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  • The only remaining instance of active use of the death penalty in Europe is in capital punishment in Belarus.


  • In the Lithuanian calendar, three months are named for birds and two for trees.


  • The Hunt Memorial Building in Ellenville, New York, has served as a public library, an appliance store, and several other things.


  • Frank Ryan earned a Ph.D. in mathematics while playing quarterback for the Cleveland Browns?
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  • Copeland Creek was significantly degraded by cattle overgrazing in the 19th century, but restoration efforts have reversed that trend.


  • Naval Aircraft Factory PN flying boats were a series of US patrol aircraft in the 1920s and 1930s.


  • It is estimated that more than 85 percent of all business information exists as unstructured data, commonly appearing in e-mails, memos, reports, letters, presentations and Web pages?.
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