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- ... that Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area has one of the largest fields of Virginia bluebell flowers (pictured) in northern Virginia?
- ... that French designer Martine Bedin compared her Super Lamp design to "a small dog that I could carry with me"?
- ... that the Eden of Coronet guitar is covered in 1.6 kilograms (3.5 lb) of gold and 11,441 diamonds?
- ... that Baku was the last major city to hold municipal elections in 1917 Russia, with the delayed voting occurring after the beginning of the October Revolution?
- ... that the story of Mary Cornelius Winder was described by Arthur Halbritter as "the story of the Nation"?
- ... that Merck & Co. avoided repatriation taxes totaling over $3 billion during its 2009 acquisition of Schering-Plough?
- ... that after a career as political journalist, Peter Merseburger wrote biographies of Der Spiegel founder Rudolf Augstein and chancellor Willy Brandt?
- ... that the Nutty Narrows Bridge went unused on its first day, despite attempts to lure traffic with peanuts?