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- ... that fossil plants (leaf pictured) and damselflies from the Ypresian age are named after the city of Republic?
- ... that South Korean actress Na O-mi's stage name was inspired by the song "I Dream of Naomi"?
- ... that while reviewers generally praised The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, one reviewer complained that the author was "so nice about his colleagues that it makes you long for a juicy academic vendetta"?
- ... that Joseph Tetley, a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, defrauded several investors to the 2017 equivalent value of around NZ$7 million?
- ... that Cleo Hill Jr. coached the college basketball team for which his father played more than 60 years earlier?
- ... that according to the official history of the Song dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin's soldiers stormed his bedroom and proclaimed him emperor, to his surprise?
- ... that a video game consisting solely of a clickable image of a banana was briefly the second-most played game on Steam?
- ... that the album covers of Blue Note Records have been considered to be the "look" of jazz?
- ... that on July 11, 2022, millions of dollars worth of jewelry was stolen from the back of a truck while one driver was getting food at a California truck stop and the other one was asleep in the cab?