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The character of Philostrate, the Master of Revels in William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, may have been created as a way to poke fun at play censorship. 
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| Enrico Fermi was awarded the Hughes Medal in 1942. |
| Vlad II Dracul, ruler of Wallachia, was the father of the infamous Vlad III the Impaler. |
| The original "dreamer of dreams" was English poet Arthur O'Shaughnessy. |
| NASA astronaut Stephen Robinson has logged 497 hours in space. |
| The gestation period of the ring-tailed lemur is approximately 146 days. |
| The first elected president of Singapore was Ong Teng Cheong. |
| The 555th Parachute Infantry Company was the first African-American airborne forces unit in the United States Army. |
| American Zoetrope was originally housed in a warehouse in San Francisco in 1969. |
| left-handed specialists in baseball frequently enjoy long careers because their pitching arms suffer less stress. |
| The author Pai Hsien-yung's father was Kuomintang general Pai Chung-hsi. |
| The Fairey Barracuda was a British carrier-borne torpedo bomber used during World War II. |
| Most "tin cans" are actually made of steel. |
| Henry Wade never lost a case until Roe v. Wade. |
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