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 * ... that Jupiter is sometimes called a "cosmic vacuum cleaner" because of frequent impacts from asteroids and comets (example pictured)?
 * ... that when baseball outfielder Brick Eldred was suspended by his team for refusing to pay a fine, another team acquired him, paid the fine, and gave him a raise?
 * ... that Tana Tidung Regency is the smallest regency by land area in North Kalimantan and has the province's lowest poverty rate?
 * ... that Michael Koomen was shot and killed while trying to calm the situation?
 * ... that Jackie Kennedy teased former love interest Declan Costello that a 1955 double date involving them and their spouses had almost broken up the Kennedys' marriage?
 * ... that David Bowie's 1999 album Hours was the first by a major artist available for download from the Internet?
 * ... that businessman and activist Matthew Glover charity challenged Pope Francis to become a vegan for Lent?
 * ... that the American Committee for the Defense of British Homes donated a hunting rifle from Theodore Roosevelt to help defend Britain during the Second World War?


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