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The burial of John Mildenhall at Agra in 1614 is the oldest recorded burial of an Englishman in India. 
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| The 13th century Sufi scholar Sayyid Abu Bakr Al-Aidarus was impressed with the stimulating effect of the coffee fruit and is credited with introducing it to the Hadhramaut region. |
| Vinny Castilla has won three Silver Slugger Awards at third base in four years for the Colorado Rockies. |
| Torolf Elster, former Director-General of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), was also an awarded crime writer. |
| 99% of Washington wine is grown in the eastern half of the state where a rain shadow effect created by the Cascades leaves the area dry and desert-like. |
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| Agnes Douglas, Countess of Argyll (pictured) was one of the seven daughters of Agnes Leslie, Countess of Morton who were called the "pearls of Lochleven" for their beauty. |
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| Verpa bohemica is a saprobic species of fungi distinguished from other species by its enormous spores. |
| During the midst of the Cold War, Alan Shulman and Dmitri Shostakovich were invited to join a Soviet–American composers' symposium organised by Nicolas Slonimsky for NBC. |
| Part of a 700 kilometre long minefield is found in Svay Chek District, Cambodia. |
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| renal medullary carcinoma is found almost exclusively in individuals with sickle cell trait or sickle cell disease. |
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