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... that at 270 feet (82 m), the US 12–St. Joseph River Bridge (pictured) is the longest surviving camelback bridge in the U.S. state of Michigan?
... that Japan's first wooden roller coaster appeared in Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla?
... that a stele of Egyptian king Seti I was found built into the wall of a local house in the village of Tell Shihab in southern Syria?
... that, Jesús Blancornelas, a Mexican journalist, risked his life while reporting on the Tijuana Cartel, the drug trade in Mexico, and political corruption?
... that despite being the son of a two-time NASCAR champion and brother of a Daytona 500 winner, Randy Baker never finished better than 17th in NASCAR competition?
... that Dedeline Mibamba Kimbata, a member of DR Congo's first Paralympic team, competed in a wheelchair donated by Kenyan Paralympian Anne Wafula Strike?
... that excavations at the town of Jayrud in the Qalamoun Mountains of Syria produced microliths, blades, scrapers and other lithic tools dating back to the Natufian culture?
... that it took 120 years before it was discovered that deep-water Stokes waves, named after George Gabriel Stokes, are unstable?
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