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Hooks

From Wikipedia's newest articles: Charles Scherf سانچہ:*mp... that Australian flying ace Charles Scherf (pictured) was credited with 14½ aerial victories from 38 operational sorties during the Second World War, with an additional nine aircraft destroyed on the ground? سانچہ:*mp... that after being destroyed by the Confederate Army, the Potomac Creek Bridge was rebuilt in just nine days? سانچہ:*mp... that the Dominica Freedom Party of former Prime Minister Eugenia Charles failed to win any seats in the 2005 Dominican general election for the first time in 35 years? سانچہ:*mp... that Nonnie Moore, a woman who had been fashion editor at Mademoiselle and Harper's Bazaar, was hired by GQ in 1984 in a move that was called an "an odd choice, but... was actually the perfect choice"? سانچہ:*mp... that in 1940 the unarmed Norwegian steamship Dronning Maud was sunk by German aircraft while she was flying Red Cross flags and carrying a company of medical personnel? سانچہ:*mp... that the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon is one of only ten urban National Wildlife Refuges in the United States? سانچہ:*mp... that despite the office existing for 118 years, only nine individuals ever served as Permanent Secretary to the Lord Chancellor's Office? سانچہ:*mp... that Don Chafin, the sheriff of Logan County, West Virginia, received bribes of at least $32,700 annually for preventing the unionization of coal miners?

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Images

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