Did you know...: Did you know~2

...that Henri Poincaré first stated the Poincaré duality in terms of Betti numbers?
...that a vexatious litigant may be barred from using the courts in common law countries for undertaking frivolous litigation claims or procedures?
...that American frontiersman Hugh Glass traveled 200 miles through the wilderness alone and was gravely injured after a grizzly bear attack?
...that the framework of the cautionary tale became a cliché in 1980s slasher films?
...that Abraham Baldwin, one of the Founders of the United States, declined an offer from Yale for a divinity professorship and later served in both the Senate and House of Representatives?
...that the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Park Avenue in Manhattan sits on the site of the former home of William Waldorf Astor, 1st Viscount Astor?
...that the Super Friends had two sets of sidekicks: Wendy & Marvin, and then the Wonder Twins?
...that Stephen King wrote and starred in the 1982 film Creepshow?
...that the Spectral Bat (False Vampire Bat) will fall out of a tree to pounce upon unsuspecting prey?
...that Eric Clapton's song "Layla" was inspired by a Persian love story?
...that the U.S. Navy's Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island grants Master of Arts degrees?
...that the Children of the Corn horror film series is based on a Stephen King short story?
...that the viscosity of a ferrofluid can be controlled with electromagnets?
...that Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko is famous for his anti-Stalinist work?
...that the California sea slug (Aplysia californica) is useful as in model organism in neurobiology because of its small number of large neurons?
...that Cornell University in Ithaca, New York has four statutory colleges?
...that Fritz the Cat was the first X-rated animated feature?
...that the largest telescope in the Southern Hemisphere is the Southern African Large Telescope, which became operational in 2005?
...that the first standard for donated organs was that they be from "non-heart beating donors"?
...that Le Corbusier's most famous building is probably Unité d'Habitation in Marseille?
...that the Dharmacakra of Buddhism represents the collective teachings known as the dharma?
...that scientists are testing Einstein's theory of general relativity with Gravity Probe B, an artificial satellite?
...that cell adhesion is a product of protein bonding?
...that the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 killed at least 140 people?
...that Colonia del Sacramento in Uruguay is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
...that male Western fence lizards (Sceloporus occidentalis) have blue bellies?
...that the Battle of Isandlwana was a major British defeat in the Anglo-Zulu War?
...that Jaan Einasto co-discovered dark matter and the cellular structure of the universe?
...that Michael Schumacher won the Spanish Grand Prix in 1995-1996 and again from 2001-2004?
...that France was the first country to adopt the 35-hour workweek?
...that Napoleon once commissioned Louis-Marcelin de Fontanes to write an éloge on George Washington?
...that Michael Clarke Duncan worked as a bodyguard for Will Smith before becoming an actor?
...that Daniel Goldin spearheaded the controversial "faster, better, cheaper" approach at NASA?
...that the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is rusting?
...that Mark Catesby published the first account of the flora and fauna of North America?
...that Severnaya Zemlya was the last archipelago on Earth to be discovered?
...that Harrington Lake in Quebec is the official country retreat of the Canadian prime minister?
...that the Tibetan Plateau is known as the "roof of the world"?
...that chocolate contains large quantities of oxalic acid?
...that the Greenland Dock is both only remaining dock on the south side of London's River Thames and the city's oldest riverside dock?
...that Caedwalla of Wessex conquered southeast England during his brief 7th-century reign?
...that the Transverse Ranges of California run east-west because of a bend in the San Andreas fault?
...that the full force of The Great Depression in Canada lasted until World War II in parts of the country, particularly in Western Canada?
...that Monument Valley was once the site of uranium mines?
...that during World War I, thimbles were used as currency?
...that the Magellanic subpolar forests of South America are the world's southernmost forest terrestrial ecoregion?
...that SBD Dauntless dive bombers sank four Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carriers and a cruiser during the Battle of Midway?
...that the first British merchant marine ship lost to enemy fire since World War II was the Atlantic Conveyor, sunk by an Argentinian anti-ship missile during the Falklands War?
...that there are at least 18 different distinct video game genres?

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