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- ... that Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible (scene pictured) has been named as both one of the worst films and one of the greatest films of all time?
- ... that Olympian Sydney Francisco was named after the city where her mother competed at the Olympics?
- ... that the December 2010 Christchurch earthquake caused Boxing Day sales events six weeks later?
- ... that a judge compared the bankruptcy fraud of an Ohio TV station to a 1601 English court case?
- ... that the surviving copies of the Kitab-ı Bahriye contain a total of more than 5,700 maps?
- ... that the 1920 foxtrot song "I'll See You in C-U-B-A" was an example of Cuba being perceived as "America's playground"?
- ... that 30 royal portraits of Korean kings were completely destroyed in a 1954 fire in Busan, South Korea?
- ... that Babydog is "a fixture in West Virginia politics"?