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| Because of the specific social structure of Japanese society there are many more homeless men (pictured) than homeless women in Japan. |
| The early homophile organization NACHO adopted the slogan "Gay is Good", modeled on the African American slogan "Black is Beautiful"?. |
| seed swaps, potluck-style events where gardeners exchange seeds, help maintain biodiversity and preserve cultural and regional traditions. |
| Holden Bowler, the namesake of J.D. Salinger's character Holden Caulfield, was also the godfather of singer Judy Collins. |
| Following the Grue Church fire on Pentecost 1822 in Solør, Norway, in which at least 113 people perished, a law was passed prescribing that all doors of public buildings must swing outwards. |
| Gotjawal Forest, a naturally formed forest on Jeju Island in South Korea, consists of a rocky area of aa lava. |
| Although classified as a stingray, the porcupine ray (pictured) does not have a stinging spine on its tail. |
| Robert Yates, assistant editor for The Observer first coined the term "grief porn" at a 2005 news conference to denote a "gratuitous indulgence of tangential association with tragedy". |
| Buttrum's Mill, Woodbridge, is the tallest surviving windmill in Suffolk. |
| Lost Forest in Lake County, Oregon, is an isolated stand of Ponderosa pine separated from the nearest pine forest by forty miles of arid high desert. |
| Stefan Knapp, a Polish artist working in Great Britain, used his experiences in the Gulag and as a RAF pilot as a basis for his artwork. |
| A former brother-in-law to Barack Obama might stand at the next Bracknell parliamentary election in the UK. |
| The exterior of the General Lew Wallace Study (pictured) includes reliefs of characters of Wallace's novels. |
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