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The Boulton and Watt steam engine preserved in the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia, is the oldest surviving rotative steam engine. 
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| Some historians argue that Haimo, a medieval royal official who died around 1100, was one of the first barons of the Exchequer. |
| The 1906 firing of John McLean (pictured) for paying an athlete to play college football was called "the biggest scandal in the history of Missouri athletics". |
| Geary Eppley, an administrator at the University of Maryland, confiscated thousands of copies of the student newspaper when it printed an exposé on dormitory living conditions. |
| Korea Aerospace Research Institute's STSAT-2 (Science and Technology Satellite-2) will carry two payloads, a satellite laser ranging and a Lyman-alpha Imaging Solar Telescope. |
| The strong, dark red timber of the Australian hardwood tree the Narrow-leaved Ironbark was used in Elizabeth Farm, Australia's oldest surviving European dwelling. |
| Stylianos Zaoutzes, the father-in-law of Byzantine emperor Leo VI the Wise, was one of only two people to ever be awarded the title of basileopator, meaning "father of the emperor". |
| The 2001 Gator Bowl was the final collegiate game of American football star Michael Vick. |
| Japanese tenor Taro Ichihara made his Metropolitan Opera debut in the role of the Italian tenor in Der Rosenkavalier. |
| Around 30–40 endangered Sri Lankan elephants (pictured) are present within Kumana National Park. |
| How Am I Supposed to Kill You If You Have All the Guns? was described as "disgusting" by the parents of one of its creators. |
| The koa wood hull of a Hawaiian-style outrigger canoe named Mālia became the mold for modern fiberglass racing canoes. |
| Kendrick Moxon assisted Scientologists in filing 50 lawsuits against the Cult Awareness Network, which eventually led to the bankruptcy of the organization. |
| In Albanian folklore, the zana, mountain fairies revered for their beauty and courage, are said to have watched approvingly over Albanian protests against the 1878 Treaty of San Stefano. |
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