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The Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act of Singapore that allows for suspected criminals to be detained without trial has been renewed 12 times since its enactment in 1955. 
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| Despite not being backed by the FDA, full-body scans are performed in the United States to screen for disease in healthy people. |
| The building that became Presidential Palace in Vilnius served as residence for the French Emperor Napoleon and Tsar Alexander I of Russia? (Lithuania's Presidential Palace. |
| At the height of the Cold War, U.S. President Ronald Reagan committed a microphone gaffe when he joked that he had signed legislation to bomb Russia. |
| In 1995, André Dallaire attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister of Canada, Jean Chrétien after breaking into his residence at 24 Sussex Drive. |
| The original tunnel built to connect the Kalka-Shimla Railway at Barog, Himachal Pradesh was abandoned as the two constructed ends did not meet. |
| Ian Craig, the youngest ever Australian test cricketer and captain, later became the managing director of Boots pharmaceutical company. |
| Polish politician and Sejm member, Joanna Senyszyn, gained media attention due to her distinctive, high-pitched voice. |
| The European and Japanese collaborative BepiColombo mission is planned to be the first extensive mission to Mercury since Mariner 10? (Computer rendition of the BepiColombo orbiters. |
| At the time of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, the Tarascan state was the second only to the Aztec empire in size and population. |
| The Australian Federal Division of Macarthur is considered to be a bellwether as it has been held by the ruling political party in every election since 1949. |
| Indian-American teenager Gaurav Raja memorized 10,980 digits of pi in 2006 to break the North American pi memorization record. |
| During Operation Cedar Falls in the Vietnam War, American and South Vietnamese troops captured 3,700 tons of rice, enough to feed 13,000 troops for a full year. |
| The 2000 Black Coaches Association Classic was postponed by an electrical storm during which lightning struck ESPN broadcaster Lee Corso's rental car. |
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