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...that the proposals for a new Crimean flag after the collapse of the Soviet Union included a white flag with seven rainbow colors at the top and a blue-white-red tricolor design (pictured), which was officially adopted in 1999?
...that Jim Zumbo was forced out of a 30-year career at Outdoor Life magazine, had his television show pulled from the air, and was dropped from sponsorship by companies including Remington and Cabelas due to a single blog post?
...that Belarusian political authorities denounced Mitrofan Dovnar-Zapol'skiy's book History of Belarus in 1926 as a "Cathechesis of Belarusian National Democratism", banned it and confiscated its manuscript?
...that one of the statues at the erotic temple Candi Sukuh(pictured)inJava, Indonesia, is a 1.82 m (6 feet) standing phallus with four balls placed below the tip?
...that the archaeological cave of Juxtlahuaca contains Mesoamerica's earliest sophisticated painted art (pictured), as well as its only known example of non-Mayadeep cave art?
...that when John Horden sent his Cree-language translation of the Bible back to England, the printers returned it with a printing press but no instructions on how to operate it?
...that on December 20, 2006, two members of the Italian Radical Party controversially introduced two homosexual figures to the nativity scene at the Italian Congress?
...that in constructing the Via della Conciliazione (pictured), Benito Mussolini ordered the demolition of an entire Roman neighborhood, and the forcible eviction of its residents to settlements outside the city?
...that the Evangelist portraits of early medieval Gospel Books used compositions taken from the pagan author portraits of the Late Classical period?
...that in order to accommodate the rock musicalDude, the Broadway TheatreinManhattan was turned into an arena filled with ramps, runways, catwalks, columns, trapezes, and trapdoors at a cost of US$800,000?
...that hundreds of historic tobacco barnsinMaryland were rendered obsolete after many farmers took advantage of a 2001 state program offering to buy out tobacco farmers?
...that in 1828, Hillfields became the first suburb of Coventry to be located outside of the city walls marking the beginning of a large expansion for the city?
...that cross-country cyclists are more prone to injury than road cyclists but the injuries sustained by the former are less severe on average?
...that the spring and village Águas Santas are believed to be named for the spring where Marina of Aguas Santas was beheaded?
...that 28 civilians were killed in the Bisho massacre in 1992, when soldiers opened fire on marchers demanding that the bantustanofCiskei be reincorporated into South Africa?
...that to save weight while walking 1,000 km along the Camino de Santiago, Canadian fiddler Oliver Schroer packed a sleeping bag and clothes around his violin instead of using a case?
...that the potential for the production of renewable energy in Scotland (5 MW wind turbine pictured) includes up to 25% of the EU’s capacity for both wind and tidal power generation?
...that Ivan Ray Tannehill ruled out weather balloons as the cause of a rash of UFO sightings, which included the Roswell UFO incident, seen during the summer of 1947?
...that in penny gaffs, theatrical entertainments enjoyed by the working classesin19th centuryEngland, the plays were often brought to an end by a timekeeper, regardless of what point in the script the actors had reached?
...that the unusual configuration of the running trackatMike A. Myers StadiuminAustin, Texas – 84 m straights and 118 m curves – has garnered it a reputation as one of the fastest tracks in the world?
...that after one group he founded was banned, the neo-Nazi leader Michael Kühnen began a policy of regularly starting up new organizations in order to confuse the authorities?
...that the Broadway opening of the musicalWildcat had to be postponed, because the trucks hauling the sets and costumes to New York were stranded as a result of a major blizzard?
...that Wye Valley Brewery’s Dorothy Goodbody line of beers were all originally supposed to feature Herefordshire-grown hops, but the best-known beer in that line contains hops grown in Ireland?
...that in Islamic law, a mukataba is a contract of manumission according to which the slave buys his freedom from his master?
...that Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone, was rescued by UNICEF and has written about his ordeal and rehabilitation in his new book, A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier?
...that Beverley Baxter raised circulation of the Daily Express from under one million to over two million during his four years as editor?
...that New York's "Timothy's Law" mandated that New York health insurance plans provide coverage for biologically-based mental health conditions comparable to coverage for physical ailments?
...that kissing the statue Il Gobbo di Rialto marked the conclusion of a traditional Venetian punishment in which petty criminals were forced to run naked through the streets from Piazza San Marco?
...that 17th-century philosopher Cesare Cremonini refused to look at the Moon's mountains through Galileo's telescope, believing that Aristotle had proven the Moon was a perfect sphere?
...that Polish general Jan Rządkowski was dismissed from his post as the commander of the armed forces of Central Lithuania when it was discovered that he did not have citizenship in that state?
...that Southern stingrays, originally drawn to an area in Hol Chan Marine ReserveinBelize by food from fishermen cleaning their nets, are now a tourist attraction fed by local tour guides?
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...that the Roman bronze bust Pseudo-Seneca(pictured), known not to be Seneca since 1813, is probably an imaginary portrait of Hesiod?
...that television executive Barry Crane was such an avid contract bridge player his record number of masterpoints was not matched until six years after his death?
...that on Malaita in the Solomon Islands, the mean daily temperature in the warmest month is only 3.4°F warmer than that of the coolest?
...that the Berlin Stadtbahn (pictured) is built mostly as an elevated railway line with viaducts totalling eight kilometres of length, including 731 masonry viaduct arches?
...that the SwedishspelmanAnders Ljungqvist, according to rumors, had a contract with the Nix, signed in blood on human bones from the local churchyard?
...that one person was killed and another injured when they entered a tiger's cage in Alipore Zoological Gardens, Calcutta, and tried to put a floral garland round his neck?
...that New Zealand rugby union player Mark Hammett won four Super 12 titles with the Crusaders between 1996 and 2003 before being appointed as their assistant coach for 2007?
