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Historians have called beer the national drink of ancient Egypt. The pharoahs appointed a "royal chief beer inspector" to protect its quality. 
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| red and black were the most common colors of traditional Ukrainian embroidery (pictured). |
| Although former Michigan Wolverines wide receiver, Marquise Walker, was selected in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft, he was Jon Gruden's first draft pick as Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach. |
| Tabasco sauce heir Edward Avery McIlhenny was an arctic explorer who in 1897-98 helped to rescue over a hundred whaling fleet sailors stranded at Point Barrow, Alaska. |
| Hurricane Rick of 1997 caused coffee prices on the Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange in New York to jump 4.7% because it threatened coffee crops at a time when they were vulnerable to winds blowing them down. |
| The Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne, based on the 1755 Lisbon earthquake exhibits Voltaire's rejection of optimism and Providence, and is considered an introduction to his famous work Candide. |
| Tang Chinese scholar Yao Silian was the lead author of the official histories of both Liang and Chen Dynasties. |
| The current Foreign Minister of Chile, Alejandro Foxley (pictured), served both in the cabinet of Salvador Allende in the 1970s and in the first cabinet after the restoration of democracy in 1990? This is false and was featured in El Mercurio as "the new Wikipedia error". |
| Former Los Angeles Clipper center Josh Moore has signed a 2007 contract to play in Iran, in possible violation of U.S. sanctions against that country. |
| Italian aeronautical engineer Corradino D'Ascanio developed a record-setting early helicopter in 1930 and designed the original Vespa motor scooter in 1946. |
| The Dewoitine D.33 was an aircraft built in 1930, set a long distance record in that year, and was used extensively by Air France. |
| During the Bisbee Deportation, Phelps Dodge Corporation executives seized control of the town's telegraph and telephones to prevent news of the kidnappings from being reported. |
| Slain Canadian Mi'kmaq activist Nora Bernard was responsible for the largest class-action lawsuit in Canadian history. |
| Sicilian Mafia boss Giuseppe Falsone has been on the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy since January 1999, a list of criminals considered extremely dangerous by the Polizia di Stato. |
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