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- ... that the Isle of Dogs Pumping Station (pictured) was nicknamed the Temple of Storms?
- ... that 16th-century chroniclers thought María Pacheco, a leader of the Revolt of the Comuneros, was a witch?
- ... that some critics described the fourth season of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver as comic relief from the activities of the Trump administration?
- ... that in order to re-marry, Zhou Wennan had to request Mao Zedong's permission?
- ... that schoolchildren in the town of Kirkby were paid 25 pence an hour to help build Kirkby Ski Slope, even though the slope never opened?
- ... that Lois E. Trott ran the first lodging house for homeless girls in America, providing shelter and support for over 1,000 girls annually, all without receiving any payment?
- ... that Jerzy Kosinski: A Biography described its subject as a "liar", and yet, one reviewer felt that the author's "studiously neutral position ends up sounding like an apologia for Kosinski"?
- ... that "Chihiro" by Billie Eilish was titled in reference to the main character of Spirited Away?
- ... that the DJ NewJeansNim has been credited with reviving interest in Buddhism among South Korean youths?