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Mawali tribal sheikhs, 1880s
Mawali tribal sheikhs, 1880s
  • ... that in the 18th century the Mawali tribe (pictured) was driven from the Syrian steppe to the regions of Hama and Idlib, where their descendants live today?
  • ... that a reviewer described Ceechynaa, who entered the UK singles chart earlier this month with "Peggy", as "proudly waving the sexual liberation flag"?
  • ... that vitamin E was named "tocopherol" as it was identified as essential for live births in rats?
  • ... that in the 1950s Michel Klein opened one of the first veterinary practices in Paris?
  • ... that the sexual onomatopoeia puff-puff was censored in English releases of Dragon Quest until Dragon Quest XI?
  • ... that newspaper publisher Jacob Frolich built trapdoors and hiding places in his house in case it was raided by Radical Republicans?
  • ... that nearly 300 construction workers showed up at 8 am to continue building Chernobyl Reactors 5 and 6, despite the Chernobyl disaster earlier that day?
  • ... that war correspondent Bernard Gray was killed while travelling as an unofficial passenger aboard a Royal Navy submarine during the Second World War?
  • ... that Good Gravy!, a Thanksgiving dinner–themed roller coaster, was first tested with a train full of plush turkeys?
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Jeju Air B737-800 HL8088 in 2024
Jeju Air aircraft
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