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After graduating from high school, baseball pitcher Ed Blake pitched batting practice for the St. Louis Cardinals during their 1943 World Series appearance. 
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| The Polish Righteous Krystyna Dańko rescued her Jewish friend's sister by "smuggling" her to Warsaw before most Jews from Otwock were deported to Treblinka (pictured). |
| In the U.S. state of Michigan, no one is more than 6 miles (10 km) from a lake. |
| The Association of Broadcasters of the Philippines advocates the 18 minutes of advertising per hour rule for Philippine TV stations. |
| Thomas S. Rodgers was one of five members of his family to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the United States Navy during the first 25 years of the 20th century. |
| human rights in Estonia are generally well respected, but controversies still surround the Bronze Night incident of April 2007. |
| Irish journalist Richard Downes secretly entered Zimbabwe disguised as a tourist to film an undercover report for the BBC's Newsnight during the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election. |
| The Stannard Rock Light (pictured), known as the "Loneliest Place in the World", is the furthest lighthouse from land and described as one of the top ten engineering feats in the United States. |
| The perpetrator of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting had self-published a book praising Adolf Hitler in 1999?. |
| From July 1, 2009, content-control software called Green Dam Youth Escort must be included with all personal computers sold in the mainland of the People's Republic of China. |
| Almost 29 years after she went missing in Darwin Harbour during Cyclone Tracy, the Booya was discovered by accident in only 20 metres (66 ft) of water. |
| George Strait's 2009 single "Living for the Night" is the first single of his solo career that he co-wrote. |
| Pope Innocent II demolished Santa Maria in Trastevere and was buried in the rebuilt basilica, in the space formerly occupied by the tomb of his rival, Anacletus II. |
| The whitish powder found on the spore sac of the beaked earthstar (pictured) is made of crystalline calcium oxalate. |
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