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- ... that the snap and rattle tree (pictured) is native to Australia?
- ... that Democrats Thomas P. McHenry and Maurice S. Osser served together as Philadelphia City Commissioners for 20 years, until McHenry died and Osser went to jail?
- ... that finds made at the Pocklington Iron Age burial ground include a rare chariot burial complete with horses?
- ... that Japanese singer-songwriter Anly began playing songs by ear on her guitar when she was in third grade?
- ... that hundreds of tourists became stranded when Cyclone Ada ravaged Whitsunday Island resorts in January 1970?
- ... that Chanchal Kumar Majumdar developed the Kohn-Majumdar theorem with his mentor, Walter Kohn, and the Majumdar–Ghosh model with his student, Dipan Ghosh?
- ... that Arlington, Texas, was the largest city in the United States without public transportation until it launched the Metro Arlington Xpress in 2013?
- ... that classically-trained pianist Jon Schmidt augments his live performances by playing the piano with his toes and performing while upside-down?