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| St. Anne's Church in Warsaw was the place of execution of Bishop Józef Kossakowski during the Warsaw Uprising of 1794. |
| The Encyclopædia of Ball Juggling contains completely cross-referenced A to Z article indexing, complemented by Charlie Dancey’s light-hearted writing and cartoon illustration style. |
| A Lesser Caymans iguana was the longest living Cyclura lizard ever at thirty-three years. |
| Fischer Black Prize, first awarded in 2003, is the finance analogue to the Clark Medal in economics and the Fields Medal in mathematics, introduced in 1947 and 1936, respectively. |
| Norman Williams shot down eight German aircraft while serving as an air gunner in Halifax bombers in the Second World War, becoming the most highly decorated non-commissioned officer in the RAAF and its only "ace" who was not a fighter pilot. |
| The Irish politician the O'Gorman Mahon commanded a Chilean fleet, fought thirteen duels, and won a by-election aged 87. |
| A variant of the helmet (pictured) used by the Bulgarian Army in World War II is still in service. |
| Mob turncoat Peter Chiodo was so heavy that he had to be flown in a special plane. |
| The Arly-Singou ecosystem shelters the largest remaining population of lions in West Africa. |
| Harvard Business School Associate professor and financial economist Randolph Cohen has published research on the valuation of baseball star Alex Rodriguez. |
| Garth Butcher was a member of Canada's first-ever gold medal team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships before becoming a pest and setting team records for penalty minutes in the National Hockey League. |
| The Harvey School, a rural school in New York, was established to give an education to the founder's handicapped son. |
| The Classic Veracruz culture of pre-Columbian Mexico was obsessed with human sacrifice as part of the Mesoamerican ballgame. |
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