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... that spores are produced on the outer, not inner, surface of the cup-like head of the pod parachute fungus (pictured)?
... that lecturer of psychology Niniek L. Karim won two Citra Awards for Best Supporting Actress with her first two films?
... that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation provided 1.2 million (US$18,000) for a new 12-foot-high statue of Swami Vivekananda in Golpark, Kolkata?
... that Voodoo Tiger (1952) features archived footage from Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932)?
... that after three years as the Connecticut Whale, Hartford Wolf Pack hockey team returned to their original name for their 2013–14 season?
... that botanist Charles Budd Robinson may have been murdered by natives when he mistook the words "coconut" and "head"?
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1066 – King Harald III of Norway and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar in the Battle of Fulford near York, England.
1906 – The ocean liner RMS Mauretania (pictured), the largest and fastest ship in the world at the time, was launched.
1943 – World War II: Australian troops defeated Imperial Japanese forces at the Battle of Kaiapit in New Guinea.
2001 – During a televised address to a joint session of the United States Congress, U.S. President George W. Bush declared a "war on terror" against Al-Qaeda and other global terrorist groups.
2009 – Tadhg Kennelly became the first person to win the top prizes in both Australian rules football and Gaelic football by winning the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final with Kerry.
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