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The nematode Elaeophora sagitta is a parasite that infests the heart and blood vessels of animals such as buffaloes and kudus in Africa. 
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| 73 Mansion St., Poughkeepsie, New York, was architecturally inconsistent with the neighboring Balding Avenue Historic District, so it was later listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places?. |
| Architect Richard Neutra used mirrors and reflecting pools to provide spaciousness for his home on a small lot, the Neutra VDL Studio and Residences, on Silver Lake in Los Angeles. |
| A Zen temple's Main Hall looks like a two story building, but has in fact only one. |
| John G. Cullmann was nearly assassinated after establishing a settlement of German immigrants in northern Alabama. |
| In May 2009, the District of Columbia ruled that Third Church of Christ, Scientist could go forward with demolition of its brutalist-style building. |
| The N100 brain response to auditory stimuli can help predict coma patients' probability of recovery. |
| The Smith Tobacco Barn is one of the few remaining examples of intact flue-cured tobacco barns in Dillon County, South Carolina, built between 1895 and the 1950s. |
| The Torment of Saint Anthony (pictured) has recently been identified as the earliest known painting by Michelangelo. |
| neurosurgeon Keith Black, featured in a Time special issue on "Heroes of Medicine", is known for his discovery that the peptide bradykinin can be effective in opening the blood-brain barrier. |
| Nevada City, California’s Doris Foley Library for Historical Research includes a Cornish Studies Collection. |
| After a hurdle was misplaced on the running track, Angelo Taylor said he would never again compete at the Adidas Track Classic. |
| Yohl Ik'nal, queen of the Classic Period Maya city of Palenque in Mexico, was the first known female Mayan ruler. |
| The previous owners of KWVR in Enterprise, Oregon, actually lived at the radio station until they sold it in 2008. |
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