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Jimmie Rodgers

... that Jimmie Rodgers (pictured) is considered the "Father of Country Music"?
... that Sivapardus was larger than a leopard, smaller than a lion, and had a face like a cheetah?
... that the archaeologist Alan Wace worked undercover for British intelligence during both world wars?
... that Benton Harbor BASIC was written by Gordon Letwin, who Heathkit management said once showed up with long hair, high-top sneakers and a velvet coat?
... that the Battle of Daybathwe ended shortly after the Myaungmya commander Saw E Binnya was assassinated by the Hanthawaddy commander Dein Mani-Yut, whom he thought was defecting to his side?
... that in the 1932 baseball game in which pitcher Eddie Rommel won his last game, he pitched 17 innings in relief, an American League record?
... that Spanish mystic Marina de Escobar founded a convent but never joined one?

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 * ... that in '''[[Philadelphia Athletics 18, Cleveland Indians 17 (1932)|the 1932 baseball game]]''' in which pitcher [[Eddie Rommel]] won his last game, he pitched 17 innings in relief, an [[American League]] record?
 * ... that Spanish mystic '''[[Marina de Escobar]]''' founded a convent but never joined one?
-* ... that '''[[Decarbonization of shipping|maritime shipping is making the ocean more acidic]]'''?
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