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... that some pale stonecrops (example pictured) in Spain closely resemble Israeli specimens, while neighboring plants in Spain can look vastly different?
... that John Stacy warned the Duke of Suffolk that a Tower would be dangerous to him; Suffolk was later murdered by sailors on a ship called The Nicholas of the Tower?
... that Frank Lloyd Wright's Unity Temple was likened to a Mayan ball court after its completion in 1908?
... that Emmett Barrett wore glasses while playing American football?
... that when emos and anti-emos confronted each other, Hare Krishna members de-escalated the situation?
... that baritone Simon Neal's 2020 performance as Don Pizarro in Beethoven's Fidelio included riding a horse on the stage of the Royal Opera House?
... that the defection of Padua during the Scaliger War was partly due to a Scaliger lord's open seduction of the wife of the Lord of Padua?
... that Lyle Lin was the first Taiwanese player to be selected and signed via the Major League Baseball draft?
... that in one version of Zeus's childhood his enemies are terrified of the goat who raised him?