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The Cellular Jail in the Andaman Islands in India had a forked structure and derived its name from the fact that it comprised only of isolated cells. 
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| The annual Grove Plays staged by the Bohemian Club at the Bohemian Grove have been described as "lumbering pageants?. |
| In January 2009, Theodore Hoskins became the only Democratic chairman of a committee in the Missouri House of Representatives. |
| Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery (pictured) in the Netherlands is the final resting place of three Victoria Cross recipients. |
| Red Dog, California, now a ghost town with only a cemetery remaining, was named by a 15 year old California gold rush prospector?. |
| 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. |
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