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- ... that Bach composed the cantata Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! to honor Maria Josepha of Saxony (pictured) on her birthday on 8 December 1733?
- ... that Andy Levin will succeed his father in the U.S. House of Representatives?
- ... that in only its second season, Atlanta United FC has reached the MLS Cup, which will be played tonight?
- ... that Zhang Yonglian, who spent 20 years doing classified research for the Chinese government, founded a laboratory to study sperm?
- ... that the First World War Clairmarais aerodrome in France was utilised by the Luftwaffe from 1940 but proved to be unusable in wet weather?
- ... that Jack Brooksbank, husband of Princess Eugenie of York, was not given a peerage following his marriage, as there is no general precedent in Britain for a commoner to be given one on marrying a princess?
- ... that Comic Arts Brooklyn was inaugurated in 2013, following the cancellation of the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival?
- ... that Angus Barbieri fasted for more than a year, losing 276 pounds (125 kg) and setting a world record?