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... that after discovering her child was transgender, Thamirys Nunes (pictured) created an organization dedicated to defending transgender youth?
... that a Saturday Night Live sketch received an award from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)?
... that Darryl De Sousa created a Baltimore Police Department unit to give lie detector tests to other units?
... that the reliefs on the walls of the Dhumnath Temple depict erotic poses from the Kama Sutra?
... that general Zhao Chongguo's appointment to manage parklands incidentally gave him control over the Han dynasty's coinage production?
... that an Australian crocodile named Burt starred in Crocodile Dundee?
... that Governor of Svalbard Håkon Balstad was described as a "roaring bull of a man with a fabulous capacity for raw liquor"?
... that New Zealand once consumed more tea per capita than Britain?
... that before specializing in bagpipe making, Roddy MacLellan helped create one of the trophies used at the Super Bowl?