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| The work of make-up artist and body painter Joanne Gair has been featured in ten consecutive Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issues. |
| The Scottish investment company Alliance Trust was formed in 1888 from companies providing loans to immigrant farmers in Oregon. |
| Mysore Palace (pictured), a tourist attraction in the city of Mysore, is one of the most visited monuments in India, even more than the Taj Mahal. |
| Clark State Forest was Indiana's largest Civilian Conservation Corps cantonment. |
| Future four-star admiral Frank H. Brumby was accused of technical incompetence by the Naval Court of Inquiry investigating the accidental sinking of the submarine S-4. |
| The first book on Buddhism in Dutch was written in 1879. |
| In More Demi Moore, Demi Moore appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair eight-months pregnant and wearing only a diamond ring. |
| The East Timor political party Association for the Integration of Timor into Indonesia quickly changed its name to Timorese Popular Democratic Association to improve public relations. |
| The centerfire revolver cartridge .44 Russian, despite its name, was developed by an American handgun manufacturer, Smith & Wesson. |
| The Dendera zodiac (pictured), an ancient relief on display at the Louvre, was originally a planisphere on the ceiling of a temple in Egypt. |
| In 1916, footballer Bob Benson volunteered to replace an absent Arsenal team-mate just before a game, only to collapse and die during the match. |
| Hurricane Hernan was the second of three Category 5 Pacific hurricanes in the 2002 hurricane season. |
| Bhushan Steel, the largest manufacturer of auto-grade steel in India, is expanding its capacity to 12 million tonnes annually. |
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