This day in history
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Thursday, 25 December 2014
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... that during its occupation of the
Dutch East Indies
, the Empire of Japan
issued
both gulden and roepiah
(example pictured)
?
... that
New York Giants
safety
Nat Berhe
is the first player of
Eritrean
descent to be drafted into the NFL?
... that the
Derbendcis
Ottoman constabulary units
were so poorly motivated that the Ottomans had to hire mercenaries to ensure their loyalty?
... that it was theorized that Ukrainian-American rapper
Your Old Droog
was actually
Nas
secretly recording under an alias?
... that a group of Swedish businessmen spent more than $2.5 million to renovate the
Lady Hutton
?
... that after its closure,
Dr. Holbrook's Military School
served as headquarters of a
New York Guard
regiment protecting the
Croton Aqueduct
during
World War I
?
... that the wife of sculptor
Jacob Epstein
hoped that he would have an affair with his
Kashmiri
model
Sunita Devi
or her sister?
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