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Noonday Globe snail, Patera clarki nantahala

سانچہ:*mp... that the threatened noonday globe land snail (pictured) is known only from a two-mile-long area inside the gorge of the Nantahala River in North Carolina? سانچہ:*mp... that Jack Massie, an Australian cricketer, fought at Gallipoli and wore a scarlet rag on his right arm to lure marksmen away from his left arm which he used for bowling? سانچہ:*mp... that William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor, also helped calculate the solar cell's Shockley-Queisser limit? سانچہ:*mp... that Rear-Admiral Charles Austen′s family included Admiral of the Fleet Francis Austen, and the novelist Jane Austen? سانچہ:*mp... that Ford Road in Dearborn, Michigan, was named for William Ford, father of Henry? سانچہ:*mp... that Zhang Yanshang, his father, son, and father-in-law were all Tang Dynasty Chinese chancellors? سانچہ:*mp... that Kentucky's Paducah Freight House was bigger than required because it was originally intended to service a larger rail network? سانچہ:*mp... that the meaning of "Der Pleier", the pseudonym of the 13th-century author of the romance Garel, is unknown, though it might refer metaphorically to glassblowing? سانچہ:*mp... that Milan Bandić was elected in 2005 as the mayor of Zagreb, Croatia, with the support of only a seventh of eligible voters? سانچہ:*mp... that country music singer Jeremy McComb was once a tour manager for comedian Larry the Cable Guy? سانچہ:-

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