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{{did you know}} links talk edit	Seth Peterson Cottage ... that the Seth Peterson Cottage (pictured) was said to have "more architecture per square foot" than any of Frank Lloyd Wright's other designs? ... that Robert Van Damme played ice hockey professionally before pursuing a career in gay pornography? ... that a 2023 tornado damaged Selma, Alabama, known for civil-rights marches attended by Martin Luther King Jr., just eight days before MLK Day? ... that Pitty recorded Admirável Chip Novo with a band hastily assembled from Salvador musicians after rejecting Rio de Janeiro's session musicians because it felt "strange"? ... that Joseph Pearman played American football with F. Scott Fitzgerald at a preparatory school? ... that A Polish Book of Monsters features stories in which the line between monster and human is blurred, reflecting what the editor saw as a quintessentially Polish view of monstrosity? ... that an Indian restaurant chain has more than 800 combinations of kulfi flavours, toppings, and sauces? ... that some mill workers in a historic district in Virginia gave their ages as fourteen despite appearing much younger? ... that Yi chieftain Xiao Yedan and a Chinese Red Army military leader established an alliance by drinking chicken blood?
{{In the news}} links talk edit	Mario Vargas Llosa Peruvian writer and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Mario Vargas Llosa (pictured) dies at the age of 89. A nightclub roof collapse in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, kills 231 people. In basketball, the UConn Huskies win the NCAA Division I women's championship and the Florida Gators win the men's championship. In the National Hockey League, Alexander Ovechkin breaks Wayne Gretzky's record for most goals scored. In horse racing, Nick Rockett, ridden by Patrick Mullins, wins the Grand National. Ongoing: Gaza war M23 campaign Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Roberto Cani Kim Shin-jo Mikal Mahdi Roberto De Simone Amara Essy Ray Shero
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