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- ... that entomologist Charles De Geer made all the illustrations for his eight-volume work himself (example pictured)?
- ... that the anniversary of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's 1974 speech at the United Nations has been observed as Bangladeshi Immigration Day in New York since 2019?
- ... that thousands of crocodiles were once farmed on Bazaruto Island?
- ... that the flag of North Korea has been mistakenly used by international organisations to represent South Korea?
- ... that Marie Breen retired from the Australian Senate to care for her husband, who had been badly injured in a car accident?
- ... that Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez were picked for the 2024 MLS All-Star Game but could not play?
- ... that Spanish bishop Josep-Lluís Serrano Pentinat is expected to be a future head of state of Andorra?
- ... that after becoming a religious leader of the Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Slaybebtikud united the tribes and established himself as their sole leader?
- ... that Wolfgang Rihm said of the music of his 1987 opera Oedipus: "Sound is a weapon here – or a scalpel"?