- ... that the newly-discovered Dumfriesshire Hoard (gold bird pin pictured) has been described by experts as "one of the most significant Viking hoards ever found in Scotland"?
- ... that English model Jean Shrimpton caused a global sensation by wearing a daring white minidress to Derby Day in Melbourne, Australia, on 30 October 1965?
- ... that the horror manga series Uzumaki was adapted into a live-action film and two video games in 2000?
- ... that Warren Delabere Barnes, a member of the Malayan Civil Service who conducted an expedition in Pahang in 1900, had a plant in the Loranthaceae family named after him?
- ... that the first president of Poland, Gabriel Narutowicz, was assassinated five days after taking office, amidst a right-wing propaganda campaign accusing him of being "an atheist, a Freemason, and a Jew"?
- ... that efforts are underway to help Mahikeng Airport, a former air force base, regain its status as an international airport?
- ... that places of worship in the borough of Guildford include a former telephone exchange, two 19th-century barns and the "Bingo Chapel"?
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