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as a schoolboy, former Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King attended what is now Suddaby Public School. 
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| Barry Tabobondung was so excited to be drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft that he climbed over seats to get to the stage, and became stuck in a seat for two hours. |
| The best-selling 1975 memoir The Education of Lev Navrozov established its author as a prominent Soviet dissident. |
| The U.S. Marine Corps H-1 upgrade program is replacing the aging AH-1W SuperCobra and UH-1N Twin Huey helicopters with the AH-1Z Viper (pictured) and UH-1Y Venom, respectively. |
| pianist Kathryn Stott first met long-term collaborator Yo-Yo Ma playing the cello in her flat in his underpants. |
| A portion of Virginia's 71-mile (114 km) Massanutten Trail was built on orders from George Washington as a route of retreat should the Continental Army be defeated at Yorktown. |
| Abyssobrotula galatheae lives deeper in the ocean than any other known fish. |
| From November to April every year Jammu is the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost Indian state, and that during the summer Srinagar is the capital. |
| Former Maryland Terrapins wide receiver Steve Suter set three NCAA and five Atlantic Coast Conference football records for kick returns despite his small stature and recurring injuries. |
| The German submarine U-558 sank ships as far north as Ireland and as far south as Trinidad during World War II. |
| The radio station WHOS in Decatur, Alabama, aired an all-Elvis Presley format from October 1988 to April 1989. |
| In 1887, D. H. Friston became the first illustrator to depict Sherlock Holmes (cover art pictured). |
| The director of Afghan Muscles ignored the role of Afghan women in bodybuilding, noting "It's men looking at men," and "60% [of men] have their first sexual experience with another man". |
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