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- ... that Ollagüe (pictured) has a vigorous steam plume that is visible from more than 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) away?
- ... that the Twinnies would play accordion and sing while rollerblading?
- ... that the Seattle Sounders FC were second-to-last when they hired coach Brian Schmetzer, but finished the season by winning the MLS Cup?
- ... that after a bitter dispute over its curriculum in 1890, the High School of Montreal was destroyed by fire?
- ... that Nikolaus Herman based the melody of his Christmas carol "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich" on the Gregorian hymn "Puer natus est nobis"?
- ... that Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong met for the last time during the Chongqing Negotiations?
- ... that Isaiah Livers won the closest Mr. Basketball of Michigan vote in history?
- ... that while pushing for the repeal of New Jersey's obscenity laws, Assemblyman Walter Kern argued that "adults should be able to purchase whatever their perverted hearts desire"?