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America in Meissen porcelain, 1760s
- ... that a new personification was developed for the Americas (example pictured) after their discovery by Europeans?
- ... that in 2018, Lorraine Janzen Kooistra was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work in 19th-century literature?
- ... that the weight of the volcanoes of Hawaii is causing Earth's crust to buckle, generating volcanoes under the sea?
- ... that Turkish women's footballer Aslı Canan Sabırlı was appointed technical director of her team while she was still a member of the squad?
- ... that the 1929 Hugh Ferriss book The Metropolis of Tomorrow featured "projected trends" including skyscraper churches and suspension bridges with apartments built into them?
- ... that Charles S. Bryan and Bill Stone worked out how to avoid toxic doses of penicillin in people with kidney failure?
- ... that the bodies of 499 gold miners bound for China were lost when the SS Ventnor sank in 1902?
- ... that Alexandra Phillips and Alexandra Phillips stood against each other for election in South East England, and both were elected?