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| The Théâtre Optique (pictured) show of 1892 was the first public projection of moving images, predating the Lumière Brothers' screening by three years. |
| There are more hurricanes in the Baja California Peninsula than anywhere else in Mexico. |
| Actress Frances Gifford played the lead role of Nyoka in the 1941 movie serial Jungle Girl. |
| The statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a national monument in Singapore, was given by Sultan Ibrahim of Johor in Malaysia. |
| U.S. airman Louis R. Rocco single-handedly carried three comrades out of a burning helicopter under enemy fire, despite having burned hands, a broken wrist and a fractured hip. |
| B&H Photo Video in New York City employs so many Satmar Hasidim, there is daily bus service to the store from Kiryas Joel, a Satmar enclave in Orange County, New York. |
| After World War I, İstanbul was occupied by the Triple Entente in the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire. |
| Natural Bridge State Park holds the largest natural arch in Wisconsin. |
| Russian painter Alexandre Jacovleff (pictured) participated in trans-Saharan and trans-Asian (from Syria to China) expeditions organized by the French car manufacturer Citroën. |
| The performance of "I See A Star" at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 involved one singer playing a barrel organ with a collection of puppets on it. |
| Rosa Bonheur Memorial Park was the first pet cemetery to also allow people to be buried alongside their pets. |
| The nature reserve Rejvíz in the Czech Republic is covered with a peat bog including two moss lakes of glacial origin. |
| The illustrated children's book Hot House Flowers, an allegory for illegal immigration, was written by a Brooklyn criminal court judge. |
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