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The Roman emperor Probus may have introduced Syrah vines to the Côte-Rôtie wine region with cuttings from the Sicilian province of Syracuse. 
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| From 1956 to 1986, radio station KYKN in Keizer, Oregon, was called "KGAY". |
| According to Henry's Law and Dalton's Law, fizz keepers, which are claimed to pump air into bottles of fizzy drink and thereby stop them going flat, do not actually work that way. |
| Bundala National Park of Sri Lanka harbors 197 species of birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo (pictured), which migrate in large flocks. |
| Information gathered by spy Peggy Taylor, who posed as a prostitute in France during the Second World War, was instrumental in planning D-Day. |
| US TV series Parks and Recreation season finale "Rock Show" received positive reviews but the lowest ratings of the season, with only 4.25 million households tuning in. |
| The 1994 Nepalese legislative election saw the first democratically elected communist government in Asia come to power. |
| Although Kevin Daft set two records in NFL Europe, he was released by the Tennessee Titans in August 2002. |
| Chichester Castle was built in the Rape of Chichester in the 11th century. |
| In 1899 Isaac Seneca became the first Native American to be named as an All-American football player while playing halfback for the Carlisle Indian School. |
| "The Snowman" was likely the product of Hans Christian Andersen's homoerotic ardor for Harald Scharff, a ballet dancer at the Royal Danish Theatre. |
| USS Nicholson (pictured) and USS Fanning, a pair of American destroyers built before World War I, are credited with the United States Navy's first U-boat kill for sinking U-58 on 17 November 1917. |
| In 1998, during the two IFMAR World Championship events for 1:10th scale gas powered radio-controlled cars held at the same weekend, all Top 10 positions were dominated by users of Serpent cars. |
| Arkansas State Senator Kim Hendren authored a failed bill to require motorcyclists to wear helmets or offer proof of health insurance. |
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