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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?