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- ... that the oil lamps on the coat of arms of the British Virgin Islands (pictured) represent Saint Ursula and her virgin companions, who give the islands their name?
- ... that the first Black woman to receive tenure in Kent State University's College of Arts & Sciences, Angela Neal-Barnett, emphasizes social support between Black women as "an indigenous form of healing"?
- ... that the pineapple on the flag of the Cayman Islands alludes to the territory's historic connection with Jamaica, whose coat of arms features five pineapples?
- ... that Robert Jones wrote the first book about figure skating in 1772?
- ... that the Nooth apparatus, originally invented to produce carbonated water, was later repurposed for administering anaesthetic drugs?
- ... that Linnéstaty, a sculpture created by Swedish sculptor Gerda Sprinchorn, was raised as a public monument 40 years after its completion?
- ... that the Latin American travesti gender identity has been considered to be a third gender, akin to the hijras of India and the muxe of Mexico?
- ... that Clarkson's Farm is "Diddly Squat"?