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| Frank Grouard, a famous scout during the Indian Wars, was believed by many to be an American Indian but actually came from the Society Islands in the South Pacific. |
| The crucified figure in Francisco Zurbarán's 1628 painting Saint Serapion (pictured) was based on a Mercedarian friar who fought and was martyred during the Third Crusade of 1196. |
| fluffy bums suck on passion vine juice. |
| Don Featherstone created over 750 plastic animals, but is most famous for the plastic flamingo. |
| The first series of British radio stand-up comedy show Mark Steel's in Town was recorded in Skipton, Boston, Lewes, Walsall, Merthyr Tydfil and the Isle of Portland. |
| In 1950 former record-setting balloonist Thomas G. W. Settle was assigned to perform a nuclear test in the Aleutian islands. |
| Ki-a-Kuts Falls in Oregon were named after the last chief of the Atfalati band of Native Americans. |
| When Henrik Ibsen's play Brand was first staged in Norway, 38 years after it was published, Egil Eide played the title role. |
| The Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association stymied anti-suffragists by denying them widespread Conservative Party support. |
| William H. Lewis (pictured) became the first African-American college football player in 1888 and the first African-American to serve as U.S. Assistant Attorney General in 1911. |
| The Royal Navy accepted Gay Viking and Gay Corsair into their service during the Second World War, with another 12 Gay class fast patrol boats joining in the 1950s?. |
| In April 2009, Lim Hwee Hua became the first woman to be appointed a full Minister in Singapore's Cabinet. |
| Johanson-Blizzard syndrome, a recessive congenital disorder, can cause abnormal development of the pancreas, nose and scalp, with mental retardation, hearing loss and growth failure. |
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