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CQC-6 knives

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... that Bobby Cowell only played for one professional club during his entire football career (Newcastle United)?

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-[[File:RinzaiGigen cropped.jpg|100x105px|Zen master Línjì Yìxuán]]
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-{{*mp}}... that [[Zen master]] [[Línjì Yìxuán]] ''(pictured)'' once jumped up, grabbed a monk, shouted at him, and then called him a "shit stick" in an episode of '''[[Dharma combat]]'''?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[CQC-6]]''' knife ''(pictured)'' by [[Ernest Emerson]] was first developed for a [[United States Navy SEALs|US Navy SEAL Team]], and went on to popularize the concept of the "tactical folding knife"?
-{{*mp}}... that American [[journalist]] '''[[Phelan Beale, Jr.]]''' was a son of [[Edith Ewing Bouvier Beale]] and a brother of [[Edith Bouvier Beale]], whose lives were highlighted in the documentary ''[[Grey Gardens]]''?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Anyangcheon]]''', a river in [[Gyeonggi-do|Gyeonggi Province]] and [[Seoul|Seoul City]] of [[South Korea]], is home to a variety of [[wildlife]] such as [[goldfish]], [[Grey Heron]] and [[Northern Shoveler]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the day the ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'' episode "'''[[Canvassing (Parks and Recreation)|Canvassing]]'''" aired on [[NBC]], it captured almost one&nbsp;million viewers more than its direct [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] time-slot competitor, ''[[Samantha Who?]]''
-{{*mp}}... that the '''[[Foothill Yellow-legged Frog]]''' secretes an [[Antifungal drug|anti-fungal]] protein from its skin to prevent [[infection]]s by various [[Fungus|fungi]] such as ''[[Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis]]''?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[John Henry Turpin]]''', who survived the catastrophic explosions of {{USS|Maine|ACR-1|6}} in 1898 and '''{{USS|Bennington|PG-4|6}}''' in 1905, was one of the first [[African American]] [[Chief Petty Officer#United States|Chief Petty Officer]]s of the [[United States Navy]]?
-{{*mp}}... that during the [[Great Migration (African American)|First Great Migration]], the majority of [[Shubuta, Mississippi]], moved to [[Albany, New York]], with some recreating a religious rural community in '''[[Rapp Road Community Historic District]]'''?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[protected areas of Sri Lanka]]''' such as [[Sinharaja Forest Reserve]] account for 26.5&nbsp;percent of the total area of [[Sri Lanka]]?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Bobby Cowell]]''' only played for one professional club during his entire [[Association football|football]] career ([[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle United]])?
+{{*mp}}... that the ending of the ''[[South Park]]'' episode "'''[[Fatbeard]]'''" mirrors the resolution of the [[Maersk Alabama hijacking|hijacking]] of the ''[[MV Maersk Alabama|Maersk Alabama]]'' by [[Piracy in Somalia|Somalian pirates]]?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Anshei Glen Wild Synagogue]]''' in [[Thompson, New York|Glen Wild, New York]], is so small it has never had its own [[rabbi]]?
-{{*mp}}... that Norwegian politician '''[[Lars T. Platou]]''' was an [[electrical engineer]] and [[farmer]] by occupation?
+{{*mp}}... that the linguistic works of '''[[Daniel Gravius]]''' are used by modern scholars to shed light on the society of the 17th-century [[Siraya]] people of [[Taiwan]]?
+{{*mp}}... that over 100&nbsp;countries are represented and almost 170&nbsp;languages are spoken in the '''[[New York City ethnic enclaves|ethnic enclaves of New York City]]'''?
-{{*mp}}... that the term '''[[Maverick (animal)|maverick]]''', referring to an animal without a [[livestock branding|brand]], came from [[Texas]] [[land baron]] [[Samuel Maverick]] who was notorious for not branding his cattle?
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