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  • ... that Jeong Seon (likely self-portrait pictured), one of the most famous Korean painters, introduced the "true-view" style of landscape painting?
  • ... that the prominent medieval Armenian monastery of Narekavank was demolished and replaced with a mosque?
  • ... that The Undertaker was undefeated at WrestleMania from 1991 to 2013?
  • ... that the song "Kanne Kalaimane" from the 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai was the last song Kannadasan wrote before his death?
  • ... that praise can promote positive behavior in adjacent, non-praised individuals?
  • ... that one of John Cunningham's buildings was featured in the BBC television series Restoration?
  • ... that after The American Review's owner expressed admiration for Hitler and Mussolini, a former contributor said he wouldn't write for it again "if it were the last publication left in America"?
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  • ... that Swedish Democrat politician Linus Bylund (pictured) made an election campaign song for the party as part of the duo Korpöga?
  • ... that four scientists who were part of the British contribution to the Manhattan Project became group leaders at the Los Alamos Laboratory?
  • ... that African bishops were more prominent in the 2014 Synod on the Family than in previous Vatican synods?
  • ... that the ending of Keisuke Kinoshita's film Army was controversial because it depicted a mother's anxiety at her son going off to war?
  • ... that the moth lacewing Elektrithone is the first member of its family found in Baltic amber?
  • ... that Leslie Harpold was an early influential blogger whose unexpected death raised the issue of digital estate planning for online creators?
  • ... that the 1877 Boat Race, in which both teams tied, was later described as "the great gooseberry"?

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