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Wednesday, 24 December 2014

From Wikipedia's new and recently improved content:

... that the Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi contains an over-large peacock (detail illustrated) that is aMedici emblem?
... that Aubrey Plaza rewrote the majority of her lines when voicingGrumpy Cat in Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever?
... that Tom Odell covered the last song recorded by The Beatles for the John Lewis Christmas advert in 2014?
... that Lapis Lacedaemonius, a volcanic rock known today only from a single source, has been used as decoration in places as far apart as London, Venice, andPalermo?
... that "See, Amid the Winter's Snow" calls for the listener to "Sing through all Jerusalem, Christ is born in Bethlehem"?
... that Libby Lane is the first woman to be appointed a bishop by the Church of England?
... that the Gloria by Karl Jenkins was premiered in 2010 by The Really Big Chorus?

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