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British troops burning a house in Bekasi

• ... that in 1945, British troops burned the town of Bekasi (pictured) in retaliation for the murders of passengers and crew of a downed British aircraft?
• ... that Indian member of parliament Hira Singh Chinaria died in his seat after delivering a speech?
• ... that the eventual location of Cancún's Hotel Zone was chosen in part by a computer program in the late 1960s?
• ... that orphaned Eliza Showell was sent to Nova Scotia from a British children's home and placed in indentured service?
• ... that brown cacholotes only sing in duets, mate for life, and equally share parental duties?
• ... that a thesis by Amelia Frank was cited by her doctoral advisor in his Nobel Prize speech more than forty years after her death?
• ... that the TV series Beartown cast real junior hockey players rather than relying on stunt doubles?
• ... that when a nightclub located in an old spaghetti factory was shut down for fire code violations, a troupe of flamenco dancers collected signatures in protest?
• ... that the alliance led by Siles split from the alliance led by Siles?

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