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- ... that prior to their naval service, USS Otsego (pictured in later army service) escaped destruction in an earthquake, and USS Philippines survived three weeks of storms at sea without a rudder?
- ... that Li Zhengyou, vice-governor of Yunnan province, was also a pioneer in the research of high-altitude hybrid rice?
- ... that California's Senate Bill 827 would have affected 96 percent of land in San Francisco?
- ... that at the age of 79 years and 9 months, Robert Pitcairn became the oldest athlete to debut in a Commonwealth Games event?
- ... that the endangered New Zealand shrub Muehlenbeckia astonii is also known as zig zag plant and wiggy-wig bush?
- ... that Gaboimilla, a mythical Chilean queen, is said to have allowed men into her kingdom only for procreation?
- ... that the British jazz-funk band Jamiroquai performed a concert on an aircraft travelling at 1017 km/h (632 mph), setting the Guinness World Record for "fastest concert"?
- ... that Poulsbo Bread was inspired by a recipe described in the Book of Ezekiel?