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| San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Billy Wilson has been described as "probably one of the most underrated players in NFL history". |
| Naomi Klein's second book, Fences and Windows, is a collection of newspaper articles about the anti-globalization movement which she wrote while promoting her first book, No Logo. |
| The restoration of Ifield Water Mill in West Sussex, England, was carried out almost entirely by volunteers. |
| The price war started by Color Air in 1998 led to its bankruptcy after 14 months. |
| Cycling world champion Wilhelm Henie was his daughter Sonja Henie's guide and manager in her figure skating career. |
| Golar Spirit (pictured) is the world's first floating storage and regasification vessel converted from a LNG carrier. |
| In the 15th century, cutting down a Nebbiolo grapevine in the Piedmont region of La Morra was punishable by a heavy fine, hanging, or having your right hand cut off. |
| "The Peanut Vendor", composed by Cuban orchestra leader Moisés Simons, has been recorded by over 160 bands. |
| In the Wii video game Neighborhood Games, when playing with more than one person, player characters can taunt opposing players to break their concentration. |
| Los Angeles-based hip hop group Black Eyed Peas have released two number one albums in both Australia and Switzerland, but have yet to achieve the same on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. |
| Emperor Shunzong of Tang's close associate Wang Pi was described by historians as ugly, lacking ambition, and speaking in Wu Chinese. |
| Male field crickets of the species Gryllus veletis attract sexually receptive mates by acoustic signals, and one changes his "courtship song" when a female enters his territory. |
| a park in Seattle is named after Terry Pettus, a onetime Communist whose conviction for conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government was overturned by the Supreme Court. |
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