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- ... that Colonel Bradley Winslow (pictured) was brevetted by US president Abraham Lincoln for "brave and gallant conduct" during the siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War?
- ... that the Pellissippi Parkway in East Tennessee takes its name from a Native American name that was applied to both the Clinch and Ohio Rivers?
- ... that Beyoncé paid tribute to O'Shae Sibley, a gay man who was killed after vogueing to her music, on her official website?
- ... that teenagers picketed The Washington Post to protest the sudden cancellation of The Milt Grant Show, a teen dance TV show in Washington, D.C.?
- ... that footballer Kameron Simmonds, who plays for Jamaica, only took up the sport after a gymnastics injury?
- ... that a Vatican Hebrew manuscript has been used as a source for analysing and emending modern editions of the Palestinian Talmud?
- ... that John Oliver has been credited with influencing United States law and culture, a phenomenon dubbed the "John Oliver effect"?
- ... that three burnt golf balls are preserved at Kew Gardens as a "rare fungal species"?