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| The last autofictional texts by Romanian novelist Mircea Nedelciu, written during his losing battle with Hodgkin's lymphoma, compare his own biography with deep-sea diving. |
| An East German, upon finding a deer shredded by the SM-70 antipersonnel mine, reported that the area "appeared as if it had been worked over by a rake". |
| Broadway producer Morton Gottlieb described theater as a profession easiest to start at the top, noting "All you need is chutzpah. You call all the agents and say, 'Here I am — a producer!'". |
| The Elisha Williams House is different from other Federal style houses in Hudson, New York, because Williams came to Hudson from Connecticut instead of Massachusetts. |
| Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Martin was the grandson of another admiral of the fleet, William Rowley. |
| Despite a large leak since its commissioning in 1992, the Samanalawewa Dam hydroelectric power station (pictured) in Sri Lanka continues to function normally. |
| Radio broadcaster Frank Ford adopted his name while hosting a show sponsored by Frankford Unity Grocery Store, and later wondered what his name would have been if the sponsor had been Piggly Wiggly. |
| The executive director of Homicide: Life on the Street said Richard Belzer was a "lousy actor" when he first auditioned for the role of John Munch in the pilot episode "Gone for Goode". |
| In 1973, A. J. Antoon was nominated for two Tony Awards for Best Direction, a feat not repeated until 2009. |
| In the late 1960s, Philadelphia residents held Annual Reminder protests claiming that LGBT Americans did not enjoy the rights to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". |
| Phoemela Baranda placed 23rd in the FHM Philippines 100 Sexiest Women of the World in 2006. |
| the study of sociology in China was repressed as a bourgeois pseudoscience during the early communist era. |
| During the Soviet era the only country that fashion designer Slava Zaitsev (pictured) was able to travel to was Czechoslovakia, and it was not until 1986 that he was able to travel to a capitalist country. |
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