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- ...that John Henry Dearle (example of work pictured) was an apprentice tapestry weaver to Pre-Raphaelite artist and craftsman William Morris who rose to become Morris & Co.'s chief designer and Art Director after Morris's death?
- ...that Ian Pont is the only professional cricketer to have played a professional baseball match?
- ...that due to safety concerns, a number of U.S. states require air ambulance services to be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems?
- ...that the Chinese philosopher Wang Chong (27-97 AD) accurately described the water cycle in meteorology?
- ...that Alexander Pope was expelled from Twyford School for writing a poem that poked fun at one of his school masters?
- ...that the Klaus Advanced Computing Building is named for Chris Klaus, who donated $15 million to his alma mater, Georgia Tech, when he was just 26?
- ...that Gundoin was the first Duke of Alsace, a duchy which existed as part of the Frankish Empire from the 630s?
- ...that Shardha Ram Phillauri, a Punjabi, wrote the first Hindi novel?
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