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| At its establishment in 1760, the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters was the northernmost learned society in the world. |
| Barry Wood, Frank Sinatra's predecessor on the radio program Your Hit Parade, was promoted as America's "sweater boy". |
| As the world's third largest democracy, Indonesia's 2004 legislative election was the most complicated in the world. |
| The 36-year-old Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund changed its name to LatinoJustice PRLDEF last year, partly due to fewer Puerto Ricans being in New York City's Latino population. |
| Cromer Windmill (pictured) has been dated dendrochronologically to 1681. |
| Emirati marriage counselor Wedad Lootah claimed that many men in Saudi Arabia have their first sexual experiences with other men, due to its gender segregation. |
| The 2006 MPC Computers Bowl featured the Miami Hurricanes, whose season had been marred by an on-field brawl, the termination of their head coach, and underachievement on the field. |
| Tracy Kidder, a Pulitzer Prize winner for his second book, was so unhappy with his first book that he bought back the rights from the publisher so that it would not "see the light of day again". |
| Garth Brooks released both live and studio recordings of his 1998 single "It's Your Song" to radio. |
| In 1956, Christian A. R. Christensen was behind the first revision of the Ethical Code of Practice for the Norwegian Press. |
| After Winston Churchill handed Joseph Stalin the Sword of Stalingrad (pictured) at the Tehran Conference, a clumsy Soviet general let it slip out of its scabbard. |
| John Verney became a Member of Parliament to gain contacts to help him in his career as a barrister. |
| The People's Action Party has dominated the Government of Singapore by winning a majority of seats in every general election since 1959. |
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