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| Two future kings stood sponsor at the christening of the daughter of Admiral Lord Keith and "Queeney" Thrale (pictured), herself a child prodigy and friend of Dr Johnson. |
| Hall of Fame bowler Patty Costello did not begin bowling until she was sixteen. |
| Newspaper publisher Katherine Graham's difficulties with her company's ownership of the Trenton Times led her to call it her "Vietnam". |
| Rob Stewart made the 2007 documentary film Sharkwater after learning that longline fishing in the Galapagos Islands was killing the sharks. |
| When 15-year-old Jordon Mutch was first selected to play for Birmingham City F.C., he had to be withdrawn only hours before the match because of child protection regulations. |
| The Mangrove monitor possesses salt-excreting nasal glands, which enabled them to reach new islands and aided in its dispersal across thousands of miles throughout the South Pacific. |
| Charles Ndaxu Namoloh, now a member of the National Assembly of Namibia, used the nom de guerre of "Ho Chi Minh" during the Namibian War of Independence. |
| Andrew Carnegie (pictured) founded the Simplified Spelling Board in 1906, with the aim of making English the world language by addressing its difficult spelling. |
| Although fortuneteller Madam Marie was "finally busted" in Bruce Springsteen's "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)", she was never arrested in real life. |
| The town of Bezdonys was the site of one of the most daring and successful train robberies in history. |
| After six terms in the Norwegian Parliament, Olav Akselsen will take over as director of the Norwegian Maritime Directorate from October 2009. |
| Florida's City College paid US$11.2 million to acquire its current Fort Lauderdale campus. |
| Selmo Cikotić was recently appointed Defence Minister for Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
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