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In 717 Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi became the first Muslim commander ever to cross the Pyrenees mountain range. 
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| silversmith Caleb Bentley made the brass cornerstone for the White House (pictured) in 1792 and provided refuge to U.S. President James Madison when the British burned the building in 1814. |
| The phrase "It's your Wally" refers to Queensland's test cricketer Wally Grout and typically means that it is the listener's turn to buy a round of drinks. |
| 410 Squadron RCAF was the top-scoring night-fighter unit in 2nd Tactical Air Force in the period between D-Day and VE Day. |
| The Chicago Tribune's John McCormick received the 2002 Distinguished Writing Award for Editorial Writing for his work on 9/11, Afghanistan, and the sale of naming rights for Soldier Field. |
| The recently-discovered dinosaur Austroraptor is the largest dromaeosaur to have been found in the Southern Hemisphere. |
| Beninese physician Basile Adjou Moumouni won his country's 1968 presidential election with 80 percent of the vote only to have the results annulled by incumbent Alphonse Amadou Alley. |
| Washington, D.C.'s location as the U.S. capital on the Potomac River was decided by Congress, with passage of the Residence Act of 1790. |
| Russian ski jumper Valery Kobelev's 1999 crash in Planica, Slovenia, has been called one of the worst ski jumping crashes ever. |
| Between 1778 and 1801, Manor House, 21 Soho Square, London, (pictured) was a high-class magic brothel called The White House, described by Henry Mayhew as a "notorious place of ill-fame". |
| BodyLove is an Alabama-based radio soap opera that uses drama to reach African American listeners with messages that promote diabetes awareness and healthy lifestyles. |
| Matthias Dolderer finished second at the 2008 World Aerobatics Cup's "Unlimited" Category in the Czech Republic and in doing so he qualified for the 2009 Red Bull Air Race. |
| The USS PGM-17 received no enemy damage while stranded on a coral reef for over a month during intense kamikaze attacks in the region during the Battle of Okinawa. |
| The only surviving Brough Superior Golden Dream, on display at the British National Motorcycle Museum has never run, as there are no internals in the engine or gearbox. |
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