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... that the Polish historical painter Juliusz Kossak (pictured) was the progenitor of a family of painters and poets spanning four generations?

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... that Joseph Ferguson Peacocke, Archbishop of Dublin, was painted by Philip de László?

... that when 2001 Chicago Marathon winner Catherine Ndereba set the world record, she joined four-time winner Khalid Khannouchi with a current world record time set at the Chicago Marathon?

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-[[File:British Museum Aztec or Mixtec mask.jpg|100x100px|Mask of Xiuhtecuhtli]]
+[[File:Juliusz Kossak by Leon Wyczółkowski (1900).jpg|100x100px|Juliusz Kossak]]
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-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Xiuhtecuhtli]]''' ''(mask pictured)'', the [[Aztec]] god of fire, was one of the nine [[Lords of the Night]] even though he was a [[solar deity]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the [[Poland|Polish]] [[History painting|historical painter]] '''[[Juliusz Kossak]]''' ''(pictured)'' was the [[progenitor]] of a family of painters and poets spanning four generations?
-{{*mp}}... that the band '''[[Animo]]''' is said to derive its name from [[Spanish language|Spanish]] slang for "get going"?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Cyclone Arthur (2007)|Cyclone Arthur]]''' of the [[2006–07 South Pacific cyclone season]] reached its peak intensity just 18 hours after being named?
-{{*mp}} ... that the '''[[Treaty of Fort Wayne (1803)|1803 Treaty of Fort Wayne]]''' dictated that the [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] were given up to 150 [[bushel]]s of [[salt]]?
+{{*mp}} ... that '''[[Charles Hoff]]''' was the first [[Norway|Norwegian]] to set a [[world records in athletics|world record]] in a [[athletics (track and field)|track and field]] event?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Manchester computers|a series of innovative computers]]''', including the first transistor computer and the world's fastest computer, were produced by a small team working at [[Manchester University]] between 1947 and 1977?
-{{*mp}}... that despite being an object of ridicule in popular culture, over 8&nbsp;million '''[[British Rail sandwich]]es''' were sold in 1993?
-{{*mp}} ... that the tunnel on the '''[[Busan-Geoje Fixed Link]]''', under construction in [[South Korea]], is slated to become the deepest [[Immersed tube|immersed roadway tunnel]]?
+{{*mp}}... that during [[World War II]], the '''[[Tunnel Railway]]''' in [[Ramsgate]], [[England]], became part of an [[air-raid shelter]] capable of housing more than 60,000 people?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Peter of Canterbury]]''', who drowned near [[Boulogne]], was the first abbot of what became [[St Augustine's Abbey]] in [[Canterbury]]?
+{{*mp}}... that the '''[[A. R. Bowman Memorial Museum]]''' in [[Prineville, Oregon|Prineville]], [[Oregon]], was opened in 1971 and is housed in the historic [[Crook County Bank Building]]?
-{{*mp}} ... that during the filming of '''''[[The Linguists]]''''' in the [[Andes Mountains|Andes]], the cast coped with [[altitude sickness]] by drinking [[coca]] leaf tea?
+{{*mp}}... that '''[[Joseph Ferguson Peacocke]]''', [[Archbishop of Dublin (Church of Ireland)|Archbishop of Dublin]], was painted by [[Philip de László]]?
+{{*mp}}... that when 2001 '''[[List of winners of the Chicago Marathon|Chicago Marathon winner]]''' [[Catherine Ndereba]] set the world record, she joined four-time winner [[Khalid Khannouchi]] with a current world record time set at the [[Chicago Marathon]]?
-{{*mp}}... that the [[Western Australia]]n [[carnivorous plant]] '''''[[Drosera erythrorhiza]]''''' was split into four related [[subspecies]] in 1992?
+{{*mp}}... that '''''[[haejangguk]]''''' is a kind of [[Korean cuisine|Korean]] ''[[guk]]'' (soup) consumed as a remedy for [[hangover]]s?
-{{*mp}}... that '''[[Christ Church (Greenville, South Carolina)|Christ Church]]''' in [[Greenville, South Carolina]], has a window depicting the [[Last Supper]] dedicated to [[Confederate States Army|Confederate general]] and [[Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina|bishop]] [[Ellison Capers]]?
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