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• Ed Miliband proposed to Justine Thornton on Primrose Hill, known for its panoramic views of London.
• Ariane 1, the first European-built rocket, successfully completed its maiden flight on its third attempt from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana.
• The City of London is one of three premier financial centers in the world and has a history dating back approximately 2,000 years, originally established as a trading hub by the Romans known as Londinium.
• "Jack Bauer, portrayed by Kiefer Sutherland, returns in '24: Live Another Day' as a hardened, angrier version of himself after spending four years in exile."
• The London matchgirls' strike of 1888 involved approximately 1,400 women and girls who protested against poor working conditions, including fourteen-hour workdays and severe health risks from white phosphorus, ultimately laying the groundwork for modern labor rights and unions.
• The Neva River is the third largest river in Europe in terms of average discharge.
• Mahatma Gandhi is recognized as the Father of the Nation in India, and his birthday, October 2nd, is commemorated annually as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday.
• In the first half of the Twentieth Century, about 70% of the commercial poultry stock in the Netherlands consisted of Leghorns.
• Jim Moir, also known as Vic Reeves, originally planned to pursue a career in art before turning to comedy.
• Thomas Aquinas recognized four main kinds of law: eternal, natural, human, and divine, with eternal law being the highest and identical to the mind of God.

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• IHOP acquired Applebee’s International for $1.9 billion in cash, plus the assumption of debt, aiming to transform it into a franchised model similar to its own.
• Geri Halliwell named her daughter Bluebell Madonna, inspired by the rare bluebell flower and her admiration for singer Madonna.
• There are official release groups attributed to the artist Dylan Mills.
• Des O'Connor fronted a mainstream television program every year between 1963 and 2007, a record longer than anyone else in the world.
• Rembrandt declared bankruptcy in 1656 despite his financial success as an artist, teacher, and art dealer, leading to the auction of his extensive collection of art and antiquities.
• Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama, in December 1955 sparked a 381-day boycott of public buses, leading to the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing racial segregation on public buses in Alabama.
• Gavrilo Princip, one of the assassins, was able to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie von Chotkova after the royal car took a wrong turn, bringing it within five feet of him.
• The Cutty Sark, built in 1869, is the last clipper ship constructed for merchant purposes and is currently preserved in dry dock at Greenwich, London.
• Joseph was made a patriarch and given equal status with his brothers by Jacob, who adopted Joseph's two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, thus adding them to the Twelve Tribes of Israel.
• Only one airframe of the TSR-2 aircraft flew, as the program was ultimately cancelled in 1965 due to rising costs and inter-service disputes over Britain's defense needs.

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• The term "Heavy Metal" in music is thought to have originally been coined in relation to a Jimi Hendrix performance, described as "...like listening to heavy metal falling from the sky" in a review, although the exact source remains unverified.
• The last wild thylacine was shot in Tasmania in 1930, and the last captive thylacine died in 1936.
• Postman Pat first emerged as a character when writer John Cunliffe was encouraged by a student's parent to submit his stories for a new pre-school children's series set in the countryside.
• Renée Zellweger won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the drama Cold Mountain (2003).
• The first Zionist Congress was held in Basle in 1897, where the World Zionist Organization was founded and Theodor Herzl was elected its president.
• Karen Carpenter's distinctive singing voice developed significantly by early 1966, attracting the interest of several music industry professionals.
• Sid Vicious' teddy boy suit, worn during the inquest into his girlfriend Nancy Spungen's murder, is expected to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000 at auction.
• John Edwards has reactivated his law license after more than a decade of inactivity and is scheduled to speak at a private retreat in Orlando, Florida, on June 6, 2013.
• Sonic booms can produce pressures on the ground ranging from 50 to 100 pascals, with very low flying aircraft capable of generating sonic booms of 1000 to 7000 pascals, potentially causing damage to buildings.
• The origin of All Hallows Eve goes back to an ancient, pre-Christian Celtic festival called Samhain, which marked the end of summer and the beginning of winter.

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• "Jaws was one of the first films to be widely released on a large number of screens across the country on a single day, effectively birthing the modern-day summer blockbuster."
• The Five Ks, which are essential symbols of Sikh identity, include unshorn hair, a comb, a steel bracelet, soldiers' shorts, and a sword, and are designed to foster unity among Sikhs while symbolizing their commitment to the values of their faith.
• Sting, born Gordon Matthew Sumner, is a former member of the band The Police and has won a Golden Globe Award, as well as being inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
• Juliet's phrase "Parting is such sweet sorrow" captures the paradox of feeling deep sadness at saying goodbye while simultaneously experiencing joy in the anticipation of future reunion.
• The opening scene of Shakespeare's Macbeth features thunder and lightning, which contribute to an eerie atmosphere and foreshadow the unnatural events that unfold as Macbeth gains power.
• The Sistine Chapel features Michelangelo's early 16th century frescoes depicting scenes from the Book of Genesis, covering an area of approximately 12,000 square feet.
• First performed in 1951, Billy Budd is based on a short novel by Herman Melville and features a plot where the character Claggart, Master-at-arms, plots to destroy his younger shipmate Billy due to his repressed feelings, leading to tragic consequences.
• The rutabaga is a fertile tetraploid hybrid between the turnip and cabbage, with a total of 38 chromosomes.
• The 1980 film "Caddyshack" features a humorous reference to the Dalai Lama through the character Carl Spackler, who describes a fictional golf experience with him, culminating in the Lama promising "total consciousness" upon death.
• George Orwell died of tuberculosis in 1950 at the age of 46.

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• More than 75% of all diamonds sold are round diamonds, officially called Round Brilliant, which have 58 facets that reflect maximum light and sparkle.
• Singapore will allow the sale of nicotine gum to help smokers quit, marking a partial lift of its famous chewing gum ban that has been in place since 1992.
• Socrates willingly drank hemlock, a deadly poison, rather than abandon his principles in the pursuit of wisdom.
• The traditional site designated as "Mount Sinai" in the Sinai Peninsula has little or no supporting evidence, with biblical references suggesting that the real Mount Sinai may actually be located in present-day Saudi Arabia.
• The snake emblem of Slytherin House symbolizes cunning and ambition, linking it to both the deceitful serpent in the story of Adam and Eve and the Celtic tradition that associated wise leaders with adders, reflecting the House's complex moral character.
• Between 1948 and 1976, MV Agusta motorcycles won over 3000 races and 63 world championships overall.
• There have been 43 people sworn into office as President of the United States, and 44 presidencies, due to Grover Cleveland serving two non-consecutive terms.
• The Cornish language was spoken locally up to the 18th century and is now spoken by less than 1% of the population, but has been gradually revived since the 1980s.
• The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is part of a three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s literary blockbuster The Millennium Trilogy, which has sold more than 50 million copies in 46 countries.
• The Southern Cross is the best known and most represented star group in the Southern Hemisphere and can be seen all year round from almost anywhere in Australia.

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• On December 3, 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal leaked 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas, resulting in over 2,000 immediate deaths and injuring between 150,000 to 600,000 others, with 6,000 later succumbing to their injuries.
• New Jersey has confirmed its first cases of bluetongue virus in two deer, marking a significant development as the virus had not previously been found in deer within the state.
• Wings of Desire, the top-rated horse for the Epsom Derby 2016, is a full-brother to The Lark and has shown significant improvement by winning the Dante at York, making him a strong contender despite concerns about his limited experience.
• The earliest surviving stringed instruments, the Lyres of Ur, date back to 4,500 years ago.
• Jelly Roll Morton was the first jazz composer of importance, blending spontaneity and diversity in his music, which laid the groundwork for future jazz giants like Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus.
• Agamemnon sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia to Artemis to secure success for the Greeks in the Trojan War.
• George Entwistle will earn £450,000 per year as the BBC's new director general, which is £221,000 less than his predecessor, Mark Thompson.
• The Queen's diamond jubilee river pageant achieved a new world record for the largest parade of boats, with 419 vessels participating, surpassing the previous record of 327 boats.
• Wanda Ventham became a sex symbol in the UK in the '70s after playing Colonel Virginia Lake in the sci-fi series "UFO."
• Jack McCall shot Wild Bill Hickok in Deadwood, South Dakota, while claiming it was an act of revenge for the alleged killing of his brother.

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• "A View to a Kill" by Duran Duran is the first Bond theme to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 100.
• Earth, Wind & Fire became the first black band to ever sell out Madison Square Garden during their 1979 I Am tour.
• Fish can extract a greater proportion of oxygen from water using gills compared to what lungs can extract from air, due to the lower concentration of oxygen in water.
• The first species to be domesticated was the dog.
• Storm, also known as Ororo Munroe, first appeared in Giant-Size X-Men #1 in May 1975 and is one of the most prominent leaders of the X-Men.
• The conflict in "The Phantom Menace" revolves around a trade dispute and the fate of the planet Naboo, which many viewers found to be unengaging and vague.
• Vigo the Carpathian, a character in Ghostbusters II, was born in 1505 and died in 1610, having experienced a gruesome death involving poisoning, stabbing, shooting, hanging, stretching, disemboweling, and being drawn and quartered.
• Lady Godiva, known as Godgifu, Countess of Mercia, is said to have ridden naked through the streets of Coventry to persuade her husband to lower the town's taxes, leading to the origin of the term "peeping Tom."
• The cricket teams of India and Afghanistan came together for the first time in May 2010 to play a match in St. Lucia to raise awareness and solidarity in the fight against polio.
• LADE (Lineas Aereas del Estado) is a state-owned passenger airline managed by the Argentine military, offering often cheap flights to various destinations in Argentina, particularly in Patagonia.

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• Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth just days after the Confederate surrender, on April 14, 1865, and died the following morning.
• Duncan Jones' birth prompted his father, David Bowie, to write the song "Kooks."
• The Puget Sound king crab is the largest crab in Northwest waters, with adults reaching sizes of 2-12 inches across the carapace.
• Vitamin E is an antioxidant that protects body tissue from damage caused by free radicals, which are believed to play a role in certain conditions related to aging.
• By the end of World War II, over 400,000 individuals were sterilized under the Nazi eugenics program in Germany, many within the first four years of the law's enactment.
• Mata Hari, executed by a French firing squad on October 15, 1917, was a pioneering exotic dancer whose name has become synonymous with sensuality and betrayal.
• On 14 June 1941, over 10,000 Estonians were deported to Siberia in the first mass deportation from the Baltic States.
• King Tutankhamun suffered from a cleft palate and club foot, likely forcing him to walk with a cane, and died from complications from a broken leg exacerbated by malaria.
• Granulocytes account for about 60% of our white blood cells.
• Red Bull has agreed to pay over $13 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accused it of making false and misleading advertising claims, specifically regarding its slogan "Red Bull gives you wings."

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• Chris Evert was engaged to fellow tennis champion Jimmy Connors in 1974, the year they both won the Wimbledon title, but they cancelled their wedding.
• Midas was granted the power to turn everything he touched into gold by Dionysus, but he later begged to be rid of this gift when even food turned to gold.
• Huddersfield Town sold 16,000 season tickets, which is remarkable for a League One club.
• Albert Camus was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 for his persistent efforts to illuminate the problem of human conscience in his time.
• Brass dates back to around 500 BC.
• Rod Stewart believes that his ex-wife Rachel Hunter leaving him in 2006 was his “comeuppance” after being a womanizer for many years.
• Some scorpions are born with two tails, which is considered a genetic abnormality.
• Alfred Hitchcock forwent his salary and agreed to take everything on the back end, including percentages and ownership of Psycho, which was considered one of the brilliant deals of all time.
• The rose family, Rosaceae, includes approximately 3,100 species across about 110 genera, making it economically significant for providing numerous temperate fruits such as apples, pears, and strawberries.
• Rupert Brooke's poem "The Soldier" expresses the idea that if he dies in a foreign land, his remains will enrich that soil, making it a part of England forever.

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• Henry Purcell's "Dido and Aeneas," first performed in 1689, is his only official opera despite his prominence as a great English Baroque composer.
• Queen Elizabeth I was considered illegitimate at birth because her father, King Henry VIII, divorced his first wife without papal sanction, which led much of Europe to view her as having no right to the English throne.
• Van Mildert College is part of Durham University.
• The V&A Paintings collection includes over 2,000 miniatures, for which the Museum holds the national collection.
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson aired from October 1, 1962, to May 22, 1992, making it one of the longest-running talk shows in television history.
• "Wild Thing, written by Chip Taylor in 1965, was made famous by The Troggs in 1966 and is considered one of the most easily recognizable songs of all time."
• Pony Express riders carried word of Abraham Lincoln’s election as President from Fort Kearney, Nebraska to Placerville, California in a record 5 days.
• The bunyip is a legendary spirit or creature in Aboriginal mythology that haunts water sources and is said to cause nocturnal terror by eating people or animals nearby.
• John Huston won Oscars for both director and screenplay for his film "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948), while his father, Walter Huston, won the "Best Supporting Actor" trophy for his role in the same film.
• Pakistan has told civil servants not to wear socks as the country turns off air-conditioners amid a chronic power crisis and soaring temperatures, with some areas experiencing blackouts of up to 20 hours a day.

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