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| Mitsubishi Motors manufactures a keicar simply named "i". |
| Of the three breeding roosts in England for the rare Barbastelle bat, the only indoor roost is found in Norfolk's historic Paston Great Barn. |
| The Kashi Vidyapeeth university in Varanasi was founded on Mahatma Gandhi's principle of Indian self-reliance through the boycott of colonial institutions. |
| The pacú fish (pictured) is marketed as a "vegetarian piranha" in pet stores, and was described by Theodore Roosevelt as "delicious eating". |
| The song Autostop is the only Eurovision Song Contest entry to have been based on the subject of hitchhiking. |
| The Canadian Armed Forces mobilized more than 2,200 soldiers within days to help fight over 800 separate forest fires during Operation PEREGRINE in the summer of 2003. |
| Brian Killick's novel The Heralds follows the exploits of fictional members of the College of Arms as they vie to be the next Garter Principal King of Arms. |
| The Cheraman Juma Masjid, the oldest mosque in India, was originally constructed in traditional Hindu architectural style. |
| Rembrandt's painting Danaë (pictured) was severely damaged when a visitor threw sulfuric acid onto it on June 15, 1985. |
| The USA Hawks are one of two national representative rugby union teams from the United States, and lost 0-98 in their inaugural North America 4 game against Canada West. |
| The Indonesian Muslim organization Muhammadiyah has over 29 million members and manages several universities. |
| A Wikipedia article was a source for a U.S. House of Representatives bill that was signed into law as the Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building Designation Act. |
| Claire's Mouse Lemur is a newly described species of primate that only lives on Nosy Bé, an island near Madagascar. |
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