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Tran Cao Van's plot to install Duy Tan as the independent boy Emperor of Vietnam happened only after he bribed the boy's chauffeur into allowing him access. 
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| Pigeon Island National Park (pictured) contains some of the best remaining coral reefs of Sri Lanka. |
| Members of a thief network, named "Pink Panthers" by Interpol, have stolen millions of dollars worth of jewels by driving limousines through a window, escaping on a speedboat and cross-dressing. |
| Cherokee Chief J. B. Milam funded an expedition to Mexico in 1939 to find the grave of Sequoyah, the inventor of the Cherokee writing system. |
| The 1953 Asian Socialist Conference held in Rangoon, was an important precursor to the 1955 Bandung Conference. |
| Pete Overfield won a professional American football championship in 1901 and was later nominated by U.S. President William Howard Taft as a federal judge in Alaska. |
| The vestararius managed both the wardrobe and money of the pope from the 8th to 11th centuries. |
| astronomer Rolf Brahde provided commentary for the 1969 moon landing on Norwegian television. |
| lutetium tantalate (LuTaO4) (crystal structure pictured) is the densest known stable white material and is therefore an ideal material for X-ray phosphors. |
| Sofmap, a Japanese retailer, released a collector's box of Izuna 2: The Unemployed Ninja Returns that mirrors the design of erotic eroge games. |
| Jeffrey Zients, the new United States Chief Performance Officer, was in a club that tried to buy the Washington Nationals baseball team. |
| The 64-pillared 17th century marble monument Chausath Khamba is a tomb for Mirz Aziz Koka. |
| although professional wrestlers Kurt and Karl Von Steiger won the AWA World Tag Team Championship, their title reign is not recognized because the previous champions were not authorized to lose the title. |
| The problem of deforestation in Costa Rica in the 1980s and early 1990s was referenced in Michael Crichton's 1990 novel, Jurassic Park. |
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