Did you know ...that the New York Life Building (pictured) is topped by a six-story roof tiled with 22-karat gold?
that while living in China, New Zealand tour guide Troy Collings co-founded a company specialising in tours of North Korea?
that I Will Mention the Loving-kindnesses is an 1875 Easter anthem by Arthur Sullivan for solo tenor, mixed choir, and organ, setting a passage from the Book of Isaiah?
that in a 1902 U.S. Supreme Court case, a ship owner alleged that the real purpose of Louisiana's quarantine laws was to keep Italian immigrants out of New Orleans?
that Hiyori Nitta was inspired to become a Japanese voice actress after watching HeartCatch PreCure!, the only anime that she was allowed to watch while studying for her examinations?
that the 1775 Easter hymn "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" became popular in both the United Kingdom and the United States, albeit with different words?
that Charles W. Lyons was the only Jesuit and likely the only educator in the United States to have been president of four different colleges?
that some snooker matches at the 2020 Gibraltar Open were played without a referee?
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