaire Belloc if it would get G. K. Chesterton to write his first play?
- ... that Norman warrior Hugh Bunel lived for years among the Saracens before turning against them to join the First Crusade?
- ... that after reading American Writers, William Lloyd Garrison told John Neal to be on guard should he return to the United States?
- ... that Druze rower Saleh Shahin won a bronze medal for Israel at the 2024 Paris Paralympics 19 years after he was injured in a terrorist attack?
- ... that the Hong Kong–based holding company now known as Nan Nan Resources went by three different names in 2011?
- ... that Dusko Doder reported the 1984 death of Yuri Andropov, the leader of the Soviet Union, before any official announcement?
- ... that Queen Victoria supported Clare embroidery by purchasing dresses for her family?
- ... that chocolate is included as an ingredient in 18th-century Italian recipes for pappardelle, fried liver, black polenta, and lasagna sauce?