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Did You Know…

This is a novel-length text produced for NaNoGenMo 2018 inspired by the poetry of William Carlos Williams.


Did You Know…

This is a text produced for NaNoGenMo 2018 inspired by the poetry of William Carlos Williams.

M  o  r  r  i  s  ?  
  
  
  
  
               ... that  
  
  
          Neel Kashkari  
  
  
     (pictured),  six  years  
  
  
a   f   t   e   r  
  
  
     completing his  
  
  
               MBA,  was  
  
  
     p   u   t  
  
  
               i n  
  
  
     c h a r g e  
  
  
               o  f  
  
  
     the $700Â billion U.S.  
  
  
     Government  bailout  
  
  
     o  f  
  
  
          f i n a n c i a l  
  
  
i   n   s   t   i   t   u   t   i   o   n   s   ?  
  
  
          o r  
  
  
               ...that six  
  
  
               Regional   Specialized   Meteorological  
  
  
Centres   are   charged  
  
  
with   globally  
  
  
     t r a c k i n g  
  
  
               t   r   o   p   i   c   a   l  
  
  
               c   y   c   l   o   n   e   s   ?  
  
  
               a   n   d  
  
  
     .  .  .  t  h  a  t  
  
  
          t   h   e  
  
  
          Fauna of  
  
  
Scotland includes  
  
  
a  l  m  o  s  t  
  
  
               h a l f  
  
  
of   the   EU�s  
  
  
               b  r  e  e  d  i  n  g  
  
  
     seabirds,   but   only  
  
  
          one endemic vertebrate  
  
  
          species,  and  
  
  
          that   although  
  
  
     a   population  
  
  
of   Wild  
  
  
Cats   (pictured)   remains  
  
  
     many of  
  
  
t  h  e  
  
  
     larger   mammals   were  
  
  
               hunted  to  
  
  
extinction   in  
  
  
     h i s t o r i c  
  
  
t i m e s ?  
  
  
  
  
               .   .   .  
  
  
          t  h  a  t  
  
  
the Phillips  
  
  
     Mansion,  described  as  
  
  
having been built  
  
  
               in  the  
  
  
     "   C   l   a   s   s   i   c  
  
  
Haunted Mansion"  
  
  
               s t y l e ,  
  
  
               was  the  
  
  
     home   of  
  
  
     the  richest  
  
  
               man   in  
  
  
L  o  s  
  
  
A n g e l e s  
  
  
     County  from  1875  
  
  
t  o  
  
  
          1   9   0   0   ?  
  
  
o  r  
  
  
...that   Lawrence   Turner,  
  
  
          who   presented   a  
  
  
Parliamentary  petition  
  
  
     calling  for  W.  
  
  
          S.   Gilbert's   copyright  
  
  
o  n  
  
  
     the  libretti  
  
  
     of  Gilbert  and  
  
  
               S  u  l  l  i  v  a  n  
  
  
operas to  
  
  
be  extended  
  
  
          indefinitely, was  
  
  
     t  h  e  
  
  
     g  r  a  n  d  s  o  n  
  
  
          o   f  
  
  
          comic actor  
  
  
               George  Grossmith  
  
  
who starred in  
  
  
     t   h   e   m   ?  
  
  
               a  n  d  
  
  
     ...that   Philip   J.  
  
  
          Perry, the General  
  
  
          Counsel  for  the  
  
  
          U.S. Department of  
  
  
Homeland   Security,   is  
  
  
the son-in-law  
  
  
          of   Vice   President  
  
  
          D  i  c  k  
  
  
          C h e n e y ?  
  
  
  
  
     . . . t h a t  
  
  
     photos  of  
  
  
               the  rogue  wave  
  
  
     encountered   by   the  
  
  
     MS   Stolt   Surf  
  
  
c  o  n  t  r  i  b  u  t  e  d  
  
  
          t   o  
  
  
          the growing evidence  
  
  
o   f  
  
  
     t   h   e   i   r  
  
  
               presence   in  
  
  
     the deep  
  
  
o c e a n ?  
  
  
     o  r  
  
  
               .  .  .  t  h  a  t  
  
  
     Alan  Davidson,  
  
  
r e g a r d e d  
  
  
a  s  
  
  
one   of   the  
  
  
greatest   left   arm  
  
  
f   a   s   t  
  
  
bowlers in the  
  
  
               history  of  cricket,  
  
  
     only took  
  
  
u   p  
  
  
     t h e  
  
  
               skill when  
  
  
               his  uncle's  
  
  
     w  e  e  k  e  n  d  
  
  
          team  ran  
  
  
               out   of   fast  
  
  
          b o w l e r s ?  
  
  
          a   n   d  
  
  
     ...  that  
  
  
          a  l  t  h  o  u  g  h  
  
  
C   h   u   c   k  
  
  
               Daly   is   a  
  
  
     B   a   s   k   e   t   b   a   l   l  
  
  
     H  a  l  l  
  
  
o f  
  
  
               Famer   now,  
  
  
when he  
  
  
          s   e   r   v   e   d  
  
  
          as head  
  
  
     c  o  a  c  h  
  
  
          of the  
  
  
               Cleveland  Cavaliers  
  
  
               he   had   a  
  
  
               9  â  �  �  3  2  
  
  
record and  
  
  
          w  a  s  
  
  
               f   i   r   e   d  
  
  
          m   i   d   -   s   e   a   s   o   n   ?  
  
  
  
  
     ...that   the   Dethridge  
  
  
wheel   (pictured),  
  
  
     invented  in  
  
  
          Australia  in  
  
  
               1 9 1 0 ,  
  
  
     m  e  a  s  u  r  e  s  
  
  
     t  h  e  
  
  
     flow   of   water  
  
  
delivered   to  
  
  
          f   a   r   m   s  
  
  
f   o   r  
  
  
          i  r  r  i  g  a  t  i  o  n  ?  
  
  
o r  
  
  
. . . t h a t  
  
  
     Corné Krige and  
  
  
               George   Gregan,   who  
  
  
     respectively captained the  
  
  
     S   o   u   t   h  
  
  
A f r i c a  
  
  
     and   Australia  
  
  
          rugby  union  teams  
  
  
     in both  
  
  
          t   h   e  
  
  
     2002   and   2003  
  
  
               Tri Nations  
  
  
               Series,  were  
  
  
b o r n  
  
  
               in  the  same  
  
  
h o s p i t a l  
  
  
i n  
  
  
               Z a m b i a ?  
  
  
     a  n  d  
  
  
     .  .  .  
  
  
     t   h   a   t  
  
  
cricketer  Roger  Kimpton  
  
  
          a  l  s  o  
  
  
     won  an  Oxford  
  
  
               University tennis  
  
  
tournament and a  
  
  
     g o l f  
  
  
     blue,   and   was  
  
  
               a   w   a   r   d   e   d  
  
  
               a Distinguished Flying  
  
  
Cross  as  
  
  
               a  
  
  
          Second World War  
  
  
               f i g h t e r  
  
  
          p  i  l  o  t  ?  
  
  
  
  
. . . t h a t  
  
  
          Field  Marshal  
  
  
     S   i   r  
  
  
          John Stanier  
  
  
               w  a  s  
  
  
     the   first  
  
  
     British   Chief   of  
  
  
the   General   Staff  
  
  
          after the Second  
  
  
               World  War  
  
  
who had not  
  
  
s  e  e  n  
  
  
     a  c  t  i  v  e  
  
  
s e r v i c e ?  
  
  
o  r  
  
  
          .   .   .   t   h   a   t  
  
  
     the  Capitol  Theatre  
  
  
               in   Melbourne   was  
  
  
               once described  
  
  
               a  s  
  
  
     "the best  
  
  
          c  i  n  e  m  a  
  
  
     that  was  
  
  
               ever built  
  
  
          o   r  
  
  
i  s  
  
  
ever  likely  
  
  
               t  o  
  
  
     b  e  
  
  
               b  u  i  l  t  "  ?  
  
  
a  n  d  
  
  
          ...that   Jaroslav  
  
  
J i Å � Ã ­ k  
  
  
became   the  
  
  
     first   player   from  
  
  
          a  n  
  
  
Eastern Bloc nation  
  
  
          to  play  
  
  
          in   the   National  
  
  
               Hockey  League  when  
  
  
          he   appeared  
  
  
     i  n  
  
  
     t   h   r   e   e  
  
  
               g   a   m   e   s  
  
  
     w i t h  
  
  
          t  h  e  
  
  
          St. Louis  
  
  
          B   l   u   e   s  
  
  
               i   n  
  
  
          1   9   7   0   ?  
  
  
  
  
               ...   that  
  
  
g  o  a  l  k  e  e  p  e  r  
  
  
     Bob   Roberts  
  
  
               w   a   s  
  
  
the  first  West  
  
  
     Bromwich  Albion  player  
  
  
     t o  
  
  
win  an  
  
  
i  n  t  e  r  n  a  t  i  o  n  a  l  
  
  
c  a  p  ?  
  
  
     o   r  
  
  
               . . .  
  
  
          t h a t  
  
  
               the  Sion  Causeway  
  
  
connected the  
  
  
i s l a n d  
  
  
     of Bombay with  
  
  
     S  a  l  s  e  t  t  e  ?  
  
  
               a   n   d  
  
  
     .   .   .   t   h   a   t  
  
  
          t h e  
  
  
          W  e  s  t  
  
  
End  Street  Railway  
  
  
               fired  Cyrus  S.  
  
  
          C h i n g  
  
  
in 1901 after  
  
  
               h  e  
  
  
          was nearly  
  
  
               e  l  e  c  t  r  o  c  u  t  e  d  
  
  
on   the   job,  
  
  
only to appoint  
  
  
him  manager  
  
  
               two   months  
  
  
l a t e r ?  
  
  
  
  
     ... that So  
  
  
Amazin', the third  
  
  
          s   t   u   d   i   o  
  
  
               album   by   singer  
  
  
          C   h   r   i   s   t   i   n   a  
  
  
               Milian,   was   produced  
  
  
mainly by  
  
  
hip hop  
  
  
p   r   o   d   u   c   e   r   s  
  
  
               Cool   &  
  
  
          D   r   e   ?  
  
  
               o r  
  
  
...that   Wee   Siew  
  
  
K i m ,  
  
  
a Singaporean MP,  
  
  
          had   to   apologise  
  
  
     a  f  t  e  r  
  
  
scandal   broke   out  
  
  
          involving  an  
  
  
          elitist  blog  entry  
  
  
made  by  his  
  
  
     d a u g h t e r ?  
  
  
          a   n   d  
  
  
  
  
...   that   Norwegian  
  
  
Parliament member  
  
  
               and priest  
  
  
          Søren   Georg  
  
  
          Abel was the  
  
  
     father  of  
  
  
               m   a   t   h   e   m   a   t   i   c   i   a   n  
  
  
     Niels  Henrik  
  
  
A   b   e   l   ?  
  
  
               o  r  
  
  
... that the  
  
  
     p r e s e n t - d a y  
  
  
     city  of  
  
  
          Davenport,   Iowa  
  
  
i  s  
  
  
     n a m e d  
  
  
     a   f   t   e   r  
  
  
               George Davenport,  
  
  
a  
  
  
          19th century American  
  
  
f r o n t i e r s m a n ,  
  
  
     trader   and  
  
  
     U  S  
  
  
     A   r   m   y  
  
  
o  f  f  i  c  e  r  ?  
  
  
     a   n   d  
  
  
     . . . t h a t  
  
  
     Nestorianism   was   one  
  
  
          of  the  first  
  
  
               f  o  r  m  s  
  
  
          of  Christianity  to  
  
  
               be introduced  
  
  
     i   n  
  
  
M  o  n  g  o  l  i  a  ?  
  
  
  
  
          ...that George Hennet  
  
  
          built and operated  
  
  
          depots  on  
  
  
     b e h a l f  
  
  
               o  f  
  
  
               the   South   Devon  
  
  
     R   a   i   l   w   a   y  
  
  
     after  it  was  
  
  
     s h o r t  
  
  
     o f  
  
  
               m o n e y ?  
  
  
o   r  
  
  
          .   .   .  
  
  
               that  Admiral  Henry  
  
  
     W  o  l  s  e  y  
  
  
     B  a  y  f  i  e  l  d  
  
  
     had  joined  
  
  
               t  h  e  
  
  
     Royal Navy by  
  
  
               the  age  of  
  
  
          e l e v e n ?  
  
  
a n d  
  
  
     ...that Pulau  
  
  
          S  e  j  a  h  a  t  
  
  
          w   a   s  
  
  
     a British  
  
  
          military  encampment  in  
  
  
     Singapore during  
  
  
               W o r l d  
  
  
     War  II,  but  
  
  
     i   t   s  
  
  
          g u n  
  
  
               batteries  were  
  
  
               never  used  against  
  
  
          the invading  
  
  
     J a p a n e s e ?  
  
  
  
  
...  that  
  
  
          novelist  Lucy  
  
  
     J   a   n   e  
  
  
Bledsoe,   a   Stonewall  
  
  
          B  o  o  k  
  
  
          Award winner  
  
  
               a  n  d  
  
  
four-time  Lambda  
  
  
Literary Award  
  
  
f i n a l i s t ,  
  
  
primarily writes  
  
  
     L   G   B   T  
  
  
l  i  t  e  r  a  t  u  r  e  ?  
  
  
     o   r  
  
  
          ...that  Obaysch  became  
  
  
     t h e  
  
  
     f   i   r   s   t  
  
  
     living  hippopotamus  
  
  
     in England  
  
  
     since prehistoric  
  
  
               times  when  he  
  
  
joined   the   London  
  
  
          Zoo in  
  
  
               1   8   5   0   ?  
  
  
a   n   d  
  
  
               .   .   .   t   h   a   t  
  
  
          on   Dagen  
  
  
          H  ("H  
  
  
          Day") on  
  
  
          September   3,   1967,  
  
  
Sweden switched from  
  
  
d  r  i  v  i  n  g  
  
  
on the  
  
  
left   to  
  
  
          driving  the  right  
  
  
     at exactly at  
  
  
5  
  
  
     a . m . ?  
  
  
  
  
     ...  that  the  
  
  
     Plaza   Historic   District  
  
  
was   the   historic  
  
  
          c  e  n  t  e  r  
  
  
o  f  
  
  
Los Angeles in  
  
  
          t h e  
  
  
     days   of  
  
  
          Spanish   and   Mexican  
  
  
r u l e ?  
  
  
     o r  
  
  
          . . . t h a t  
  
  
     I n d i a n  
  
  
          chess player  
  
  
U   m   a   k   a   n   t  
  
  
               Sharma  was  
  
  
     banned from  
  
  
          p  l  a  y  i  n  g  
  
  
     competitive   chess   for  
  
  
               1  0  
  
  
     y  e  a  r  s  
  
  
     after  being  
  
  
               caught   cheating  
  
  
          with  a  Bluetooth  
  
  
          device sewn  
  
  
i n t o  
  
  
               h   i   s  
  
  
     c a p ?  
  
  
               a  n  d  
  
  
               ...that   Marguerite  
  
  
               P   o   r   e   t   e   ,  
  
  
               author   of   the  
  
  
               mystical   text  
  
  
          The  Mirror  of  
  
  
S   i   m   p   l   e  
  
  
     Souls,  was  burnt  
  
  
a t  
  
  
the stake for  
  
  
     heresy in  
  
  
          1  3  1  0  ?  
  
  
  
  
               ...that  "Blue  Tail  
  
  
F l y "  
  
  
or  "Jimmy  
  
  
Crack   Corn"   is  
  
  
     a blackface  
  
  
     minstrel song  
  
  
d  a  t  i  n  g  
  
  
     from the  
  
  
               1 8 4 0 s ,  
  
  
               and  that  on  
  
  
               the  surface,  it  
  
  
          is  a  
  
  
               b  l  a  c  k  
  
  
slave's lament over  
  
  
     his   master's   death;  
  
  
               the subtext is  
  
  
               t  h  a  t  
  
  
h   e  
  
  
is   glad   his  
  
  
     master   is   dead,  
  
  
     and may have  
  
  
          killed  him  
  
  
by  deliberate  
  
  
n  e  g  l  i  g  e  n  c  e  ?  
  
  
o r  
  
  
               ...that   Barthélemy  
  
  
     d  '  E  y  c  k  
  
  
     w   a   s  
  
  
     a  n  
  
  
               Early   Netherlandish   artist,  
  
  
               famous  in  
  
  
the 15th  
  
  
     century,   who  
  
  
     h   a   s  
  
  
     o   n   l   y  
  
  
               been  attributed  specific  
  
  
               works   (one   pictured)  
  
  
     in   recent  
  
  
               d e c a d e s ?  
  
  
               a   n   d  
  
  
          .   .   .   t   h   a   t  
  
  
               when former New  
  
  
               Mexico  Governor  
  
  
          Tom   Bolack   died,  
  
  
          his   ashes  
  
  
          were   scattered   over  
  
  
     his   ranch   by  
  
  
     1 6  
  
  
               s   p   e   c   i   a   l   l   y   -   m   a   d   e  
  
  
          f   i   r   e   w   o   r   k   s   ?  
  
  
  
  
               ...that former  
  
  
     Anglican  clergyman  
  
  
               and   Liberal  
  
  
               Party life  
  
  
     p e e r  
  
  
          T i m  
  
  
               Beaumont   was  
  
  
               t  h  e  
  
  
               only  Green  Party  
  
  
          r  e  p  r  e  s  e  n  t  a  t  i  v  e  
  
  
in the Parliament  
  
  
     of the  
  
  
               U  n  i  t  e  d  
  
  
          Kingdom from  
  
  
1999 until his  
  
  
               death in  
  
  
               2  0  0  8  ?  
  
  
o   r  
  
  
               ... that  
  
  
     bananas  grown  in  
  
  
     B r a z i l  
  
  
     account for approximately  
  
  
ten percent of  
  
  
the   entire  
  
  
     w  o  r  l  d  '  s  
  
  
          b  a  n  a  n  a  
  
  
          p   r   o   d   u   c   t   i   o   n   ?  
  
  
          a   n   d  
  
  
          ...that   the  
  
  
               d  i  s  a  p  p  e  a  r  a  n  c  e  
  
  
o   f  
  
  
          jellyfish  from  K�ne'ohe  
  
  
B  a  y  
  
  
               has generated  
  
  
               concerns   about   maintenance  
  
  
          of the local  
  
  
          yellowtail   scad  
  
  
     p  o  p  u  l  a  t  i  o  n  ?  
  
  
  
  
               .  .  .  
  
  
          that the success  
  
  
               of   the  
  
  
          W o r l d  
  
  
               War  II  
  
  
          b   o   m   b   i   n   g  
  
  
c a m p a i g n  
  
  
               Operation  Strangle  
  
  
               was unrelated  
  
  
               t  o  
  
  
               its  original  
  
  
               o b j e c t i v e ?  
  
  
          o  r  
  
  
. . .  
  
  
          that   the   Carey  
  
  
M  i  s  s  i  o  n  
  
  
was   a  
  
  
          headquarters  for  settlers  
  
  
          and  a  
  
  
          point   from   which  
  
  
the   American  
  
  
f  r  o  n  t  i  e  r  
  
  
w   a   s  
  
  
     e   x   t   e   n   d   e   d   ?  
  
  
               a  n  d  
  
  
          ...  that  
  
  
T   h   e  
  
  
          J  a  n  u  s  
  
  
Man,  a  thriller  
  
  
c o n c e r n i n g  
  
  
               espionage   and  
  
  
          betrayal,   is  
  
  
          the  fourth  book  
  
  
               in  the  "Tweed  
  
  
               and  Co."  series,  
  
  
               f o r  
  
  
               which  Colin  
  
  
               Forbes published a  
  
  
               book   every   single  
  
  
year from  
  
  
1  9  8  2  
  
  
          to his death  
  
  
     i  n  
  
  
     2   0   0   6   ?  
  
  
  
  
...  that  
  
  
     on  every  
  
  
          May  1,  
  
  
     the hamlet of  
  
  
          I c k w e l l  
  
  
     celebrates May  
  
  
               Day   with   dancing  
  
  
               a  r  o  u  n  d  
  
  
               a  
  
  
          M a y p o l e  
  
  
(pictured)   and   with  
  
  
          t   h   e  
  
  
               crowning   of  
  
  
     a May  
  
  
               Q  u  e  e  n  ?  
  
  
     o  r  
  
  
          .  .  .  
  
  
               that the song  
  
  
with which  
  
  
Thor   Salden   won  
  
  
          the  Belgian  
  
  
     preselections of the  
  
  
          Junior  Eurovision  Song  
  
  
     C  o  n  t  e  s  t  
  
  
     2006  reached  Number 1  
  
  
               i n  
  
  
t  h  e  
  
  
Flemish   music  
  
  
               c   h   a   r   t   s   ?  
  
  
a  n  d  
  
  
               ...that football  
  
  
r  e  f  e  r  e  e  s  
  
  
          i  n  
  
  
               E n g l a n d  
  
  
     officiate at eleven  
  
  
               d   i   f   f   e   r   e   n   t  
  
  
          l e v e l s  
  
  
     a   c   c   o   r   d   i   n   g  
  
  
          to ability, activity  
  
  
               a n d  
  
  
               a  g  e  ?  
  
  
  
  
          ... that  
  
  
     the  Haas  
  
  
               L   o   l   a  
  
  
          F  o  r  m  u  l  a  
  
  
               One  team's  cars  
  
  
     were not built  
  
  
          or  designed  
  
  
          by   Lola  
  
  
     Cars   International,   but  
  
  
were  entered  as  
  
  
               Lolas   because  
  
  
          C a r l  
  
  
     Haas was their  
  
  
               official  importer  
  
  
          to   the  
  
  
               U  n  i  t  e  d  
  
  
               S t a t e s ?  
  
  
o  r  
  
  
               .  .  .  
  
  
          t  h  a  t  
  
  
          in February  
  
  
          2008, rugby league  
  
  
player  Dan  
  
  
     Dempsey was named  
  
  
          in   the   list  
  
  
          o   f  
  
  
Australia's  100  
  
  
     G   r   e   a   t   e   s   t  
  
  
     P   l   a   y   e   r   s   ?  
  
  
          a  n  d  
  
  
          ...   that  
  
  
               ABC's  Howard  
  
  
               K.   Smith:   News  
  
  
          and  Comment  
  
  
          was  cancelled  
  
  
          after  Smith  aired  
  
  
          a  controversial  
  
  
     a  n  d  ,  
  
  
          as it  
  
  
               proved,   premature  
  
  
program  in  
  
  
1  9  6  2  
  
  
     titled "The  
  
  
               Political  Obituary  of  
  
  
          R  i  c  h  a  r  d  
  
  
M .  
  
  
     N i x o n " ?  
  
  
  
  
.   .   .  
  
  
     that   the  
  
  
          1   9   0   2  
  
  
          discovery   of   gold  
  
  
               i n  
  
  
               I   n   t   e   r   i   o   r  
  
  
     Alaska   by   Italian  
  
  
     immigrant Felix  
  
  
               Pedro (pictured)  
  
  
          marked  the  start  
  
  
               of  the  
  
  
               F   a   i   r   b   a   n   k   s  
  
  
     G   o   l   d  
  
  
R u s h ?  
  
  
          o   r  
  
  
               . . . t h a t  
  
  
          Russian  poet  Yevgeny  
  
  
          Yevtushenko is famous  
  
  
     for his anti-Stalinist  
  
  
     w  o  r  k  ?  
  
  
     a   n   d  
  
  
     .   .   .   t   h   a   t  
  
  
the   Fairfield   Osborn  
  
  
     Preserve is  
  
  
               home to  
  
  
               a  great  variety  
  
  
               of fauna  
  
  
               including   one   of  
  
  
t   h   e  
  
  
w o r l d ' s  
  
  
     l   a   r   g   e   s   t  
  
  
     s a l a m a n d e r s ?  
  
  
  
  
          . . .  
  
  
     t   h   a   t  
  
  
          Liverpool   actor  
  
  
     and  guitarist  Ozzie  
  
  
Yue used to  
  
  
flick pieces  
  
  
          o   f  
  
  
paper   at  
  
  
               Paul   McCartney   in  
  
  
a   r   t  
  
  
          class when they  
  
  
attended  the  Liverpool  
  
  
               Institute High School  
  
  
               f   o   r  
  
  
               B  o  y  s  ?  
  
  
          o r  
  
  
               ...that   after   the  
  
  
          non-profit   Internet  
  
  
service  provider  
  
  
               Public Netbase  
  
  
began supporting  
  
  
w   e   b   s   i   t   e   s  
  
  
               that  opposed  
  
  
               his  political  party,  
  
  
     Austrian politician  
  
  
          Jörg   Haider  
  
  
a c c u s e d  
  
  
     the organisation  
  
  
          of sponsoring  
  
  
          c h i l d  
  
  
p   o   r   n   o   g   r   a   p   h   y   ?  
  
  
a   n   d  
  
  
          ...that   furry  
  
  
               convention  attendees  
  
  
     (pictured) often  
  
  
               wear  ears,  
  
  
          tails,   badges,  
  
  
     or  fursuits  as  
  
  
     i   d   e   n   t   i   f   i   c   a   t   i   o   n   ?  
  
  
  
  
     .   .   .  
  
  
          that Drukair  
  
  
               flights   between  
  
  
          Kathmandu,  Nepal  
  
  
          and  Paro,  
  
  
     Bhutan  pass  
  
  
     c l o s e  
  
  
               t  o  
  
  
     M   o   u   n   t  
  
  
               E   v   e   r   e   s   t   ?  
  
  
               o r  
  
  
               .  .  .  
  
  
     that  the  
  
  
     Villa  Medici  del  
  
  
     Trebbio was one  
  
  
          of   the   first  
  
  
of the  
  
  
Medici   villas   outside  
  
  
F   l   o   r   e   n   c   e   ?  
  
  
          a  n  d  
  
  
          ... that San  
  
  
          M   a   r   i   n   o  
  
  
     debuted at the  
  
  
     Eurovision Song Contest  
  
  
               2  0  0  8  
  
  
               with "Complice",  
  
  
          a   song   performed  
  
  
               b   y  
  
  
     M i o d i o ?  
  
  
  
  
               ...that   the  
  
  
               Mochovce Nuclear  
  
  
P   o   w   e   r  
  
  
               Plants   complex   in  
  
  
          Slovakia became the  
  
  
     first  Soviet-era  
  
  
          nuclear plant  
  
  
               in   Eastern   Europe  
  
  
t o  
  
  
               have   safety   standards  
  
  
          c  o  m  p  a  r  a  b  l  e  
  
  
               to Western  
  
  
     o n e s ?  
  
  
o r  
  
  
.   .   .   t   h   a   t  
  
  
     Robert   McGill   Loughridge  
  
  
     co-authored the English  
  
  
               a  n  d  
  
  
               Muskogee Dictionary in  
  
  
1890,  the  
  
  
          first  English  
  
  
dictionary of  
  
  
               the   Creek  
  
  
          l  a  n  g  u  a  g  e  ?  
  
  
          a  n  d  
  
  
               ...that   the  
  
  
               Aston Martin  
  
  
DBR1 sports car  
  
  
     won  the  
  
  
               1  0  0  0  k  m  
  
  
               Nürburgring   round  
  
  
          o f  
  
  
the   World   Sportscar  
  
  
               C  h  a  m  p  i  o  n  s  h  i  p  
  
  
in  all  three  
  
  
     years it  
  
  
               e   n   t   e   r   e   d   ?  
  
  
  
  
     .  .  .  
  
  
that in  
  
  
               2000,  an  
  
  
ammonia discharge into  
  
  
     a  
  
  
               tributary  of  the  
  
  
     River   Clun  
  
  
( p i c t u r e d )  
  
  
     i n  
  
  
          Wales  killed  its  
  
  
               e  n  t  i  r  e  
  
  
          p   o   p   u   l   a   t   i   o   n  
  
  
     o   f  
  
  
E  u  r  o  p  e  a  n  
  
  
     b u l l h e a d s ?  
  
  
     o   r  
  
  
          .   .   .   t   h   a   t  
  
  
               Monk  Estill,  
  
  
w h o  
  
  
     was   captured  
  
  
     by the Wyandot  
  
  
               p  r  i  o  r  
  
  
     t o  
  
  
t   h   e  
  
  
     Battle  of  Little  
  
  
          Mountain   and  
  
  
     escaped during the  
  
  
               battle, was the  
  
  
               f   i   r   s   t  
  
  
s   l   a   v   e  
  
  
          t o  
  
  
               b   e  
  
  
          freed   in   the  
  
  
     K  e  n  t  u  c  k  y  ?  
  
  
               a  n  d  
  
  
          ...  that  
  
  
          as Texas  
  
  
               Attorney General  
  
  
          from  1957  
  
  
to  1963,  Will  
  
  
          W i l s o n  
  
  
     cracked   down   on  
  
  
          prostitution  rings  operating  
  
  
          in   such  
  
  
          Texan cities as  
  
  
               G  a  l  v  e  s  t  o  n  ,  
  
  
               Beaumont,  Texarkana  and  
  
  
          V i c t o r i a ?  
  
  
  
  
          ...   that  
  
  
          t  h  e  
  
  
               Soldiers and  
  
  
     Sailors Monument  
  
  
          in   Lancaster,  
  
  
          Pennsylvania, stands on  
  
  
     t h e  
  
  
s  i  t  e  
  
  
     of  a  1777  
  
  
     Second Continental  
  
  
     C   o   n   g   r   e   s   s  
  
  
               m   e   e   t   i   n   g   ?  
  
  
o   r  
  
  
          ...that  Grand  
  
  
          Duke   Boris   Vladimirovich,  
  
  
               cousin   of  
  
  
               N   i   c   h   o   l   a   s  
  
  
          II   of  
  
  
Russia, was called  
  
  
"the   terror   of  
  
  
jealous   husbands   as  
  
  
well  as  of  
  
  
          w a t c h f u l  
  
  
m o t h e r s " ?  
  
  
               a n d  
  
  
     ...that  in  an  
  
  
          attempt  to  
  
  
     speed  up  
  
  
     t h e  
  
  
     longest   papal   election  
  
  
          in history,  
  
  
     the magistrates  
  
  
          of  Viterbo  
  
  
               removed   the   roof  
  
  
     of  the  
  
  
P a p a l  
  
  
          P a l a c e ?  
  
  
  
  
     .   .   .  
  
  
          that  the  
  
  
               W e s t m i n s t e r  
  
  
     Retable, a 13th-century  
  
  
               panel   painting   at  
  
  
Westminster Abbey, is  
  
  
          the oldest known  
  
  
               altarpiece in  
  
  
     E  n  g  l  a  n  d  ?

By John Ohno on December 1, 2019.

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