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...that former Moroccan prime minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi involved himself in socialist causes as early as the age of 20, by attempting to organize the Casablanca working class ?
...that the New York-New Jersey Line War lasted more than half a century until it was finally settled by action of the King of Great Britain ?
...that French officer Charles Mangin was despised by his troops during World War I due to his aggressive tactics, which earned him the nickname "The Butcher"?
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...that in 1915, Hollywood actress Anita King became the first female to ever drive an automobile across the continental United States alone and whose only companions, according to the Los Angeles Times , were "a rifle and a six shooter "?
...that Valrhona , a company based in the small town of Tain l'Hermitage in the Rhône Valley in France , is one of the world's leading manufacturers of high-quality chocolate ?
...that it is estimated that more than 85 percent of all business information exists as unstructured data , commonly appearing in e-mails , memos , reports , letters , presentations and Web pages ?
...that Elizabeth Taylor made her London stage debut in 1982 at the Victoria Palace Theatre in a revival of Lillian Hellman 's play The Little Foxes ?
...that Adolf Hitler was a self-proclaimed vegetarian and had a large greenhouse built to keep him supplied with fresh fruits and vegetables throughout World War II ?
...that John W. Peoples, Jr. tried to have his execution carried out by electric chair instead of lethal injection ?
...that Science Service used to broadcast information from its Science News magazine on the radio ?
... that Igor Spassky , the head of the Russian Rubin Design Bureau , was the chief designer of 187 submarines (91 diesel-electric and 96 nuclear ) as well as Halliburton oil platforms and the marine part of the Sea Launch complex?
...that the Casino Goa in Goa is the only legal casino in India ?
...that Lancelot Blackburne was thought to have spent time in the Caribbean as a buccaneer as a young man, and lived openly with his mistress whilst Archbishop of York ?
...that Nağaybäk Tatars of Russia constructed their own Paris, with Eiffel Tower ?
...that the current German Federal Minister for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Renate Schmidt was forced to quit school at the age of seventeen because of a pregnancy ?
...that virtual plagues can infect and kill the characters in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game and are usually caused by unexpected problems with the programming code ?
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