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The first regular British light infantry regiment, the 52nd Regiment of Foot, awarded the title "Valiant Stormer" to those who survived the Forlorn Hopes at Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. 
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| The fictitious newspaper article written by the journalist in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Reporter" was featured as a PDF file on the official NBC website. |
| John Ruskin had wallpaper made for his study at Brantwood based on the design of a tablecloth in a painting of 1499 by Marco Marziale. |
| When Richard Peek of Loddiswell became Sheriff of London, he paid for a missionary to visit the prisoners at Newgate Prison. |
| Frye's Measure Mill is the only remaining water-powered measure mill in the United States after some 150 years of operations. |
| When the Rogue River eroded andesitic lava in the Rogue Valley, it created the Upper and Lower Table Rock geologic formations. |
| In 1897, a Texas farmer discovered a UFO landed on his property: an airship operated by United States Army engineer Samuel Escue Tillman and inventor Amos Dolbear. |
| The town of Shenkeng is popularly known in Taiwan as the "Tofu Capital". |
| In the case of Ex parte Milligan, the convictions of Lambdin P. Milligan (pictured), Harrison H. Dodd and William A. Bowles were thrown out. |
| Although professional wrestler Max Bauer won the 2008 Toxic Waltz tournament, it was not counted because he competed under a mask. |
| The Galapagos shark is often the most abundant shark around oceanic islands. |
| Amalia Mesa-Bains, a Ph.D. psychologist, was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for her artwork. |
| Based on the documents in the Liber instrumentorum memorialium the twelfth-century population of Montpellier and its environs has been estimated at 9,000 people. |
| Samuel D. McDearmon played a critical role in developing the village of Appomattox Court House, where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant. |
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