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... that British weightlifter Zoe Smith (pictured) broke 98 national records in 2008?
... that a Bangladeshi diplomatic mission in India was attacked by Hindu extremists protesting the arrest of a Hindu monk?
... that a portrait of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec cooking captures him in an unusual moment of sobriety?
... that the Lisdoonvarna Music Festival was described as Ireland's version of the Woodstock music festival?
... that Japanese-American activist Yuri Kochiyama converted to Islam in 1971?
... that in 1968, ADR's Autoflow flowchart software became the first program to receive a software patent in the United States?
... that the tomb of the 15th-century Okinawan king Shō Hashi was destroyed during World War II?
... that the Wilson Warbirds were nearly named the "Wilson Whirligigs" after the folk artist Vollis Simpson's whirligig sculptures in the town?
... that Archbishop John Roach received a standing ovation for admitting his alcoholism?