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Germerius is said to have been given as much land as the shadow of his cloak could cover (about a six miles radius) by Clovis I in exchange for his prayers. 
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| Industries that have shaped the Hudson, New York, historic district include whaling, antique shops and prostitution. |
| During World War II, Richard Andvord conducted illegal resistance work through the company Rich. Andvord, founded in 1865 by his ancestor of the same name. |
| Centipede were an English jazz/progressive rock band with more than 50 members. |
| The 1932 Colgate University football team was "undefeated, untied, unscored upon, and uninvited" after being snubbed by the Rose Bowl. |
| Norwegian politician Rolf Thommessen edited the newspaper Tidens Tegn for more than twenty years, from 1917 to 1938. |
| The Atlantic flyingfish (pictured) can glide 3 to 12 metres (10 to 39 ft) in the air after jumping out of the water. |
| The Homicide: Life on the Street episode "Subway" was inspired by an episode of the HBO documentary series Taxicab Confessions where a detective talked about a man who became pinned between a subway train and the platform?. |
| The leaves of young Bagassa guianensis trees are so different from those of the adults that taxonomists considered them to be different species for at least 150 years. |
| Bernardo Peres da Silva, the only native Governor of Portuguese India in its 451-year history, was deposed after just seventeen days in office. |
| While the Pakistan Socialist Party won several seats in 1954 in East Pakistan due to reservations for religious minorities, the party opposed such reservations in principle. |
| Nanuli Shevardnadze, wife of the future president of Georgia Eduard Shevardnadze, initially rejected his marriage proposal, fearing her family background would ruin his career. |
| Typical subjects for late medieval Andachtsbilder include the Pietà , Pensive Christ, Man of Sorrows and Arma Christi, and the Veil of Veronica. |
| University of Chicago fullback Clarence Herschberger (pictured) has been credited as the first player to run the Statue of Liberty play. |
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