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- ... that "Stern über Bethlehem" is a German song created in 1964 and often sung by star singers (pictured)?
- ... that Wang Zhongyu was one of China's most powerful figures in the 1990s, with authority over reforming state-owned enterprises?
- ... that over seven hours of rain delays resulted in the 1998 NAPA 500 becoming the first night race held at Atlanta Motor Speedway?
- ... that Rome's first emperor, Augustus, adopted his grandsons Lucius and Gaius?
- ... that Bill Dubuque's scripts for The Judge and The Accountant were both featured on the Black List of the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood?
- ... that larvae of the firefly Luciola substriata swim upside down?
- ... that the Prospect House at Blue Mountain Lake in New York was the first hotel anywhere to be equipped with electric lighting in all the guest rooms?
- ... that the Welsh footballer Syd Thomas impressed Fulham so much in a trial match that he was offered a contract at half-time?