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Folktales claim that 19th century Ethiopian poet Gebre Hanna spread rumors of his own death to trick Emperor Menelik II of Ethiopia into sending money for a proper funeral. 
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| Howiesons Poort, a Middle Stone Age culture in South Africa, shows evidence that humans used symbolism in the form of ground ochre 25,000 years before the start of the Upper Paleolithic. |
| The Presidential Museum and Leadership Library in Odessa, Texas is uniquely dedicated to the presidential office rather than specific presidents. |
| Bed and Sofa is a 1927 Soviet silent film that satirizes polygamous relationships amongst the Moscow working poor. |
| Rough hits from Michigan's Richard France induced Wisconsin star Pat O'Dea to slug France, leading to O'Dea's ejection from the 1899 Western Conference championship game. |
| Some audience members fainted while others fled the 350-seat Grand Ducal Theatre in Stuttgart at the first appearance of the Furies in Jean-Georges Noverre's (pictured) 1763 ballet Jason et Médée. |
| children's book publisher Kane/Miller published the English language edition of Everyone Poops. |
| During his tenure as West Germany's Federal Ministry of Justice, Fritz Neumayer worked primarily on reforming criminal law. |
| Over ten million people watched Sweden's Melodifestivalen 2009 final through Sveriges Television's online service compared to only 3,592,000 who watched the actual television broadcast. |
| The National Policy on Education of 1968 called for education spending to increase to six percent of India's national income. |
| The killing of Aza Gazgireeva, former Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ingushetia, was described as "brutal" and "brazen". |
| On July 9, 2009, the racing yacht Alfa Romeo II broke the Transpac record for miles sailed in one day, by sailing 431 nautical miles in 24 hours. |
| Conrad Hubert (pictured) was the first commercial vendor of flashlights. |
| The direct action group Queer Liberaction staged same-sex kiss-ins and a marriage ceremony to draw attention to same-sex marriage issues. |
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