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Did you know...

Alida Rossander, an early employee at Stockholms Enskilda Bank

...that Stockholms Enskilda Bank was one of Sweden's first private banks? (pictured is Alida Rossander, an early employee)?
...that akuaba are dolls, traditionally carried on the backs of Ghanian women who want to conceive?
...that YouthBank UK is a national grant scheme in the United Kingdom, operated completely by young people to provide financial support for community projects?
...that Zarafa was a giraffe presented to Charles X of France from Mehmet Ali Pasha, the Ottoman Viceroy of Egypt in 1826, to encourage the King of France to end his support for the Greeks in their fight for independence?
...that virtual reality has been used to create three-dimensional simulated environments for rehabilitation?
...that Gordon K. Bush Airport was built to serve Ohio University and serves as the base for its department of aviation?

Juniper berries

...that juniper berries (pictured), are the only spice to come from coniferous trees, and were found in Tutankhamun's tomb?
...that New Australia was a utopian settlement founded in Paraguay in 1893 by former members of the Australian labour movement?
...that American Jackson Haines is considered the father of modern figure skating?
...that Kolachal, India was the location of a battle in 1741 where an Indian kingdom defeated a European naval force for possibly the first time in Indian history?
... that the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve in northern Ontario, Canada is the largest game preserve in the world?
...that Colóquios dos simples e drogas da India is a scientific text published in Goa in 1563 that includes the first published verses by Luís de Camões, Portugal's national poet?

...that Hansken the elephant (pictured) toured many European countries in the 17th century, performing feats of "intelligence", and was sketched by Rembrandt several times?
...that the National Art Gallery of Bulgaria occupies the Neo-Baroque 19th-century edifice of the former royal palace?
...that the 2004 Texas Longhorn football team made college football history by being the first team to ever win the Rose Bowl Game as time ran off the clock?
...that the British Army was the last major military to exclusively adopt a semi-automatic handgun (the Browning Hi-Power) as their service pistol, retaining the Webley Mk IV, Enfield No 2 Mk I, and Smith & Wesson "Victory" Model revolvers in official service until 1963?
... that hearing loss is a common occurrence in cases involving craniofacial syndromes?
...that Eastern National, a non-profit organization that started with only $147 of donations, created the national park passport stamp program, which has sold over 1.3 million copies since 1986?

Kuomintang conference before the outbreak of the war

...that the Battle of Central Plains (prominent combatants pictured), fought in Republican China from 1929 to 1930, involved more than one million troops?
...that former Australian Olympic swimming coach Forbes Carlile is the only person to have coached and later competed at the Olympic Games?
...that drug-eluting stents are often coated with chemotherapy compounds, to prevent blockage by tissue when placed into arteries?
...that the 1960 Summer Olympics champion heavyweight weightlifter Yury Vlasov was a candidate in the Russian presidential election, 1996 but received only 0.02% of the vote?
...that Tropical Storm Bilis caused 625 deaths and $2.5 billion (2006 left|100px in damage to the Philippines, mainland China, and Taiwan, making it the most damaging storm of the 2006 Pacific typhoon season so far?
...that the narrow, steep-sided Vall de Boí in Spain contains nine extant First Romanesque churches, making it the densest concentration of Romanesque architecture in Europe?

... that the fish known as the snapper (Chrysophrys aurata; pictured) in Australia and New Zealand does not belong to the snapper family of tropical fish?
... that during the American Civil War, Pennsylvania provided over 360,000 soldiers who served in the Union Army, more than any other Northern state except New York?
...that the Pactum Warmundi established autonomous Venetian communes within the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem?
...that Dorothy was the longest-running musical stage production ever until the 20th century, with an initial run of 931 performances?
...that the wart-biter bush-cricket (Decticus verrucivorus) obtained both its English and scientific names from a Swedish practice of using the cricket to bite warts from the skin?
...that during the Siege of Florence, Michelangelo was placed in command of the city's fortification?
...that bidding boxes (pictured), used as aids in contract bridge, have different versions for right-handed and left-handed people?
... that Christopher Maude Chavasse was an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a Bishop of Rochester, and an Olympic athlete?
...that there has been criticism of Pokémon due to the similarity between the original Jynx character design and blackface images?
...that Clara the rhinoceros, the fifth living rhinoceros to be seen in Europe in modern times, became famous during a seventeen year tour of Europe from 1741 to 1758?
...that the dispute regarding the distribution of the Zira and Firozpur administrative districts to India was settled as part of an agreement between the governments of India and Pakistan in 1960, thirteen years after partition?

...that the execution of Chunee the elephant (pictured) on 1 March 1826 became a cause célèbre, leading to the founding of the Zoological Society of London?
...that the first simulated patient was trained to act as if he had paraplegia and multiple sclerosis, in order to teach medical trainees?
...that life chances is a probabilistic concept introduced by sociologist Max Weber to determine the likely outcomes of an individual's life, on the basis of certain underlying factors?
...that Catherine the Great named the Pella Palace after the birthplace of Alexander the Great, hoping that it would become the favorite lodging of her own grandson Alexander?
... that España Boulevard, the main street of Sampaloc, Manila, is notorious for its waist-deep floods during the Philippine typhoon season?
...that Indian trade unionist Dutta Samant led an estimated 200,000 workers on a year-long strike in 1982, causing the exodus of the textile mill industry from Mumbai?

...that the Polski Fiat 125p (pictured) was made by then Polish state-owned manufacturer FSO car factory under a license agreement with the Italian company Fiat?
...that Subroto Mukerjee, the first Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, died of choking in a Tokyo restaurant?
...that pretelescopic astronomy was practiced nearly two millennia prior to the introduction of the telescope?
...that Harriot Stanton Blatch helped revive the American women's suffrage movement in the early 20th century, by involving working class women?
...that University Park at MIT includes the building in which Fig Newtons were originally made?
...that at least 36 tropical cyclones have affected South America since 1588?
...that former Major League Baseball catcher Mackey Sasser was known for his difficulty throwing the ball back to the pitcher when he was behind the home plate?