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| White Dome Geyser erupts from one of the largest geyserite cones in Yellowstone National Park. |
| The earliest example of humans having the skill to manufacture artifacts with a compound glue was found in Sibudu Cave, South Africa. |
| Stanley R. Jaffe, who resigned as president of Paramount Television in 1971, returned to become president of Paramount Communications in 1991 and president of Paramount Pictures in 1992. |
| Some prints of the Mass of Saint Gregory claimed to offer indulgences of up to 45,000 years. |
| The 1890 College Football All-America Team was composed entirely of players from Harvard, Yale and Princeton, including Ralph Warren, John Cranston, Billy Rhodes, Frank Hallowell and Jesse Riggs. |
| luminescence of holmium oxide is so bright that the material changes its color from yellow to orange-red under fluorescent light (pictured). |
| The electric drill was invented in 1889 by Arthur James Arnot. |
| William Michael Rooke's opera Amilie, or the Love Test enabled New Yorkers of 1838 to appreciate "a broad new repertoire". |
| Officers of the Sarsfield Grenadier Guards were traditionally elected by the men. |
| William E. Simkin, longest-serving head of the U.S. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, first got involved in arbitration when a professor asked him to assist with a hosiery industry dispute. |
| Jan van Riebeeck established the first vineyards in South Africa to help Dutch East India Company sailors ward off scurvy while traveling the spice route. |
| German-American saboteur Richard Quirin was described as a "cool, cruel man who would not hesitate to kill anyone to accomplish the mission's objectives?. |
| The ruined Craigie Castle (keep pictured) contained one of Scotland's best vaulted halls. |
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