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| In 2008, the Triumph Bonneville America was updated with electronic fuel injection to meet European legislation and had the fuel injectors concealed by dummy carburettors. |
| Joey Hamilton held five baseball records at Georgia Southern University until 1995. |
| Although the steam-powered SS Clan Alpine had a maximum forwards speed of 10.5 knots (19.4 km/h), on her final journey she went backwards at 35 knots (65 km/h). |
| The 1956 film Lovers and Lollipops, by indie filmmaker Morris Engel, was noted for its realism and New York City locations, and influenced the French New Wave. |
| Captain (later Rear Admiral) Otto Becher (pictured) was awarded both the Distinguished Service Order and United States Legion of Merit as commander of HMAS Warramunga during the Korean War. |
| Children in the high-altitude gold mining town of Kimberly, Utah, attended school from April through November to avoid the deep snows of winter. |
| Both members of Duo Crommelynck, a noted classical piano duo, committed suicide in 1994, the only known such case in classical music history. |
| Benjamin Edwards, who expanded the privately-held A. G. Edwards into the largest U.S. brokerage firm headquartered outside of New York City, owned the world's largest collection of Imari porcelain. |
| The Kyshtym disaster was a serious nuclear accident in 1957, which resulted in permanent evacuation of about 10,000 people. |
| Johnny Madison Williams Jr., one of the most successful bank robbers in American history, was nicknamed "The Shootist" by the FBI because of his modus operandi of firing into the air at the beginning of each heist. |
| Islam and Protestantism have an early history of mutual support against Catholicism, and share some common attitudes to faith, such as textual criticism and iconoclasm. |
| Wilco's upcoming studio album is expected to feature a duet with Canadian singer Feist. |
| An air well (pictured) collects water by promoting the condensation of moisture from air. |
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