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The Shell Service Station (picturedImage:Shell Service Station-WS NC.JPG) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina was chosen for the National Register of Historic Places as an example of folly architecture, and over $50,000 has been spent restoring it to its original condition. 
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| Jampa Tsedroen, the monastic name of German Buddhist nun Carola Roloff, means "loving kindness" and "lamp of life" in Tibetan. |
| gashing is a machining process used to rough out gears prior to final machining operations, like hobbing or shaping. |
| Robert F. Hale was serving as Executive Director of the American Society of Military Comptrollers when President Barack Obama appointed him Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller). |
| Susan Boyle's 2009 rendition of the song "I Dreamed a Dream" from the musical Les Misérables created an upsurge in public interest that elevated Patti LuPone's original version to #45 on the UK Singles Chart. |
| The Western Weald is to be included in the proposed South Downs National Park, an outcome which author Bill Bryson said would have been "a national tragedy" had it not happened. |
| The site of Kothduwa temple is reputed to be one of the places where the Buddha's tooth was hidden when it was brought to Sri Lanka (tooth smuggling pictured). |
| Although the Lord of the Rings fan film The Hunt for Gollum is completely unofficial, its creators "reached an understanding" with Tolkien Enterprises. |
| American spy Allen Dulles ran an intelligence organization from his house on Herrengasse, a street in the Old City of Berne, Switzerland, collecting information on the Nazis during World War II. |
| The powdery mildew fungus Phyllactinia guttata has gelatinous filaments thought to help it adhere to leaves. |
| Dion Boucicault introduced the combination company to England with his first tour of The Colleen Bawn. |
| The sports field at Ringstabekk, Norway, has hosted matches in the Bandy World Championships. |
| Retired New York State Assembly Deputy Speaker Arthur Eve was an observer and negotiator at the 1971 Attica Prison riot where he entered the prison to hear inmate demands. |
| The song "Lo Mejor de Tu Vida" by Spanish singer Julio Iglesias held the record for biggest leap to number-one in the Billboard Hot Latin Tracks chart for almost 20 years. |
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