... that visitors to the collection at The House of Houdini can gain admittance only by decoding a secret message on their admission ticket?
... that Christopher R. W. Nevinson was described by Charles Lewis Hind as "among the most discussed, most successful, most promising, most admired and most hated British artists"?
... that the Chinese variety store Miniso was co-founded by a Japanese designer and a Chinese entrepreneur?
... that Jain figure Bahubali is said to have meditated motionless in a standing posture for a year, during which time climbing plants grew around his legs?
The population of the vaquita, a porpoise endemic to the northern Gulf of California, is announced to have dropped to the brink of extinction at about 30 individuals.
1851 – The largest bushfire in a populous region in Australian history swept acrossVictoria, resulting in approximately five million hectares (twelve million acres) burnt.
1952 – Elizabeth II ascended to the thrones of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and three other Commonwealth countries upon the death of her father, George VI.
The North Carolina Tar Heels American football team has had 215 players drafted into the National Football League (NFL) since the league began holding drafts in 1936. Each NFL franchise seeks to add new players through the annual NFL Draft. The team with the worst record the previous year picks first, the next-worst team second, and so on. The highest that a Tar Heel has ever been drafted is second overall, which has happened on three occasions: Ken Willard in 1965, Lawrence Taylor(pictured) in 1981, and Julius Peppers in 2002. The Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins have drafted the most Tar Heels with sixteen and fifteen, respectively. Every current NFL franchise has drafted a player from North Carolina. Twenty-three Tar Heels have been drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft. The single first round of the NFL Draft with the most Tar Heels selected was 1998 with three: Greg Ellis, Brian Simmons, and Vonnie Holliday. Of the Tar Heels selected in the NFL Draft, fifteen have been selected to a Pro Bowl, and seventeen have been a member of a Super Bowl winning team; four have achieved both. (Full list...)
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