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| Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell and Evander Holyfield were all election monitors at the 1997 Jamaican general election. |
| The farming of celery was first introduced to the United States by George Taylor in 1856. |
| Judy and Alfred were two 90-inch (2.3 m) tall steam locomotives specially designed to fit under a bridge at Par that was only 96 inches (2.4 m) high. |
| The Office writer Jennifer Celotta and Office actor Rainn Wilson won a Writers Guild of America Award for writing the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards ceremony. |
| The Banaue Rice Terraces (pictured) of the Philippine Cordilleras are part of a World Heritage site, which was recognized by the UNESCO World Heritage Centre in 1995. |
| Dutch writer Louis Ferron, born of a German soldier and a Dutch mother during the German occupation in World War II, wrote a series of novels later called The Teutonic Trilogy. |
| Jake Gyllenhaal has a brief part as the son of a widower played by Robin Williams in the Homicide: Life on the Street episode, "Bop Gun". |
| Sid Wagner led Michigan State to their first consecutive football wins over the Michigan Wolverines and was the first player selected by the Detroit Lions in the first NFL Draft. |
| In 1988, a West German court appointed an ex-notary to represent the interests of the German Reich concerning the Upper Mundat Forest against the Federal Republic of Germany. |
| Swedish film director Tomas Alfredson stated that he had grown tired of the Swedish film industry after finishing Let the Right One In. |
| The ringlegged earwig gets its common name from the noticeable dark bands around the middle of its six legs. |
| USAAF Lieutenant General Harold L. George (pictured), the unofficial leader of the "Bomber Mafia", became mayor of Beverly Hills, California, after World War II. |
| Lorraine Sneed, partner for 15 years of blade server inventor Christopher Hipp, said she had "got him" on their first date after asking "if he wanted to come see my SGI". |
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