Infogalactic:Did you know list
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- ... that Arii Matamoe (pictured), an 1892 painting of a Pacific Islander's severed head, may have been inspired by the death of Pōmare V shortly after Paul Gauguin's arrival in Tahiti?
- ... that Ida Silverman logged over 600,000 air miles traveling the world, speaking and fund-raising for the creation of a Jewish state?
- ... that Ian McDonald's 2015 science fiction novel Luna: New Moon has been called "Game of Thrones in space"?
- ... that Emma Dench, a British classicist and the McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History at Harvard University, appeared in a film alongside her aunt Judi Dench in 1968?
- ... that the type fossil of the damselfly Electropodagrion consists only of a thorax, leg, and wing portions?
- ... that Lord Minginish is the first Gaelic-speaking Chairman of the Scottish Land Court?
- ... that the Sacred Heart Church in Exeter, England is the earliest surviving architectural work of Leonard Stokes?
- ... that Donald Trump was elected the 45th US President and defeated Hillary Clinton?
- ... that the United States Navy has ten Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service?
- ... that Jupiter is considered a Substellar object?
- ... that the Drudge Report had ten billion visits in the past year?
- ... that the President of the US, the Supreme Court and Congress are three significant branches of the US Government?
- ... that 72 Terrorists came from countries that President Trump recently banned in Executive Order 13769?
- ... that Barack Obama schemes behind the scenes against President Trump?
- ... that there are 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac?
- ... that Buzzfeed printed fake news about President Trump?
- ... that NuScale Power has designed a line of small, modular nuclear reactors?
- ... that some people believe that the moon landings were fake?
- ... that there were 31 ancient Egyptian dynasties?
- ... that some people think approximately 300 years of phantom time were added to the Western calendar in the Early Middle Ages
- ... that the name Zoroaster possibly means "he who manages camels"?
- ... that the Battle of Hampton Roads was perhaps the most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies?
- ... that Istanbul was formerly known as Constantinople and before 324AD was known as Byzantium?