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The body of Spence Broughton remained hanging in a gibbet on Attercliffe Common, near Sheffield, for 36 years after his execution for robbery in 1792. 
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| Realph Norland, father of Verdens Gang and Aftenposten chief editor Andreas Norland, was himself a newspaper editor for Tønsbergs Blad. |
| egg and chips (pictured) was John Lennon's favourite food. |
| The FBI issued a 2002 terrorism alert after Michael John Hamdani invented a story about terrorists entering the United States as part of a plea bargain. |
| The National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame is home to the world's largest muskie sculpture. |
| Marion West Higgins, the first female Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, was the daughter of Dr. James E. West, the first Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America. |
| Valley Entertainment acquired in 2001 the prestigious back catalogue of ambient music from Hearts of Space. |
| Storebrand executive Gustav Aarestrup marked himself as an opponent of the Festning Tunnel and Fjellinjen. |
| Nobel Prize Economist Robert Lucas estimated that the welfare costs of the business cycle in terms of social welfare are negligible. |
| Pauline Rita played three roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas for Richard D'Oyly Carte, but left his company in 1878 never to return. |
| The first Cat Island Light (pictured) was constructed directly on sand, with no foundation. |
| While their old band was named after a Jack Kerouac novel, Harrys Gym took their name from an abandoned fitness center. |
| The swellshark bends its body in a U-shape and sucks in water to double in size and avoid attacks from predators. |
| Cards Pond is among only three of Rhode Island's nine salt ponds that receives significant freshwater from streams or rivers. |
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