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- ... that Matahi Brightwell (pictured) reintroduced the sport of waka ama to New Zealand?
- ... that during the First Bishops' War, the Duke of Hamilton's mother intended to shoot him with silver bullets if he landed in Scotland?
- ... that Warren Lawrence, the first Dominican swimmer at the Commonwealth Games, is the son of the first Dominican swimmer at the Olympics?
- ... that a high school evicted a Pennsylvania TV station?
- ... that the National Library of Korea is a no kid zone?
- ... that in its first appearance at the Olympics, Suriname was represented by a single athlete, who missed his event?
- ... that Myinsaing withstood a ten-week siege by the Mongols because its three brother leaders bribed the invaders to withdraw?
- ... that basketball player Marcedes Walker became an Olympian 16 years after her WNBA career ended?
- ... that "the old man was startled and a little shocked" when he was shown Walter Frere's revision of his book?