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| The Siribhoovalaya, a unique work of multi-lingual literature composed by Jain monk Kumudendu Muni, is written entirely using Kannada numerals, without the use of any alphabets. |
| The McLaren F1 GTR, based on the production McLaren F1 supercar, won the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans in its first year against purpose-built Le Mans Prototypes. |
| A Secret Council of the Lithuanian Council of Lords dealt with all crucial state affairs in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. |
| Patrick Heenan, a Captain in the British Indian Army, was convicted of treason after spying for the Empire of Japan during the Malayan campaign of World War II. |
| Two members of the outlaw Banditti of the Prairie were lynched in Ogle County, Illinois on June 27, 1841. |
| The California Maritime Academy has named three of its four training ships Golden Bear (third ship pictured) since 1946. |
| The Chappell Ganguly controversy in Indian cricket resulted in fiery street protests in Ganguly's home town of Calcutta and then raised debate in the Parliament of India. |
| Great American Country television host Nan Kelley (then Nan Sumrall) became Miss Mississippi in 1985 after her fellow Mississippian Susan Akin was crowned Miss America. |
| Gnanendramohan Tagore was the first Asian to be called to the bar in England in 1862. |
| The Portland Brownstone Quarries, which once provided brownstone to many landmark buildings in the United States during the 1800s, are now a National Historic Landmark and a regional scuba diving destination. |
| The Barnum Museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut has architectural influences ranging from Byzantine to Romanesque architecture. |
| The Romanian writer Paul Goma, whose citizenship was revoked by the Ceauşescu’s regime in 1978, now resides in France as a stateless person. |
| chocolate box art (example pictured) started in the late 19th century as box decorations, though the term 'chocolate box' is now used pejoratively to describe sentimental pictures. |
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